The REGISTRATION ACT, 1908
chandigarh · 1908
- S. 1Subs
- S. 2Definitions
- S. 3Inspector-General of Registration
- S. 4Ins
- S. 5Districts and sub-districts
- S. 6Ins
- S. 7Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
- S. 8Inspectors of Registration offices
- S. 9[Military cantonments may be declared sub-districts or districts (Repealed)
- S. 10Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
- S. 11Absence of Registrar on duty in his district
- S. 12Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office
- S. 13Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12
- S. 14Establishments of registering officers
- S. 15Seal of registering officers
- S. 16Register-books and fire-proof boxes
- S. 16AKeeping of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc
- S. 17Documents of which registration is compulsory
- S. 18Documents of which registration is optional
- S. 19Documents in language not understood by registering officer
- S. 20Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations
- S. 21Description of property and maps or plans
- S. 22Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys
- S. 23Time for presenting documents
- S. 23ARe-registration of certain documents
- S. 24Documents executed by several persons at different times
- S. 25Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable
- S. 26Documents executed out of India
- S. 27Wills may be presented or deposited at any time
- S. 28Place for registering documents relating to land
- S. 29Place for registering other documents
- S. 30Registration by Registrars in certain cases
- S. 31Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence
- S. 32Persons to present documents for registration
- S. 32ACompulsory affixing of photograph, etc
- S. 33Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32
- S. 34Enquiry before registration by registering officer
- S. 35Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively
- S. 36Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired
- S. 37Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons
- S. 38Persons exempt from appearance at registration-office
- S. 39Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses
- S. 40Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt
- S. 41Registration of wills and authorities to adopt
- S. 42Deposit of wills
- S. 43Procedure on deposit of wills
- S. 44Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42
- S. 45Proceedings on death of depositor
- S. 46Saving of certain enactments and powers of Courts
- S. 47Time from which registered document operates
- S. 48Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements
- S. 49Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered
- S. 50Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered documents
- S. 51Register-books to be kept in the several offices
- S. 52Duties of registering officers when document presented
- S. 53Entries to be numbered consecutively
- S. 54Current indexes and entries therein
- S. 55Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents
- S. 56[Copy of entries in Indexes Nos
- S. 57Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries
- S. 58Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration
- S. 59Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer
- S. 60Certificate of registration
- S. 61Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned
- S. 62Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer
- S. 63Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements
- S. 64Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts
- S. 65Procedure where document relates to land in several districts
- S. 66Procedure after registration of documents relating to land
- S. 67[Procedure after registration under section 30, sub-section (2)
- S. 68Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars
- S. 69Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules
- S. 70Power of Inspector-General to remit fines
- S. 71Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded
- S. 72Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution
- S. 73Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution
- S. 74Procedure of Registrar on such application
- S. 75Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon
- S. 76Order of refusal by Registrar
- S. 77Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar
- S. 78Fees to be fixed by State Government
- S. 79Publication of fees
- S. 80Fees payable on presentation
- S. 81Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure
- S. 82Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment
- S. 83Registering officers may commence prosecutions
- S. 84Registering officers to be deemed public servants
- S. 85Destruction of unclaimed documents
- S. 86Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity
- S. 87Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure
- S. 8888
- S. 89Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed
- S. 90Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government
- S. 91Inspection and copies of such documents
- S. 92[Burmese registration-rules confirmed] Rep
- S. 93[Repealed
- S. 1908The section makes the act applicable nationwide except Jammu and Kashmir, with possible exclusions by the State Government, effective from January 1909.