Section List

16/1908 - The Registration Act, 1908 ▶

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4	[Repealed.].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9	[Repealed.].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