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(1) The National House shall maintain a register to be known as the “National Register of Chiefs".

(2) The National House shall cause to be recorded in the National Register of Chiefs the particulars relating to chieftaincy that it may think fit or as required by this Act or any other enactment to be recorded in it.

(3) The Minister may request in writing to be supplied with a copy of the Register or an extract of the Register and the National House shall cause to be supplied a copy of the Register or an extract duly certified to be true by the Registrar of the National House.

(4) The Minister may also request for other information in connection with the maintenance of the Register that are necessary for the due administration of this Act and the National House shall comply with the request.

(5) The Minister or a public officer authorized by the Minister may at a reasonable time, enter the premises where the Register is kept and rake an extract of it.

(6) Any other person is entitled on the payment of a fee prescribed by Regulations made under section 71,

(a) to enter the premises where the Register is kept and inspect the Register at a reasonable time; and

(b) to have supplied to that person an extract of the contents of the Register or part of that Register duly certified by the Registrar of the National House or a public officer authorized by the Registrar in writing to be true.

(7) A person aggrieved by the refusal of the National House to register that person as a chief may within thirty days after the decision appeal against the decision to the Supreme Court.

(8) The contents of the Register is prima facie evidence of the existence of facts or particulars Stated in the Register.

(9) In legal proceedings, the contents of the Register or a part of it may be proved by a copy duly certified personally by the Registrar of the National House or a 'public officer authorized by the Registrar in writing, to be a true copy of the contents or of that part.