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Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules.—(1) The Inspector-General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration-offices in the territories under the 2[State] Government, and shall have power from time to time to make rules consistent with this Act— (a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents 3[***]; 4[(aa) providing the manner in which and the safeguards subject to which the books may be kept in computer floppies or diskettes or in any other electronic form under sub-section (1) of section 16A;] (b) declaring what languages shall be deemed to be commonly used in each district; (c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under section 21; (d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, respectively; (e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering officer by section 63; (f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make memoranda of documents; (g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub-Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices under section 51; 5[(gg) regulating the manner in which the instruments referred to in sub-section (2) of section 88 may be presented for registration;]