(As applicable in Uttar Pradesh)

Contents

REGISTRATION ACT,

18th December, 1908

PART I:

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement

2. Definitions

PART II

OF THE REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT

3. Inspector-General of Registration
4. Repealed. (Adaptation Laws Order, 1937)
5. Districts and sub-districts
6. Registrars and Sub-Registrars
6-A. Additional Registrar
7. Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
8. Assistant Inspectors General of Registration
9. Repealed (By Act X of 1927)
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 State 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
16-A. Keeping of books in computer floppies and diskettes, etc

PART III:

OF REGISTRABLE DOCUMENTS

17. Documents of which registration is compulsory

18. Documents of which registration is optional
18-A. Deleted
19. Documents in language not understood by registering officer
20. Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures and alterations
21. Description of property and maps or plans
22. Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps of surveys

PART IV:

OF THE TIME OF PRESENTATION

23. Time for presenting documents

23A. Re-registration of certain documents
24. Documents executed by several persons at different times
25. Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable
26. Documents executed out of India
27. Wills may be presented or deposited at any time

PART V:

OF THE PLACE OF REGISTRATION

28. Place for registering documents relating to land

29. Place for registering other documents
30. Registration by Registrars in certain cases
31. Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence

PART VI:

OF PRESENTING DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

32. Persons to present documents for registration

32-A. Giving of true Photostat copies of documents presented for registration
32-B Lamination of True copies
33. Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32
34. Enquiry before registration by registering officer
35. Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively

PART VII

OF ENFORCING THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTANTS AND

WITNESSES
36. Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired
37. Officer or court to issue and cause service of summons
38. Persons exempt from appearance at registration office
39. Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses

PART VIII

OF PRESENTING WILLS AND AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT

40. Persons entitled to present Wills and authorities to adopt

41. Registration of Wills and authorities to adopt

PART IX

OF THE DEPOSIT OF WILLS

42. Deposit of Wills

43. Procedure on deposit of Wills
44. Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42
45. Proceedings on death of depositor
46. Saving of certain enactments and powers of courts

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

(A) As to the register-books and indexes

51. Register books to be kept in the several offices

52. Duties of registering officers when document presented
52. Duties of registering officers when document presented (Subs. By U.P. Act No. 36 of
2001 w.e.f. 20 May 2002
53. Entries to be numbered consecutively
54. Current indexes and entries therein
55. Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents
56. Deleted by act xv of, 1929]
57. Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified
copies of entries

(B) AS TO THE PROCEDURE ON ADMITTING TO REGISTRATION

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 substances of statements

(C) SPECIAL DUTIES OF SUB-REGISTRAR

64. Procedure where document relates to land in several Sub-Districts

65. Procedure where document relates to land in several Districts

(D) SPECIAL DUTIES OF REGISTRAR

66. Procedure after registration of documents relating to land

67. Omitted vide Act 27 of 1994 with effect from 1-10-94

(E) OF THE CONTROLLING POWERS OF REGISTRARS AND

INSPECTOR-GENERAL

68. Powers of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars

69. Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules
69-A. Power of Inspector-General to prescribe Standard Formats
70. Power of Inspector-General to remit fines

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 grounds 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

78. Fees to be fixed by State Government

78-A Power to reduce or remit fees
78-B Payment of Registration fees in the form of adhesive labels and allowance thereof:
79. Publication of fees
80. Fees payable on presentation
80-A Duty of Collector in proceedings under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899
80-B Recovery to deficit Registration fee as arrears of land revenue and provision for refund of
excess

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 things 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. Burmese registration rules confirmed
93. Repeal
 REGISTRATION ACT,

18th December, 1908

An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents whereas it is

expedient to consolidate the enactments relating to the registration of documents, it is hereby enacted
as follows:

PART I:

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Registration Act, 1908.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir:
Provided that the State Government may exclude any district, or tracts of country from its
operation.

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909.

2. Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-

(1) "addition" means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, rank and title (if any) of a
person described, and, in the case of an Indian, his father's name, or where he is usually described
as the son of his mother, then his mother's name;
(2) "book" includes a portion of a book and also any number of sheets connected together with a view
of forming a book or portion of a book; and also includes a book in electronic form.
(3) "district" and "sub-district" respectively means a district and sub-district formed under this Act;
(4) "District Court" includes the High Court in its ordinary original civil jurisdiction;
(5) "endorsement" and "endorsed" include and apply to an entry in writing by a registering officer on
a rider or covering slip to any document tendered for registration under this Act;
(6) "immovable property" includes land, buildings, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights,
ferries, fisheries or any other benefit to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or
 permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth, but not standing timber, growing
crops nor grass;
(6A) "India" means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;

(7) "lease" includes a counterpart, kabuliyat, an undertaking to cultivate or occupy, and an agreement
to lease;
(8) "minor" means a person who, according to the personal law to which he is subject, has not
attained majority;
(9) "movable property" includes standing timber, growing crops and grass, fruit upon and juice in
trees, and property of every other description, except immovable property; and
(10) "representative" includes the guardian of a minor and the committee or other legal curator of a
lunatic or idiot.
(10-A) ‘true copy’ includes a true Photostat copy.
(10-B) the words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Information
Technology Act, 2000, shall have the respective meaning assigned to them in that Act.

PART II

OF THE REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT

3. Inspector-General of Registration

(1) The State Government shall appoint an officer to be the Inspector-General of Registration for the
territories subject to such Government:
Provided that the State Government may, instead of making such appointment, direct that all or
any of the powers and duties hereinafter conferred and imposed upon the Inspector-General shall
be exercised and performed by such officer or officers, and within such local limits, as the State
Government appoints in this behalf.

(2) Any Inspector-General may hold simultaneously any other office under the Government.
(3) The State Government may appoint one or more Additional Inspectors General of Registration,
and Deputy Inspectors General of Registration for the territories subject to such Government and
may prescribe the duties of such officers and authorise them to exercise and perform all or any of
the powers and duties of the Inspector General of Registration.
 4. Repealed. (Adaptation Laws Order, 1937)

5. Districts and sub-districts

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the State Government shall form districts and sub-districts, and shall
prescribe, and may alter, the limits of such district and sub-districts.
(2) The districts and sub-districts formed under this section, together with the limits thereof, and
every alteration of such limits, shall be notified in the Official Gazette.
(3) Every such alteration shall take effect on such day after the date of the notification as is therein
mentioned.

6. Registrars and Sub-Registrars

The State Government may appoint such persons, whether public officers or not, as it thinks
proper, to be Registrars of the several districts, and to be Sub-Registrar of the several sub-districts,
formed as aforesaid, respectively. Provided that the State Government may delegate, subject to such
restrictions and conditions, as it thinks fit, to the Inspector General of Registration, the power of
appointing Sub-Registrars.

6-A. Additional Registrar

The State Government may, by order also appoint any public officer as an Additional Registrar, to
assist the Registrar, or any two or more Registrars, specified in the order, and may authorise such
Additional Registrars to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties of the Registrar
under the Act.

7. Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar

(1) The State Government shall establish in every district and office to be styled, the office of the
Registrar and in every sub-district an office or offices to be styled, the office of the Sub-Registrar
or the offices of the Joint Sub-Registrars.
(2) The State Government may amalgamate with any office of a Registrar any office of a Sub-
Registrar subordinate to such Registrar, and may authorise any Sub-Registrar whose office has
been so amalgamated to exercise and perform, in addition to his own powers and duties, all or any
of the powers and duties of the Registrar to whom he is subordinate.

Provided that no such authorisation shall enable a Sub-Registrar to hear an appeal against an order
passed by himself under this Act.
 8. Assistant Inspectors General of Registration

(1) The State Government may also appoint officers, to be called Assistant Inspectors General of
Registration offices, and may prescribe the duties of such officers.
(2) Every such Assistant Inspector General shall be subordinate to the Inspector-General.

9. Repealed (By Act X of 1927)

10. Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office

(1) When any Registrar, other than the Registrar of a district including a Presidency town, is absent
otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom
the Inspector-General appoints in this behalf, or, in default of such appointment, the Judge of the
District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Registrar's office is situate, shall be
the Registrar during such absence or until the State Government fills up the vacancy.
(2) When the Registrar of a district including a Presidency town is absent otherwise than on duty in
his district, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General
appoints in this behalf shall be the Registrar during such absence, or until the State Government
fills up the vacancy.

