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 26: Documents executed out of India.
    When a document purporting to have been executed by all or any of the parties out of 1[India] is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the registering officer, if satisfied--
         (a) that the instrument was so executed, and
         (b) that it has been presented for registration within four months after its arrival in 1[India],
may, on payment of the proper registration-fee accept such document for registration.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "the State".
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