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Registration Act, 1908 Section 30

Registration by Registrars in Certain Cases

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Registration Act, 1908 Section 30 is part of Registration Act, 1908 - Registration by Registrars in Certain Cases. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Any Registrar may in his discretion receive and register any document which might be registered by any Sub-Registrar subordinate to him.

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STATE AMENDMENTS

2 Andhra Pradesh:

Figure "(1)", and sub-section (2), omitted.

3 Bihar:

Section 30(2) be deleted.

4 Gujarat:

In section 30--

(1) in sub-section (1), the brackets and figure "(1)" shall be deleted;

(2) sub-section (2) shall be deleted.

5 Haryana:

In section 30, omit sub-section (2).

6 Madhya Pradesh:

Sub-section (2) of section 30 shall be omitted.

7 Orissa:

In section 30, omit sub-section (2).

8 Rajasthan:

The brackets and figure "(1)" and sub-section (2) be omitted.

9 Uttar Pradesh:

In section 30, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.

10 [11 [12 West Bengal:

(1) In section 30, sub-section (2) shall be omitted.

(2) After section 30, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"30A. Registration by Registrar of Assurances, Calcutta.--Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in the Act, the Registrar of Assurance, Calcutta, may receive and register any document referred to in section 28 without regard to the situation in any part of West Bengal of the property to which the document relates."

(3) After section 30A, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"30B. Special power of registration in certain cases by Registrar of Assurances, Calcutta.--Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, the Registrar of Assurances, Calcutta, may without regard to the situation in any part of India outside the State of West Bengal of the property to which a document relates, receive and register the document where such document is in the nature of--

(a) a mortgage bond executed by an employee of a Government, a statutory body or a local authority in favour of such Government, statutory body or local authority as security for advances taken by such employee for house-building purposes; or

(b) a reconveyance executed by a Government, a statutory body or a local authority in favour of employee of such Government, statutory body or local authority on repayment of the advances taken by such employee for house-building purposes."

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1. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act 48 of 2001, section 4 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001).

2. Vide Andhra Pradesh Act 13 of 1996, section 2 (w.e.f. 15-6-1966).

3. Vide Bihar Act 6 of 1991, section 4 (w.e.f. 8-8-1991).

4. Vide Gujarat Act 18 of 1990, section 2.

5. Vide Haryana Act 4 of 1997, section 2 (w.e.f. 12-3-1997).

6. Vide Madhya Pradesh Act 1 of 1993, section 2 (w.e.f. 15-7-1993).

7. Vide Orissa Act 19 of 1991, section 2.

8. Vide Rajasthan Act 18 of 1989, section 4 (w.e.f. 18-9-1989).

9. Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 27 of 1994, section 4.

10. Vide West Bengal Act 17 of 1996, section 3.

11. Vide West Bengal Act 22 of 1997, section 3.

12. Vide West Bengal Act 15 of 1998, section 3 (w.e.f. 1-4-1998).

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