Registration Act, 1908
Registration Act, 1908
XI — OF THE DUITES AND POWERS OF REGISTERING OFFICERS · Section 61

Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned

Synced on 09 Sept 2026Text as per India Code

(1) The endorsements and certificate referred to and mentioned in sections 59 and 60 shall thereupon be copied into the margin of the Register-book, and the copy of the map or plan (if any) mentioned in section 21 shall be filed in Book No. 1.

(2) The registration of the document shall thereupon be deemed complete, and the document shall then be returned to the person who presented the same for registration, or to such other person (if any) as he has nominated in writing in that behalf on the receipt mentioned in section 52.

state amendment karnataka amendment of section 61.—for sub-section (1) of section 61 of the principal act the following sub-section shall be substituted namely:- "(1) the endorsements and certificate referred to and mentioned in sections 59 and 60 shall thereupon be copied into the true copy of the document presented along with the document and the true copy of the map or the plan (if any) mentioned in section 21 shall also be filed along with the true copy of the document." [vide karnataka act 55 of 1976, s. 13] kerala amendment of section 61.—for sub-section (1) of section 61 of the principal act, the following sub- section shall be substitute, namely:- “(1) the endorsement and certificate referred to and mentioned in sections 59 and 60 shall thereupon be copied into the true copy of the document presented along with the document, and the true copy of the map or plan (if any) mentioned in section 21 shall also be filed along with the true copy of the document.” [vide kerala act 7 of 1968, s. 12]

Orissa Amendment of section 61.—In the principal Act, for sub-section (1) of section 61, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) The endorsements and certificates referred to and mentioned in sections 59 and 60 shall thereupon be copied into the true copy of the document presented along with the document, and the true copy of the map or plan, if any, mentioned in section 21 shall also be filed alongwith the true copy of the document.”. [Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 11] Tripura Amendment of section 61.—In sub-section (1) of the section 61 of the principal Act, the words “themargin of” shall be omitted. [Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 11] Uttarakhand Amendment of section 61.—In place of section 61 of the Principal Act, shall be substituted as follows; namely:- “61.(1) Subject to the provisions of section 62, after the provisions of sections 52, 58, 59 and 60 are compiled with, every document admitted to registration along with the map or plan, if any, mentioned in section 21, shall without unnecessary delay, be scanned and a printout thereof shall be kept permanently in the Book appropriate for the document admitted to registration, according to the order of its admission;

Provided that, where, Book is not in electronic form or scanning of the document is not possible on the same day, the true copy of the document admitted to registration along with the copy of the map or plan, if any, mentioned in section 21 shall be kept in the Book appropriate for the document in the manner aforesaid for being scanned at the earliest opportunity and replaced permanently by a printout thereof;

Provided further that a true copy filed before the commencement of the Registration (Uttarakhand Amendment) Act, 2010 and not copied in the Book appropriate therefor, shall be deemed to be a true copy presented under section 32-A and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this section;

Provided also that if the true copy filed before the commencement of the Registration (Uttarakhand Amendment) Act, 2010 is dim or has otherwise become illegible and has not been copied in the Book appropriate therefor, the registering officer shall, with the prior approval of the Registrar, require the party concerned to deliver the document to him for getting its true copy prepared for the purposes of this section and if the party concerned informs him that the document has been lost or destroyed, the true copy available in the registering office shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(2) The registration of the document shall, thereupon, be deemed complete and the document shall then be returned to the person who presented the same for registration, or to such other person, if any, as he has nominated in writing in that behalf on the receipt mentioned in section 52.

(3) All such Books shall be authenticated at such intervals and in such manner as is from time to time prescribed by the Inspector-General." [Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 17]

Judgments on Section 61