Act Number: 16

Act Name: The Registration Act, 1908

Year: 1908

Enactment Date: 1908-12-18

Long Title: An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents.

Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development

Department: Department of Land Resources

Section 6: Registrars and Sub-Registrars.
    The 1[State Government] may appoint such persons, whether public officers or not, as it thinks proper, to be Registrars of the several districts, and to be Sub-Registrars of the several sub-districts, formed as aforesaid, respectively.
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                                                    STATE AMENDMENT
    Karnataka
    Amendment of section 6.--In section 6 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908) the following provisos inserted, namely:--
    "Provided that the State Government may also appoint one or more Sub-Registrars for the same Sub-District:
    Provided further that the State Government may delegate to the Inspector-General of Registration, the power of appointing Sub-Registrars."
    [Vide Karnataka Act 32 of 2001, s. 2]
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for Provincial Government.
2. The proviso rep. by the A.O. 1937. Earlier it was inserted by Act 4 of 1914, s. 2 and the Schedule.
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