Registration Act, 1908
Registration Act, 1908
XI — OF THE DUITES AND POWERS OF REGISTERING OFFICERS · Section 62

Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer

Synced on 09 Sept 2026Text as per India Code

(1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19, the translation shall be transcribed in the register of documents of the nature of the original, and, together with the copy referred to in section 19, shall be filed in the registration office.

(2) The endorsements and certificate respectively mentioned in sections 59 and 60 shall be made on the original, and, for the purpose of making the copies and memoranda required by sections 57, 64, 65 and 66, the translation shall be treated as if it were the original. STATE AMENDMENT Karnataka Amendment of section 62.—For sub-section (1) of section 62 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-- "(1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19, the translation together with the true copy of the document shall be filed in the appropriate book.” [Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 14] Kerala Amendment of section 62.-For sub-section (1) of section 62 of the principal Act, the following sub- section shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19, the translation together with the true copy of the document shall be filed in the appropriate book.” [Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 13] Himachal Pradesh Amendment of section 62.- In section 62 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19, a copy of the translation shall be pasted in the register of documents of the nature of the original, and the second copy of the translation, together with the true copy referred to in Section 19, shall be filed in the registration office." [Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 6] Orissa Amendment of section 62.— In the principal Act, for sub-section (1) of section 62, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) when a document is presented for registration under section 19, the translation together with the true copy of the document shall be filed in the “appropriate book.”. [Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 12]

Tripura Amendment of section 62.-In section 62 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following shall besubstituted:- “when a document is presented for registration under section 19, the true translation together with the true copy referred to in that section shall be pasted in the register of documents of the nature of the original and the second copy of the translation shall be filed with Registration Office”. [Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 12] Uttarakhand Substitution of section 62.—In place of section 62 of the Principal Act, shall be substituted as follows; namely:-- “62. When a document is presented for registration under section 19, the original document shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of sections 52, 58, 59, 60 and 61 and the translation shall also be scanned along with the original document and its printout kept along with the printout of the original document, and if Book is not in electronic form or the scanning is not possible on the same day, the true copy of the translation shall be kept along with the true copy of the document in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 61, and for the purposes of making the copies and memoranda required by sections 57, 64, 65 and 66, it shall be treated as if it were the original."

[Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 18] Uttar Pradesh Amendment of section 62.—In section 62 of the principal Act, after sub-section (1), the following

Explanation shall be inserted, namely :— “Explanation—Transcribing the translation in the said register includes pasting of a copy of such transition in that register.” [Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 14 of 1971, s. 4]

Judgments on Section 62