(1) The 1[State Government] may also appoint officers to be called Inspectors of Registrations offices, and may prescribe the duties of such officers.
(2) Every such Inspector shall be subordinate to the Inspector-General. STATE AMENDMENT Orissa Amendment of section 8.--In section 8 of the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “ Inspector of Registration Offices” the words “ Additional Inspector –General of Registration, Joint Inspector-General of Registration and Deputy Inspector- General of Registration” shall be substituted; and
(b) in sub-section(2), for the words “Inspector”, the words “Additional Inspector-General, Joint Inspector-General and Deputy Inspector-General” shall be substituted. [Vide Orissa Act 8 of 2002, s. 2] Uttarakhand Repealed of section 8.—Section 8 of the Principal act shall be repealed. [Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 4]