(1) Registration consists in filing a duplicate or copy, to be provided by the person presenting the instrument for registration of the instrument brought for registration.

(2) A duplicate or copy shall bear the certificate required by section 10 to be placed on the original instrument, together with a certificate signed by the registrar that the duplicate has been compared and verified with the original

(3) The duplicate or copy may be printed, written, typewritten, photographed or copied by any other process.

(4) The registrar may refuse to accept

(a) a duplicate or copy that is made on paper or other material which in the opinion of the registrar is of a size unsuitable for filing or of insufficient substance to be durable, and

(b) a duplicate or copy made in a way which in the opinion of the registrar does not produce a permanent impression.