(1)On opening a new register book the Registering Officer shall count and satisfy himself that the number of pages contained in it corresponds with that given in the certificate on its title page. If the number is found correct, he shall certify to that effect as the top of the first page in the form "this book contains......pages consecutively numbered".In case there is any discrepancy in the numbering of pages or if there is any damages in any of the pages, the register shall nevertheless be used, after making proper correction in the numbering of pages and recording a certificate to that effect. In any case, the damaged pages, either purported or torn shall cancelled and the fact should be mentioned in the certificate under intimation to the Director, Stationery, Printing and Publication.(2)When a Register Book is closed, a certificate, to that effect, signed by the registering officer shall be appended at the end of the written portion of the book and a further certificate, showing the number of pages written upon, shall be entered by the registering officer in his own hand on the top of the first page of the book.
