Act 16 of 1908

The Registration Act, 1908

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents.

Ministry of Rural Development
Department of Land Resources
Enacted 1908-12-18
96 sections

Section	Title
1	Short title, extent and commencement.	Read
2	Definitions.	Read
3	Inspector-General of Registration.	Read
4	[Repealed.].	Read
5	Districts and sub-districts.	Read
6	Registrars and Sub-Registrars.	Read
7	Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar.	Read
8	Inspectors of Registration offices.	Read
9	[Repealed.].	Read
10	Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office.	Read
11	Absence of Registrar on duty in his district.	Read
12	Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office.	Read
13	Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12.	Read
14	Establishments of registering officers.	Read
15	Seal of registering officers.	Read
16	Register-books and fire-proof boxes.	Read
16A	Keeping of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc.	Read
17	Documents of which registration is compulsory.	Read
18	Documents of which registration is optional.	Read
19	Documents in language not understood by registering officer.	Read
20	Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.	Read
21	Description of property and maps or plans.	Read
22	Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys.	Read
23	Time for presenting documents.	Read
23A	Re-registration of certain documents.	Read
24	Documents executed by several persons at different times.	Read
25	Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable.	Read
26	Documents executed out of India.	Read
27	Wills may be presented or deposited at any time.	Read
28	Place for registering documents relating to land.	Read
29	Place for registering other documents.	Read
30	Registration by Registrars in certain cases.	Read
31	Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence.	Read
32	Persons to present documents for registration.	Read
32A	Compulsory affixing of photograph, etc.	Read
33	Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32.	Read
34	Enquiry before registration by registering officer.	Read
35	Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively.	Read
36	Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired.	Read
37	Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons.	Read
38	Persons exempt from appearance at registration-office.	Read
39	Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses.	Read
40	Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt.	Read
41	Registration of wills and authorities to adopt.	Read
42	Deposit of wills.	Read
43	Procedure on deposit of wills.	Read
44	Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42.	Read
45	Proceedings on death of depositor.	Read
46	Saving of certain enactments and powers of Courts.	Read
47	Time from which registered document operates.	Read
48	Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements.	Read
49	Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered.	Read
50	Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered documents.	Read
51	Register-books to be kept in the several offices.	Read
52	Duties of registering officers when document presented.	Read
53	Entries to be numbered consecutively.	Read
54	Current indexes and entries therein.	Read
55	Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents.	Read
56	[Repealed.].	Read
57	Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries.	Read
58	Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration.	Read
59	Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer.	Read
60	Certificate of registration	Read
61	Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned.	Read
62	Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer.	Read
63	Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements.	Read
64	Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts.	Read
65	Procedure where document relates to land in several districts.	Read
66	Procedure after registration of documents relating to land.	Read
67	[Omitted.].	Read
68	Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars.	Read
69	Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules.	Read
70	Power of Inspector-General to remit fines.	Read
71	Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.	Read
72	Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution.	Read
73	Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution.	Read
74	Procedure of Registrar on such application.	Read
75	Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon.	Read
76	Order of refusal by Registrar.	Read
77	Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar.	Read
78	Fees to be fixed by State Government.	Read
79	Publication of fees.	Read
80	Fees payable on presentation.	Read
81	Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure.	Read
82	Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment.	Read
83	Registering officers may commence prosecutions.	Read
84	Registering officers to be deemed public servants.	Read
85	Destruction of unclaimed documents.	Read
86	Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity.	Read
87	Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure.	Read
88	88. Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries.	Read
89	Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed.	Read
90	Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government.	Read
91	Inspection and copies of such documents.	Read
92	[Repealed.].	Read
93	[Repealed.].	Read