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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Registration Act, 1908 Part 55

Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents

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Registration Act, 1908 Part 55 is part of Registration Act, 1908 - Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Four such indexes shall be made in all registration offices, and shall be named, respectively, Index No.I,-Index No.II, Index NO.III and Index No. IV.

(2) Index No.I shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing and of all persons claiming under every document entered or memorandum filed in Book No.1.

(3) Index No. II shall contain such particulars mentioned in section 21 relating to every such document and memorandum as the Inspector-General from time to time directs in that behalf.

(4) Index No. III shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing every will and authority entered in Book No. 3, and of the executors and persons respectively appointed thereunder, and after the death of the testator or the donor (but not before) the names and additions of all persons claiming under the same.

(5) Index No. IV shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing and of all persons claiming under every document entered in Book No. 4.

(6) Each Index shall contain such other particulars, and shall be prepared in such form, as the Inspector-General from time to time directs.

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What does Registration Act, 1908 Part 55 provide?

Section Part 55 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents) 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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