11. Absence of Registrar on duty in his district

When any Registrar is absent from his office on duty in his district, he may appoint any Sub-
Registrar or other person in his district to perform, during such absence, all the duties of a
Registrar except those mentioned in sections 68 and 72.

12. Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office

When any Sub-Registrar is absent, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the
Inspector General of Registration appoints in this behalf, shall be, Sub-Registrar during such
absence, or until the vacancy is filled up.

13. Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12

(1) All appointments made under section 10, section 11 or section 12 shall be reported to the State
Government by the Inspector-General.
(2) Such report shall be either special or general, as the State Government directs.
(3) Omitted. (Adaptation Laws Order, 1937).
 14. Establishments of registering officers

(1) Omitted.
(2) The State Government may allow proper establishments for the several offices under this Act.

15. Seal of registering officers

The several Registrars and Sub-Registrars shall use a seal bearing the following inscription in
English and in such other language as the State Government directs:

“The seal of the Registrar (or of the Sub-Registrar) of.................................".

16. Register-books and fire-proof boxes

(1) The State Government shall provide for the office of every registering officer the books necessary
for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The books so provided shall contain the forms from time to time prescribed by the Inspector-
General, with the sanction of the State Government, and the pages of such books shall be
consecutively numbered in print, and the number of pages in each book shall be certified on the
title-page by the officer by whom such books are issued.
(3) The State Government shall supply the office of every Registrar with a fire-proof box, and shall in
each such district make suitable provision for the safe custody of the records connected with the
registration of documents in such district.

16-A. Keeping of books in computer floppies and diskettes, etc

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 16, the books provided under sub section (1) of
that section may also be kept in computer floppies or diskettes or in any other electronic form in
the manner and subject to the safeguards as may be prescribed by the Inspector General with the
sanction of the State Government.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, a
copy or extracts from the books kept under sub section (1) given by the registering officer under
his hand and seal shall be deemed to be a copy given under section 57 for the purposes of sub
section (5) of that section.

PART III:

OF REGISTRABLE DOCUMENTS
 17. Documents of which registration is compulsory

(1) The following documents shall be registered, if the property to which they relate is situate in a
district in which, and if they have been executed on or after the date on which, Act No. XVI of
1864, or the Indian Registration Act, 1866, or the Indian Registration Act, 1871 (VIII of 1871), or
the Indian Registration Act, 1877 (III of 1877) or this Act came or comes into force, namely:-
a) instruments of gift of immovable property;
b) other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit
or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or
contingent, to or in immovable property;
c) non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any consideration
on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right,
title or interest; and
d) leases of immovable property from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or
reserving a yearly rent;
e) non-testamentary instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a court or any
award when such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit
or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or
contingent, to or in immovable property;
f) any other instrument required by law for the time being inforce, to be registered.
(2) Nothing in clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) applies to-
i. any composition-deed; or
ii. any instrument relating to shares in a joint Stock Company, notwithstanding that the assets of
such company consist in whole or in part of immovable property; or
iii. any debenture issued by any such company and not creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or
extinguishing any right, title or interest, to or in immovable property except in so far as it
entitles the holder to the security afforded by a registered instrument whereby the company
has mortgaged, conveyed or otherwise transferred the whole or part of its immovable property
or any interest therein to trustees upon trust for the benefit of the holders of such debentures;
or
iv. any endorsement upon or transfer of any debenture issued by any such company; or
v. any document, other than contract of sale, not itself creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or
extinguishing any right, title or interest to, or in immovable property, but merely creating a
right to obtain another document which will, when executed, create, declare, assign, limit or
extinguish any such right, title or interest; or
 vi. any decree or order of a court except a decree or order expressed to be made on a compromise
and comprising immovable property other than that which is the subject-matter of the suit or
proceeding; or
vii. any grant of immovable property by the Government; or
viii. any instrument of partition made by a Revenue Officer; or
ix. any order granting a loan or instrument of collateral security granted under the Land
Improvement Act, 1871 (26 of 1871), or the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883 (19 of
1883); or
x. any order granting a loan under the Agriculturists Loans Act, 1884 (12 of 1884), or
instrument for securing the repayment of a loan made under that Act; or
(x-a) any order made under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890, (6 of 1890) vesting any property in
a Treasurer of Charitable Endowments or divesting any such treasurer of any property; or

