The competent public accountants may not, under any pretext, even if there is cause for expert appraisal, defer the registration of deeds and transfers for which the duties have been paid at the rates regulated by the present codification.
Nor may they suspend or halt the course of proceedings by withholding deeds or notifications; however, if a deed of which there is no original or a notification contains information of which the trace may be useful for the discovery of duties due, the agent has the option of drawing a copy, and having it certified as being in conformity with the original by the officer who presented it. In the event of refusal, he may reserve the deed for twenty-four hours only, in order to obtain a collation in form, at his own expense, subject to repetition, if necessary.
This provision applies to private-signature deeds that are presented for registration.