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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Registration Act, 1908 Section 12

Absence of Sub-registrar or Vacancy in His Office

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Registration Act, 1908 Section 12 is part of Registration Act, 1908 - Absence of Sub-registrar or Vacancy in His Office. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

When any Sub-Registrar is absent, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Registrar of the district appoints in this behalf shall be Sub-Registrar during such absence, or until1[the vacancy is filled up].

STATE AMENDMENT

2Karnataka:

In section 12, after the word "whom" the words "the Inspector-General of Registration or" shall be inserted.

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1. Substituted by Act 4 of 1914, section 2 and Schedule, Pt. I, for "the Local Government fills up the vacancy".

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

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