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Registration Act
An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents.
| Act Id | 190816 |
| Act Number | 16 |
| Enactment Date | 1908-12-18 |
| Act Year | 1908 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Rural Development |
| Enforcement Date | 01-01-1909 |
- PRELIMINARY
- OF THE REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT
- 3 Inspector-General of Registration
- 4 [Repealed.]
- 5 Districts and sub-districts
- 6 Registrars and Sub-Registrars
- 7 Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
- 8 Inspectors of Registration offices
- 9 [Repealed.]
- 10 Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
- 11 Absence of Registrar on duty in his district
- 12 Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office
- 13 Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12
- 14 Establishments of registering officers
- 15 Seal of registering officers
- 16 Register-books and fire-proof boxes
- 16A Keeping of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc
- OR REGISTRABEL DOCUMENTS
- 17 Documents of which registration is compulsory
- 18 Documents of which registration is optional
- 19 Documents in language not understood by registering officer
- 20 Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations
- 21 Description of property and maps or plans
- 22 Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys
- OF THE TIME OF PRESENTATION
- OF THE PLACE OF REGISTRATION
- OF PRESENTING DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
- OF ENFORCING THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTANTS AND WITNESSES
- OF PRESENTING WILLS AND AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT
- OF THE DEPOSIT OF WILLS
- OF THE EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION AND NON-REGISTRATION
- (A) As to the Register-books and Indexes
- (B) As to the procedure on admitting to registration
- 57 Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries
- 58 Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration
- 59 Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer
- 60 Certificate of registratio
- 61 Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned
- 62 Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer
- 63 Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements
- (C) Special duties of Sub-Registrar
- (D) Special duties of Registrar
- (E) Of the Controlling powers of Registrar and Inspector-General
- OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER
- 71 Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded
- 72 Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution
- 73 Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution
- 74 Procedure of Registrar on such application
- 75 Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon
- 76 Order of refusal by Registrar
- 77 Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar
- OF THE FEES FOR REGISTRATION, SEARCHES AND COPIES
- OF PENALTIES
- 81 Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure
- 82 Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment
- 83 Registering officers may commence prosecutions
- 84 Registering officers to be deemed public servants
- MISCELLANEOUS
- 85 Destruction of unclaimed documents
- 86 Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity
- 87 Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure
- 88 88. Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries
- 89 Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed
- Exemption from Act
