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 48: Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements.
    All non-testamentary documents duly registered under this Act, and relating to any property, whether movable or immovable, shall take effect against any order agreement or declaration relating to such property, unless where the agreement or declaration has been accompanied or followed by delivery of possession 1[and the same constitutes a valid transfer under any law for the time being in force:
     Provided that a mortgage as defined in section 58 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882), shall take effect against any mortgage-deed subsequently executed and registered which relates to the same property.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 21 of 1929, s. 10.
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