Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 5 of chapter 307 of the acts of 1973, as amended by section 2 of chapter 156 of the acts of 1978, is hereby further amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A copy or duplicate of this certificate shall, within 120 days after its filing with the board of assessors, be recorded in the registry of deeds for Worcester county, or in the case of registered land, filed in the office of the assistant recorder for the Worcester county registry district, unless the owner of the premises assessed pays the assessment before the time for filing as specified in this section.