The Registration Act
Federal Acts · Federal · 1908 · XVI of 1908
Legal status
In force
Effective date
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Sections
103
Part I — Preliminary
Part II — Of The Registration Establishment
- 3: Inspector General of Registration
- 4: [Repealed.](repealed)
- 5: Districts and sub-districts
- 6: Registrars and Sub Registrars
- 7: Offices of Registrar and Sub Registrar
- 8: Inspectors of registration offices
- 9: [Repealed.](repealed)
- 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 Provincial 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
Part III — Of Registrable Documents
- 17: Documents of which registration is compulsory
- 18: Documents of which registration is optional
- 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
Part IV — Of The Time Of Presentation
Part IX — Deposit And Disposal Of Wills
Part V — Of The Place Of Registration
Part VI — Of Presenting Documents For Registration
Part VII — Of Enforcing The Appearance Of Executants And Witnesses
Part VIII — Of Presenting Wills And Authorities To Adopt
Part 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
Part XI — Of The Duties 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- 56: [Repealed.](repealed)
- 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
Part XI A — Of The Copying Of Documents By Means Of Photography.
Part 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
Part XIII — Of The Fees For Registration, Searches And Copies
Part 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 officer may commence prosecutions
- 84: Registering Officers to be deemed public servants
Part 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 Exemptions from Act
- 90: Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government
- 91: Inspection and copies of such documents
- 92: [Repealed.](repealed)
- 93: [Repealed.](repealed)
Preliminary
Schedule
- Schedule: The Schedule [Repealed](repealed)
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