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Registration Act, 1908
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Act No. 16 of 1908 · Act structure
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of the Registration-Establishment
Part 2 overview
- Inspector-General of Registration
- Repealed
- Districts and sub-districts
- Registrars and Sub-Registrars
- Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
- Inspectors of Registration offices
- Repealed
- Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
- Absence of Registrar on duty in his district
- Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office
- Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12
- Establishments of registering officers
- Seal of registering officers
- Register-books and fire-proof boxes
- Keeping of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc
of Registrable Documents
Part 3 overview
- Documents of which registration is compulsory
- Documents of which registration is optional
- Documents in language not understood by registering officer
- Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations
- Description of property and maps or plans
- 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
of the Duties and Powers of Registering Officers
Part 11 overview
- Register-books to be kept in the several offices
- Duties of registering officers when document presented
- Entries to be numbered consecutively
- Current indexes and entries therein
- Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents
- Repealed
- Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries
- Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration
- Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer
- Certificate of registration
- Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned
- Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer
- Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements
- Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts
- Procedure where document relates to land in several districts
- Procedure after registration of documents relating to land
- Omitted
- Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars
- Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules
- Power of Inspector-General to remit fines
of Refusal to Register
Part 12 overview
- Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded
- Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution
- Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution
- Procedure of Registrar on such application
- Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon
- Order of refusal by Registrar
- Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar
of the Fees For Registration, Searches and Copies
of Penalties
Part 14 overview
- Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure
- Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment
- Registering officers may commence prosecutions
- Registering officers to be deemed public servants
Miscellaneous
Part 15 overview
- Destruction of unclaimed documents
- Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity
- Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure
- Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries
- Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed
- Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government
- Inspection and copies of such documents
- Repealed
- Repealed