Section Text
(1) Subject to the previous payment of the fees payable in that behalf, the Books Nos. 1 and 2 and the Indexes relating to Book No. 1 shall be at all time open to inspection by any person applying to inspect the same; and, subject to the provisions of section 62, copies or entries in such books shall be given to all persons applying for such copies.
(2) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No. 3 and in the Index relating thereto shall be given to the persons executing the documents to which such entries relate, or to their agents, and after the death of the executants (but not before) to any person applying for such copies.
(3) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No. 4 and in the Index relating thereto shall be given to any person executing or claiming under the documents to which such entries respectively refer, or to his agent or representative.
(4) The requisite search, under this section for entries in Book Nos. 3. and 4 shall be made only by the registering officer.
(5) All copies given under this section shall be signed and sealed by the registering officer, and shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the contents of the original documents.
STATE AMENDMENTS
1Gujarat:
Same as in Maharashtra.
2Maharashtra:
In sub-section (1), after the words and figure "Book No. 1", the following words and figures were inserted, namely: "and, so long as they are preserved, the copies filed under subsections (1) and (3) of section 89 and the indexes relating to such copies."
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1. Vide Act 11 of 1960, section 87 and Gujarat A.L.O., 1960.
2. Vide Bombay Acts 5 of 1929, section 10 (w.e.f. 22-5-1929) read with 35 of 1958 (w.e.f. 24-4-1958).