Register-books to be kept in the several offices
(1)
The following books shall be kept in the several offices hereinafter named, namely:— A—In all registration offices— Book 1, “Register of non-testamentary documents relating to immovable property”; Book 2, “Record of reasons for refusal to register”; Book 3, “Register of wills and authorities to adopt”; and Book 4, “Miscellaneous Register”. B—In the offices of Registrars— Book 5, “Register of deposits of wills”;
(2)
In Book 1 shall be entered or filed all documents or memoranda registered under sections 17, 18 and 89 which relate to immovable property, and are not wills.
(3)
In Book 4 shall be entered all documents registered under clauses (d) and (f) of section 18 which do not relate to immovable property.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require more than one set of books where the office of the Registrar has been amalgamated with the office of a Sub-Registrar.
State amendments (5 · Karnataka, Tripura, Kerala, Orissa, 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 55 of 1976, s. 8]
(b)
in sub-section (3), for the words "entered all documents", the words "filed true copies of all documents" shall be substituted;
(c)
after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(5) If, in the opinion of the Registrar, any of the books mentioned in sub-section (1) is in danger of being destroyed, or becoming illegible wholly or partially, the Registrar may, by a written order, direct such book or such portion thereof as he thinks fit, to be recopied and authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed under , and the copy prepared and authenticated under such direction shall for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have taken the place of and to be the original book or portion and all references in this Act, to the original book or portion shall be deemed to be references to the book or portion so prepared and authenticated."