Section 9Part 0 —
Deeds to be recorded within ninety days
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Every deed which shall be made or executed within these Islands, for any estate or interest in land whatsoever shall be duly proved or acknowledged and recorded within ninety days after the date thereof, otherwise to stand void and of no effect against all other purchasers or mortgagees bona fide for valuable consideration as aforesaid:
Provided always that in the case of every deed, whether made or executed in or out of these Islands, if a purchaser or mortgagee of any estate or interest in land shall omit to prove and record that purchaser's or mortgagee's deed within the time and pursuant to the manner prescribed by this Act, but shall at any time afterwards do the same, no subsequent conveyance or mortgage being made by the first vendor or mortgagor, their personal representatives or assigns, the same shall nevertheless be good to the said purchaser, mortgagee or personal representatives, and a perpetual bar against the first vendor or mortgagor and their personal representatives, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this or any other law.