Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office

When any Sub-Registrar is absent, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Registrar of the district appoints in this behalf shall be Sub-Registrar during such absence, or until 2[the vacancy is filled up].

State amendments (2 · Karnataka, Uttarakhand)

These are amendments made by State legislatures to this section as it applies in that State. The central text above remains the base law; verify the current local text against the State gazette.

Karnataka[Vide Karnataka Act 32 of 2001, s. 3]

Amendment of section 12.-In section 12, after the word "whom" the words "the Inspector-General of Registration or" shall be inserted.]

Uttarakhand[Vide Maharashtra Act 24 of 2014, s. 5]

Amendment of section 12.—Section 12 of the Principal Act, shall be substituted as follows; namely:-- “12. When any Sub-Registrar is absent, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person, whom the Inspector-General of Registration appoints in this behalf, shall be Sub-Registrar during such absence or until the vacancy is filled up."