Registration Act, 1908 Section 6

The ¹ [State Government] may appoint such persons, whether public officers or not, as it thinks proper, to be Registrars of the several districts, and to be Sub-Registrars of the several sub-districts, formed as aforesaid, respectively.

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STATE AMENDMENTS

³ Karnataka:

In section 6, the following provisos shall be inserted at the end:--

"Provided that the State Government may also appoint one or more Sub-Registrars for the same Sub-District:

Provided further that the State Government may delegate to the Inspector-General of Registration, the power of appointing Sub-Registrars."

⁴ Maharashtra:

After section 6, insert section 6A as under:--

"6A. Joint District Registrars.--The State Government may by order also appoint a Joint District Registrar to assist the District Registrar, or any two or more District Registrars, specified in the order and may authorise such Joint District Registrar to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties of the District Registrar under this Act."

⁵ [⁶ [Uttar Pradesh:]]

In the end insert proviso as under--

"Provided that the State Government may delegate, subject to such restrictions and conditions as it thinks fit, to the Inspector-General of Registration, the power of appointing Sub-Registrars."

After section 6, insert section 6A as follows:

"6A. Additional Registrar.--The State Government may, by order, also appoint any public officer as an Additional Registrar, to assist the Registrar, or any two or more Registrars, specified in the order and may authorise such Additional Registrars to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties of the Registrar under this Act."

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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".

2. The proviso added by Act 4 of 1914, Section 2 and Schedule, Pt. I and omitted by the A.O. 1937.

3. Vide Karnataka Act 32 of 2001, Section 2 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

4. Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1974, Section 2 (w.e.f. 10-6-1974).

5. Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 19 of 1981, Section 5 (w.e.f. 1-8-1981).

6. Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 27 of 1994, Section 2.