Bare Acts

The Registration Act, 1908

1908 · In force · synced 09 Sept 2026

I — PRELIMINARY

1.Short title, extent and commencement 2.Definitions

II — OF THE REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT

3.Inspector-General of Registration 4.[Branch Inspector-General of Sindh.]5.Districts and sub-districts 6.Registrars and Sub-Registrars 7.Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar 8.Inspectors of Registration offices 9.[Military cantonments may be declared sub-districts or districts.]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

III — OF REGISTRABLE DOCUMENTS

17.Documents of which registration is compulsory 18.Documents of which registration is optional 18A.Document for Registration to be accompanied by a true copy 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

IV — OF THE TIME OF PRESENTATION

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

V — OF THE PLACE OF REGISTRATION

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

VI — OF PRESENTING DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

32.Persons to present documents for registration 32A.Compulsory affixing of photograph, etc 33.Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32 34.Enquiry before registration by registering officer 35.Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively

VII — OF ENFORCING THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTANTS AND WITNESSES

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

VIII — OF PRESENTING WILLS AND AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT

40.Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt 41.Registration of wills and authorities to adopt

IX — OF THE DEPOSIT OF WILLS

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

X — OF THE EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION AND NON-REGISTRATION

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

XI — OF THE DUITES AND POWERS OF REGISTERING OFFICERS

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.[Copy of entries in Indexes Nos. I, II and III to be sent by Sub-Registrar to Registrar and filed.]57.Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries 58.Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration 59.Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer 60.Certificate of registration 61.Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned 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.[Procedure after registration under section 30, sub-section (2).]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

XII — OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER

71.Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded 72.Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution 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

XIII — OF THE FEES FOR REGISTRATION, SEARCHES AND COPIES

78.Fees to be fixed by State Government 79.Publication of fees 80.Fees payable on presentation 80B.Deed Writers to hold licences

XIIIA

80C.Hanging up of lists of touts in registration offices 80D.Exclusion of touts from precincts of registration offices 80E.Presumption as to touts found within precincts of registration offices 80F.Arrest and trial of touts

XIIIB

80G.Power of Inspector-General to make rules relating to deed-writers

XIV — OF PENALTIES

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 83.Registering officers may commence prosecutions 83B.Appeal to Government from orders of the Inspector General of Registration 84.Registering officers to be deemed public servants

XV — MISCELLANEOUS

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.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 89C.Punishment for failure to file notice under section 89B 89D.Power to make rules for filing of true copies of documents notices referred in sections 89A and 89B 90.Exemption of certain documents executed by or in u of Government 91.Inspection and copies of such documents 92.[Burmese registration-rules confirmed]93.[Repeals]

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