Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act, 1908, it shall not be necessary for the Chairman or an officer of the Board referred to in sub-section (1) of section 23 to appear in person or by agent at any registration office in any proceeding connected with the registration of any instrument executed by him in his official capacity or to sign as provided in section 58 of that Act. (2) Where any instrument is so executed, the registering officer to whom such instrument is presented for registration may, if he thinks fit, refer to such Chairman or any officer of the Board for information respecting the same and shall, on being satisfied of the execution thereof, register, the instrument. CHAPTER – V HOUSING OR IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES Power of the Board to undertake housing or improvement schemes and incur expenditure