69Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules

(1) The Inspector-General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration offices in the territories under the ¹[State Government], and shall have power from time to time to make rules consistent with this Act--

(a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents; ²***

³[(aa) providing the manner in which and the safeguards subject to which the books may be kept in computer floppies or diskettes or in any other electronic form under sub-section (1) of section 16A;]

(b) declaring what language shall be deemed to be commonly used in each district;

(c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under section 21;

(d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, respectively;

(e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering officer by section 63;

(f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make memoranda of documents;

(g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub-Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices under section 51;

⁴[(gg) regulating the manner in which the instruments referred to in sub-section (2) of section 88 may be presented for registration;]

(h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively;

(i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registration offices; and

(j) generally, regulating the proceedings of the Registrars and Sub-Registrars.

(2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the ¹[State Government] for approval, and, after they have been approved, they shall be published in the ⁵[Official Gazette], and on publication shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.

STATE AMENDMENTS

Karnataka

Amendment of section 69.--In sub-section (1) of section 69 of the principal Act, (i) in clause (g) after the word and figures "section 51", insert the words "and the manner of recopying such books on portions thereof",

(ii) after clause (i) insert us under--

"(ii) prescribing the manner in which and the terms subject to which persons who write deeds outside the precincts of a registration officer, or who frequent the precincts of registration officers, for the purpose of writing documents may be granted licence and prescribing the fees to be paid for such licences;

[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 15]

Kerala

Amendment of section 69.--After clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 69 of the principal Act, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration."

[Vide Kerala Act 2 of 1959, s. 3]

STATE AMENDMENT

Himachal Pradesh

7. Amendment of section 69.- In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which, and the authority by whom such licences shall be ranted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of the documents to be presented for registration."

[Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 7]

Orissa

Amendment of section 69.--In section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), in sub-section (1) after clause (b), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences, the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted, the exemption of any class of document writers from the licensing provisions and the conditions subject to which such exemption shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration.".

[Vide Orissa Act 11 of 1976, s. 2]