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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Registration Act, 1908 Part 38

Persons exempt from appearance at registration office

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/259701

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Registration Act, 1908 Part 38 is part of Registration Act, 1908 - Persons exempt from appearance at registration office. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) (a) A person who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable without risk or serious inconvenience to appear at the registration-office, or (b) a person in jail under civil or criminal process, or (c) persons exempt by law from personal appearance in court, and who would but for the provisions next hereinafter contained be required to appear in person at the registration-office, shall not be required so to appear.

(2) In the case of every such person the registration-officer shall either himself go to the house of such person, or to the hall in which he is confined, and examine him or issue a commission for his examination.

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What does Registration Act, 1908 Part 38 provide?

Section Part 38 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Persons exempt from appearance at registration office) is reproduced on this page as part of the Registration Act, 1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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