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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Registration Act, 1908

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/134124

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Registration Act, 1908 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Registration Act, 1908
Part1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Part2 - Definitions
Part3 - Inspector-General of Registration
Part4 - 6[Branch Inspector-General of Sindh]
Part5 - Districts and sub-districts
Part6 - Registrars and Sub-Registrars
Part7 - Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
Part8 - Inspectors of Registration offices
Part9 - 7[Military cantonments may be declared sub-districts or districts]
Part10 - Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
Part11 - Absence of Registrar on duty in his district
Part12 - Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office
Part13 - Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12
Part14 - Establishments of registering officers
Part15 - Seal of registering officers
Part16 - Register-books and fire-proof boxes
Part17 - Documents of which registration is compulsory
Part18 - Documents of which registration is optional
Part19 - Documents in language not understood by registering officer
Part20 - Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations
Part21 - Description of property and maps or plans
Part22 - Description of houses and land by reference to government maps of surveys
Part23 - Time for presenting documents
Part24 - Documents executed by several persons at different times
Part25 - Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable
Part26 - Documents executed out of India
Part27 - Wills may be presented or deposited at any time
Part28 - Place for registering documents relating to land
Part29 - Place for registering other documents
Part30 - Registration by Registrars in certain cases
Part31 - Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence
Part32 - Persons to present documents for registration
Part33 - Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32
Part34 - Enquiry before registration by registering officer
Part35 - Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively
Part36 - Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired
Part37 - Officer or court to issue and cause service of summons
Part38 - Persons exempt from appearance at registration office
Part39 - Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses
Part40 - Persons entitled to present Wills and authorities to adopt
Part41 - Registration of Wills and authorities to adopt
Part42 - Deposit of Wills
Part43 - Procedure on deposit of Wills
Part44 - Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42
Part45 - Proceedings on death of depositor
Part46 - Saving of certain enactments and powers of courts
Part47 - Time from which registered document operates
Part48 - Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements
Part49 - Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered
Part50 - Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered documents
Part51 - Register books to be kept in the several offices
Part52 - Duties of registering officers when document presented
Part53 - Entries to be numbered consecutively
Part54 - Current indexes and entries therein
Part55 - Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents
Part56 - Copy of entries in Indexes Nos.I, II and III to be sent by Sub-Registrar to Registrar and filed
Part57 - Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries
Part58 - Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration
Part59 - Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer
Part60 - Certificate of registration
Part61 - Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned
Part62 - Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer
Part63 - Power to administer oaths and record of substances of statements
Part64 - Procedure where document relates to land in several Sub-Districts
Part65 - Procedure where document relates to land in several Districts
Part66 - Procedure after registration of documents relating to land
Part67 - Procedure after registration under section 30, sub-section (2)
Part68 - Powers of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars
Part69 - Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules
Part70 - Power of Inspector-General to remit fines
Part71 - Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded
Part72 - Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on grounds other than denial of execution
Part73 - Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution
Part74 - Procedure of Registrar on such application
Part75 - Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon
Part76 - Order of refusal by Registrar
Part77 - Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar
Part78 - Fees to be fixed by State Government
Part79 - Publication of fees
Part80 - Fees payable on presentation
Part81 - Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure
Part82 - Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment
Part83 - Registering officer may commence prosecutions
Part84 - Registering officers to be deemed public servants
Part85 - Destruction of unclaimed documents
Part86 - Registering officer not liable for things bona fide done or refused in his official capacity
Part87 - Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure
Part89 - Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed
Part90 - Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of government
Part91 - Inspection and copies of such documents
Part92 - Burmese registration rules confirmed
Part93 - Repeal

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