Section Text
If any document duly presented for registration be in a language which the registering officer does not understand, and which is not commonly used in the district he shall refuse to register the documents, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a language commonly used in the district and also by a true copy.
STATE AMENDMENTS
1 Delhi:
Same as in Punjab.
2 Himachal Pradesh:
Same as in Punjab.
3 Kerala:
In section 19, the words "and also by a true copy" shall be omitted.
Maharashtra, Gujarat:
For modification of section 19, see sub-section (3) of section 70D in Part XIA inserted in the main Act by the Indian Registration (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1930 (17 of 1930) (w.e.f. 4-9-1930); Bombay Act 35 of 1958; Act 11 of 1960, Section 87.
Where registration is done by photograveure process, this section would have no application.--See sections 70C and 70D supra inserted by Bombay Act 17 of 1930.
4 Punjab, Hatyana, Chandigarh:
For the words "a true translation", substitute "two copies of the true translation".
5 Orissa:
The words "and also by a true copy" shall be omitted.
6 Rajasthan:
Same as that in Punjab.
7 Tripura:
Same as that in Punjab.
Section 19A
8 Tamil Nadu:
Same as in West Bengal.
9 West Bengal:
The words "and also by a true copy" shall be omitted.
10 Goa:
After section 19, insert--
"19A. Documents presented for registration to be accompanied by true copies thereof.--(1) No document shall be accepted for registration unless it is accompanied by a true copy thereof.
(2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be neatly handwritten, printed, typewritten, lithographed or otherwise prepared in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf."
11 Karnataka:
Same as that in Kerala.
12 Kerala:
After section 19, insert the following new section:--
"19A. Documents presented for registration to be accompanied by true copies thereof.--(1) No document shall be accepted for registration unless it is accompanied by a true copy thereof.
(2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be neatly handwritten, printed, typewritten, lithographed or otherwise prepared in accordance with such rules may be made in this behalf."
13 Orissa:
After section 19, insert--
"19A. Documents presented for registration to accompany true copies thereof.--(1) No document shall be accepted for registration, unless it is accompanied by a true copy thereof.
(2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be legibly handwritten, printed, type-written, lithographed, cyclostyled or otherwise prepared only on one side of the paper and in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf by the State Government, and shall contain a declaration in the prescribed manner that the same is a true copy of the document and its translation, if any."
14 Rajasthan:
Insert section 19A as under:--
"19A. Refusal to register.--Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the registration officer shall refuse to register any document presented to him for registration unless such document is accompanied by a true or photostat copy thereof."
Tamil Nadu and West Bengal:
For modification of section 14--See Schedule to Act as inserted by Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1966 and West Bengal Act 17 of 1978.]
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1. Vide G.S.R. 465, Gazette of India, 1965, Pt. II, Section 3(i), p. 499.
2. Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, Section 4 (w.e.f. 11-4-1969).
3. Vide Kerala Act 7 of 1968, Section 3 (w.e.f. 22-2-1968).
4. Vide Punjab Act 19 of 1961, Section 3 (w.e.f. 4-5-1961); Act 31 of 1966, Section 89.
5. Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, Section 2.
6. Vide Rajasthan Act 11 of 1982, Section 3 (w.e.f. 16-7-1982).
7. Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, Section 3 (w.e.f. 1-1-1983).
8. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1966.
9. Vide West Bengal Act 17 of 1978, Section 7 and Schedule.
10. Vide Goa Act 24 of 1984, Section 2 (w.e.f. 5-12-1985).
11. Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, Section 3 (w.e.f. 23-10-1976).
12. Vide Kerala Act 7 of 1968, Section 4 (w.e.f. 22-2-1968).
13. Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, Section 3 (w.e.f. 19-9-1989).
14. Vide Rajasthan Act 11 of 1982, Section 4 (w.e.f. 16-7-1982).