xi. any endorsement on a mortgage-deed acknowledging the payment of the whole or any part of
the mortgage-money, and any other receipt for payment of money due under a mortgage when
the receipt does not purport to extinguish the mortgage; or
xii. any certificate of sale granted to the purchaser of any property sold by public auction by a
civil or revenue-officer.
(3) Authorities to adopt a son, executed after the 1st day of January, 1872, and not conferred by a
will, and an instrument recording adoption of a child, executed after the 1st Day of January, 1977
shall also be registered.

18. Documents of which registration is optional

Any of the following documents may be registered under this Act, namely:-

a) Deleted;
b) Deleted;
c) Leases of immovable property for any term not exceeding one year
(cc) deleted
d) instruments (other than wills) which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or
extinguish any right, title or interest to or in movable property;
e) wills; and
f) all other documents not required by section 17 to be registered.
 18-A. Deleted

19. Documents in language not understood by registering officer

If any document duly presented for registration be in a language which the registering officer
does not understand, and which is not commonly used in the district, he shall refuse to register the
document, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a language commonly used in the
district and also by a true copy.

20. Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures and alterations

1. The registering officer may, in his discretion, refuse to accept for registration any document
in which any interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration appears, unless the persons executing
the document attest with their signatures or initials such interlineation, blank, erasure or
alteration.
2. If the registering officer registers any such document, he shall, at the time of registering the
same, make a note in the register of such interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration.

21. Description of property and maps or plans

1. No non-testamentary document relating to immovable property shall be accepted for

registration unless
a) it contains a description of such property sufficient to identify the same. And
b) it is accompanies also, where the property is agricultural land by a map or plan, not
necessarily on scale, showing all properties with full description in the radius of two
hundred meters on that agricultural land.
2. Houses in towns shall be described as situated on the north or other side of the street or road
(which should be specified) to which they front, and by their existing and former
occupancies, and by their numbers if the houses in such street or road are numbered.
3. Other houses and land shall be described by their name, if any, and as being the territorial
division in which they are situate, and by their superficial contents, the roads and other
properties on which they abut, and their existing occupancies, and also, whenever it is
practicable, by reference to a Government map or survey.
4. No non-testamentary document containing a map or plan of any property comprised therein
shall be accepted for registration unless it is accompanied by a true copy of the map or
‘plan’, or, in case such property is situate in several districts, by such number of true copies
of the map or plans as are equal to the number of such districts.
 22. Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps of surveys

(1) Where it is, in the opinion of the State Government, practicable to describe houses, not being
houses in towns, and lands by reference to a Government map or survey, the State
Government may, by rule made under this Act, require that such houses and lands as
aforesaid shall, for the purposes of section 21, be so described.
(2) Save as otherwise provided by any rule made under sub-section (1), failure to comply with
the provisions of section 21, sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), shall not disentitle a document
to be registered if the description of the property to which it relates is sufficient to identify
that property.

PART IV:

OF THE TIME OF PRESENTATION

23. Time for presenting documents

Subject to the provisions contained in sections 24, 25 and 26, no document other than a will shall
be accepted for registration unless presented for that purpose to the proper officer within four
months from the date of its execution:

Provided that a copy of a decree or order may be presented within four months from the date on
which the decree or order was made or, where it is appealable, within four months from the day
on which it becomes final.

23A. Re-registration of certain documents

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, if in any case, a document,
requiring registration, has been accepted for registration by a Registrar or Sub-Registrar from a
person not duly empowered to present the same, and has been registered, any person claiming
under such document, may, within four months from his first becoming aware that the
registration of such document is involved, present such document or cause the same to be
presented, in accordance with the provisions of Part VI for re-registration in the office of the
Registrar of the district in which the document was originally registered; and upon the Registrar
being satisfied that the document was so accepted for registration from a person not duly
empowered to present the same, he shall proceed to the re-registration of the document as if it
has not been previously registered, and as if such presentation for re-registration was a
presentation for registration made within the time allowed therefor under Part IV, and all the
provisions of this Act, as to registration of documents, shall apply to such re-registration; and
 such document, if duly re-registered in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be
deemed to have been duly registered for all purposes from the date of its original registration:

Provided that within three months from the twelfth day of September, 1917 any person claiming
under a document, to which this section applies may present the same, or cause the same to be
presented for re-registration in accordance with this section, whatever may have been the time
when he first became aware that the registration of the document was invalid.

24. Documents executed by several persons at different times

Where there are several persons executing a document at different times, such document may be
presented for registration and re-registration within four months from the date of each execution.

25. Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable

(1) If, owing to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident, any document executed, or copy of a
decree or order made, in India is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the
time here in before prescribed in that behalf, the Registrar, in cases where the delay in
presentation does not exceed four months, may direct that, on payment of a fine not exceeding
ten times the amount of the proper registration-fee, such document shall be accepted for
registration.
(2) Any application for such direction may be lodged with Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith
forward it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate.

26. Documents executed out of India

When a document purporting to have been executed by all or any of the parties out of India, is not
presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf,
the registering officer, if satisfied-

a) that the instrument was so executed, and

b) that it has been presented for registration within four months after its arrival in India

may, on payment of the proper registration fee, accept such document for registration.

27. Wills may be presented or deposited at any time

A will may at any time be presented for registration or deposited in manner hereinafter provided.

PART V:
 OF THE PLACE OF REGISTRATION

28. Place for registering documents relating to land

Save as in this part otherwise provided, every document mentioned in section 17, in so far as
such document affects immovable property, and every document mentioned in Section 18, clause
(c), shall be presented for registration in the office of a Sub-Registrar, within whose sub-district
the whole or some portion of the property, to which such document relates, is situated.

Provided that the document of award, exchange, gift, mortgage, partition, settlement and trust,
in so far as such document affects immovable property, shall be presented for registration in the
office of a Sub-Registrar within whose sub-district the whole or major portion, or half portion of
the property, to which such document related, is situate. (Added by Act 27 of 1994 with effect
from 1-10-1994)

29. Place for registering other documents

(1) Every document, not being a document referred to in section 28, or a copy of a decree or
order, may be presented for registration either, in the office of the Sub-Registrar in whose
sub-district the document was executed, or in the office of any other Sub-Registrar under the
State Government at which all the persons executing and claiming under the document desire
the same to be registered.
(2) A copy of a decree or order may be presented for registration in the office of the Sub-
Registrar in whose sub-district the original decree or order was made or, where the decree or
order does not affect immovable property, in the office of any other Sub-Registrar under the
State Government, at which all the persons claiming under the decree or order desire the copy
to be registered.

30. Registration by Registrars in certain cases

(1) Any Registrar may in his discretion receive and register any document which might be
registered by any Sub-Registrar subordinate to him.

31. Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence

In ordinary cases the registration or deposit of documents under this Act shall be made only at
the office of the officer authorised to accept the same for registration or deposit:
 Provided that such officer, may on special cause being shown, attend at the residence of any
person desiring to present a document for registration or to deposit a will, and accept for
registration or deposit such document or will.

PART VI:

OF PRESENTING DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

32. Persons to present documents for registration

Except in cases mentioned in sections 31, 88 and 89, every document to be registered under this
Act, whether such registration be compulsory or optional, shall be presented at the proper
registration office-

a) by some person executing or claiming under the same, or, in the case of a copy of a decree or
order, claiming under the decree or order, or
b) by the representative or assignee of such a person, or
c) by the agent of such a person, representative or assign, duly authorised by power-of-attorney
executed and authenticated in manner hereinafter mentioned.

32-A. Giving of true Photostat copies of documents presented for registration

1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in such areas as may be notified by the State
Government every document or any translation of documents referred to in Section 19
presented for registration shall be accompanied by such number of true Photostat copies
thereof, as may be prescribed by rules under Section 69.
2) The true copy shall:
a. Be neat and legible prepared on paper of such specification as may be notified by the
State Government from time to time.
b. Contain a declaration that the same is a true copy of the document to be registered in
such a manner as may be prescribed by rules under Section 69.
c. Be compared and verified by such official as may be directed by the Registering
Officer.
Sub section (3) shall be omitted
3) ***
 32-B Lamination of True copies

1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in such areas, as may be notified by the State
Government, every document or any translation of documents, referred to in Section 19,
presented for registration shall be accompanied by a true copy thereof:
2) The copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall:
a. Not be a carbon copy
b. Be neatly and legibly printed, to lithographed, typewritten or otherwise prepared on
only one side of the paper of such specification as may be notified by the State
Government.
c. Contain a declaration in a manner prescribed by rules under Section 69 that the same
is a true cope of the document or the translation as the case may be.
3) The registering officer shall refuse to register any document presented to him for Registration
unless such document is accompanied by a true copy thereof as provided in sub-section(1).
4) The copy shall –
a. Be compared and verified by such official as may be directed by registering officer
b. Be separately laminated, bound and permanently kept in such manner as may be
prescribed under section 69.
5) In such areas as have been notified under Sub-Section (1), the provision of Section 32-A shall
cease to apply:

Provided that a Photostat copy filed before the notification under sub-section(1), is issued and
not copied in the appropriate book, shall be deemed to be a true copy for the purposes of this
section and shall be laminated in accordance with the procedure laid down in this section.

Provided further that, if the Photostat copy already filed is dim or otherwise has become
illegible, the registering officer shall, with the prior approval of the Registrar, require the
party concerned to deliver the document to him for getting the copy prepared for lamination,
and if the party concerned informs him that the document has been lost or destroyed, the
Photostat copy available in the registering officer shall be copied in the appropriate book.

[Added by (Act No. 27 of 1994) remaining portion of the section have been included in the
other sections amended thereby.]

33. Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32

1. For the purposes of section 32, the following powers-of-attorney shall alone be recognised,
namely:-
a) if the principal at the time of executing the power-of-attorney resides in any part of India, in
which this Act is for the time being in force, a power-of-attorney executed before and
authenticated by the Registrar or Sub-Registrar within whose district or sub-district the
principal resides;
b) if the principal at the time aforesaid, resides in any part of India, in which this Act is not in
force a power-of-attorney executed before and authenticated by any Magistrate;
c) if the principal at the time aforesaid does not reside in India, a power-of-attorney executed
before and authenticated by Notary Public, or any court, Judge, Magistrate, Indian Consul or
vice-consul, or representative of the Central Government:

Provided that the following persons shall not be required to attend at any registration-office or
court for the purpose of executing any such power-of-attorney as is mentioned in clauses (a)
and (b) of this section, namely-
i. persons who by reason of bodily infirmity are unable without risk or serious
inconvenience so to attend;
ii. persons who are in jail under civil or criminal process; and
iii. persons exempt by law from personal appearance in court.
Explanation: In this sub-section "India" means India, as defined in clause (28) of
section 3 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897).

2. In the case of every such person, the Registrar or Sub-Registrar, or Magistrate, as the
case may be, if satisfied that the power-of-attorney has been voluntarily executed by
the person purporting to be the principal, may attest the same, without requiring his
personal attendance at the office or court aforesaid.
3. To obtain evidence as to the voluntary nature of the execution, the Registrar or Sub-
Registrar or Magistrate may either himself go to the house of the person purporting to
be the principal, or to the jail in which he is confined, and examine him, or issue a
commission for his examination.
4. Any power-of-attorney mentioned in this section may be proved by the production of
it without further proof when it purports on the face of it to have been executed before
and authenticated by the person or court hereinbefore mentioned in that behalf.

34. Enquiry before registration by registering officer

1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Part and in sections 41, 43, 45, 69, 75, 77,
88 and 89, no document shall be registered under this Act, unless the person executing
 such document, or their representatives, assigns or agents authorised as aforesaid,
appear before the registering officer within the time allowed for presentation under
sections 23, 24, 25 and 26:

Provided that, if owing to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident all such persons
do not so appear, the Registrar, in cases where the delay in appearing does not exceed
four months, may direct that on payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount
of the proper registration fee, in addition to the fine, if any, payable under section 25,
the document may be registered.

2) Appearances under sub-section (l) may be simultaneous or at different times.

