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Registration Act, 1908

[Act No. 16 of Year 1908, dated 18th. December, 1908] An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the registration of documents. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the enactments relating to the registration of documents; it is hereby enacted as follows:

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Section- 4	Section-4 Branch Inspector-General of Sindh [Repealed] Chapter 1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Section- 9	Section-9 Military cantonments may be declared sub-districts or districts [Repealed] Chapter 1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

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