69: Power of Inspector General to superintend registration offices and make rules

Power of Inspector General to superintend registration officers and make rules.—(1) The Inspector General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration offices in the territories under the [Provincial Government], and shall have power from time to time to make rules consistent with this Act— (a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents * * *; (b) declaring what languages shall be deemed to be commonly used in each district; (c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under section 21 ; (d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, respectively; (e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering officer by section 63 ; (f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make memoranda of documents; (g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices under section 51 ; (h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively; (i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registrationoffices ; and (j) generally, regulating the proceedings of the Registrars and Sub Registrars. (2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the [Provincial Government] for approval, and, after they have been approved, they shall be published in the official Gazette, and on publication shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.

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