The Registration Act, 1908
Registration ActCENTRAL ACT
An Act To Consolidate The Enactments Relating To The Registration Of Documents.
Act Number
16
Enactment
1908-12-18
State
Chhattisgarh
PRELIMINARY
OF THE REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT
Section 3Inspector-General of Registration.Section 4[Repealed.].Section 5Districts and sub-districts.Section 6Registrars and Sub-Registrars.Section 7Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar.Section 8Inspectors of Registration offices.Section 9[Repealed.].Section 10Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office.Section 11Absence of Registrar on duty in his district.Section 12Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office.Section 13Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12.Section 14Establishments of registering officers.Section 15Seal of registering officers.Section 16Register-books and fire-proof boxes.Section 16AKeeping of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc.
OR REGISTRABEL DOCUMENTS
Section 17Documents of which registration is compulsory.Section 18Documents of which registration is optional.Section 19Documents in language not understood by registering officer.Section 20Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.Section 21Description of property and maps or plans.Section 22Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys.
OF THE TIME OF PRESENTATION
Section 23Time for presenting documents.Section 23ARe-registration of certain documents.Section 24Documents executed by several persons at different times.Section 25Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable.Section 26Documents executed out of India.Section 27Wills may be presented or deposited at any time.
OF THE PLACE OF REGISTRATION
OF PRESENTING DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
Section 32Persons to present documents for registration.Section 32ACompulsory affixing of photograph, etc.Section 33Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32.Section 34Enquiry before registration by registering officer.Section 35Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively.
OF ENFORCING THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTANTS AND WITNESSES
OF PRESENTING WILLS AND AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT
OF THE DEPOSIT OF WILLS
OF THE EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION AND NON-REGISTRATION
Section 47Time from which registered document operates.Section 48Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements.Section 49Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered.Section 50Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered documents.
(A) As to the Register-books and Indexes
Section 51Register-books to be kept in the several offices.Section 52Duties of registering officers when document presented.Section 53Entries to be numbered consecutively.Section 54Current indexes and entries therein.Section 55Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents.Section 56[Repealed.].
(B) As to the procedure on admitting to registration
Section 57Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries.Section 58Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration.Section 59Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer.Section 60Certificate of registrationSection 61Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned.Section 62Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer.Section 63Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements.
(C) Special duties of Sub-Registrar
(D) Special duties of Registrar
(E) Of the Controlling powers of Registrar and Inspector-General
OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER
Section 71Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.Section 72Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution.Section 73Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution.Section 74Procedure of Registrar on such application.Section 75Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon.Section 76Order of refusal by Registrar.Section 77Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar.
OF THE FEES FOR REGISTRATION, SEARCHES AND COPIES
OF PENALTIES
Section 81Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure.Section 82Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment.Section 83Registering officers may commence prosecutions.Section 84Registering officers to be deemed public servants.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 85Destruction of unclaimed documents.Section 86Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity.Section 87Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure.Section 8888. Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries.Section 89Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed.