Section 56
Instruments executed by agriculturist not to be deemed valid unless executed before a Villageregistrar.
The Dekkhan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879
About this Act
An Act for the relief of Indebted Agriculturists in certain parts of the Dekkhan.
No instrument which purports to create, modify, transfer, evidence or
extinguish an obligation for the payment of money or a charge upon any property, or to be a
conveyance or lease, and which is executed after this Act comes into force by an agriculturist
residing in any local area for which a Village-registrar has been appointed, shall be admitted in
evidence for any purpose by any person having by law or consent of parties authority to receive
evidence, or shall be acted upon by any such person or by any public officer, unless such
instrument is written by, or under the superintendence of, and is attested by, a Village-registrar:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of any instrument in evidence in any criminal proceeding, 1]or apply to any instrument which is executed by an agriculturist merely as a surety,] 2[or to any instrument required by Section 17 of the 3Indian Registration Act, 1877 (3 of 1877), to be registered under that Act.]
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Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the admission of any instrument in evidence in any criminal proceeding, 1]or apply to any instrument which is executed by an agriculturist merely as a surety,] 2[or to any instrument required by Section 17 of the 3Indian Registration Act, 1877 (3 of 1877), to be registered under that Act.]
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Notes
1. Ins. by Act 23 of 1881, s. 12.
2. Ins. by Act 23 of 1886, s. 9.
3. See now the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908).
2. Ins. by Act 23 of 1886, s. 9.
3. See now the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908).