Section 18:
Documents of which registration is optional.
Any of the following documents may be
registered under this Act, namely:--
(a) Instruments (other than instruments of gift and wills) which purport or operate to create,
declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether
vested or contingent, of a value less then one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;
(b) instruments acknowledging the receipt or payment of any consideration on account of the
creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest;
(c) leases of immovable property for any term not exceeding one year, and leases exempted under
section 17;
1[(cc) instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a Court or any award when
such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a value less
than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;]
(d) instruments (other than wills) which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or
extinguish any right, title or interest to or in movable property;
(e) wills; and
(f) all other documents not required by section 17 to be registered.
STATE AMENDMENT
Himachal Pradesh
3. Insertion of new section 18A.- In the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) (hereinafter
referred to as the principal Act), after section 18, the following section shall be inserted, namely;
"18-A. Documents for registration to be accompanied by a true copy.- Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act, the registering officer shall refuse to register any document presented
to him for registration unless such document is accompanied by a true copy thereof."
[Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 3]Tripura-- Insertion of new section 18A.--In the Registration Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal
Act), after section 18, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
18A. Document for Registration to be accompanied by a true copy.--(1)Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Act, the Registering Officer shall refuse to register any document presented to
him for registration unless such document is accompanied by a true copy thereof.
(2) The true copy referred to in Sub-section (1) shall be neatly hand-written or printed or type-written
or lithographed or otherwise prepared in such manner as may be prescribed.
[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 2]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 33 of 1940, s. 2.