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Section 32

Persons to present documents for registration

Except in the cases mentioned in sections 31, 88 and 89, every document to be registered under this Act, whether such registration be compulsory or optional, shall be presented at the proper registration-office,—

(a) by some person executing or claiming under the same, or, in the case of a copy of a decree or order, claiming under the decree or order, or

(b) by the representative or assign of such person, or

(c) by the agent of such person, representative or assign, duly authorised by power-of-attorney executed and authenticated in manner hereinafter mentioned.

State amendments (1 · Gujarat)

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.

Gujarat[Vide Gujarat Act 4 of 2020, s. 3]

Amendment of section 32 of XVI of 1908.—In the principal Act, in section 32, the following

Explanation

shall be added at the end, namely:-- “Explanation.—For the purpose of this section the term “document” shall include the document presented by an electronic means.”