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TypeBare Act JurisdictionPondicherry Government

The Registration Act,1908 Section 20

Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.—

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The Registration Act,1908 Section 20 is part of The Registration Act,1908 - Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.—. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) The registering officer may in his discretion refuse to accept for registration any document in which any interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration appears, unless the persons executing the document attest with their signatures or initials such interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration.

(2) If the registering officer registers any such document, he shall, at the time of registering the same, make a note in the register of such interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration.

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What does The Registration Act,1908 Section 20 provide?

Section Section 20 of the The Registration Act,1908 (Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.—) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Registration Act,1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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