3) The registering officer shall thereupon-

a) enquire whether or not such document was executed by the person by whom it
purports to have been executed;
b) satisfy himself as to the identity of the persons appearing before him and alleging
that they have executed the document; and
c) in the case of any person appearing as a representative, assignee or agent, satisfy
himself of the right of such person so to appear.

4) Any application for a direction under the proviso to sub-section (1) may be lodged
with a Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to whom he is
subordinate.
5) Nothing in this section applies to copies of decrees or orders.

35. Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively

(1)(a) If all the persons executing the document appear personally before the registering
officer and are personally known to him, or if he be otherwise satisfied that they are the
persons they represent themselves to be, and if they all admit the execution of the document,
or

(b) If in the case of any person appearing by a representative, assign or agent, such
representative, assign or agent admits the execution, or

(c) If the person executing the document is dead, and his representative or assign appears
before the registering officer and admits the execution,

the registering officer shall register the document as directed in sections 58 to 61, inclusive.

(2) The registering officer may, in order to satisfy himself that the persons appearing before
him are the persons they represent themselves to be, or for any other purpose contemplated
by this Act, examine any one present in his office.

(3)(a) If any person by whom the document purports to be executed denies its execution, or

(b) if any such person appears to the registering officer to be a minor, an idiot or a lunatic, or
(c) if any person by whom the document purports to be executed is dead, and his
representative or assignee denies its execution,

the registering officer shall refuse to register the document as to the person so denying,
appearing or dead:

Provided that, where such officer is a Registrar, he shall follow the procedure
prescribed in Part XII:

PROVIDED FURTHER that the State Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, declare that any Sub-Registrar named in the notification shall, in respect of
documents the execution of which is denied, be deemed to be a Registrar for the purposes of
this sub-section and of Part XII.

PART VII

OF ENFORCING THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTANTS AND WITNESSES

36. Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired

If any person presenting any document for registration or claiming under any document,
which is capable of being so presented, desires the appearance of any person whose presence
or testimony is necessary for the registration of such document, the registering officer may, in
his discretion, call upon such officer or court as the State Government directs in this behalf to
issue a summons requiring him to appear at the registration-office, either in person or by duly
authorised agent, as in the summons may be mentioned, and at a time named therein.

37. Officer or court to issue and cause service of summons

The officer or court, upon receipt of the peon's fee payable in such cases, shall issue the
summons accordingly, and cause it to be served upon the person whose appearance is so
required.

38. Persons exempt from appearance at registration office

(1) (a) A person who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable without risk or serious
inconvenience to appear at the registration-office, or

(b) a person in jail under civil or criminal process, or

(c) persons exempt by law from personal appearance in court, and who would but for the
provisions next hereinafter contained be required to appear in person at the registration-
office, shall not be required so to appear.

(2) In the case of every such person the registration-officer shall either himself go to the
house of such person, or to the hall in which he is confined, and examine him or issue a
commission for his examination.
 39. Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses

The law in force for the time being as to summonses, commissions and compelling the
attendance of witnesses and for their remuneration in suits before civil courts, shall, save as
aforesaid and mutatis mutandis, apply to any summons or commission issued and any person
summoned to appear under the provisions of this Act.

PART VIII

OF PRESENTING WILLS AND AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT

40. Persons entitled to present Wills and authorities to adopt

(1) The testator, or after his death any person claiming as executor or otherwise under a will,
may present it to any Registrar or Sub-Registrar for registration.

(2) The donor, or after his death the donee, of any authority to adopt, or the adoptive son,
may present it to any Registrar or Sub-Registrar for registration.

41. Registration of Wills and authorities to adopt

(1) A will or an authority to adopt presented for registration by the testator or donor, may be
registered in the same manner as any other document.

(2) A will or authority to adopt presented for registration by any other person entitled to
present it shall be registered if the registering officer is satisfied-

(a) that the will or authority was executed by the testator or donor, as the case may be;

(b) that the testator or donor is dead; and

(c) that the person presenting the will or authority is, under section 40, entitled to present the
same.

PART IX

OF THE DEPOSIT OF WILLS

42. Deposit of Wills

Any testator may, either personally or by duly authorised agent, deposit with any
Registrar his will in a sealed cover superscribed with the name of the testator and that of his
agent (if any) and with a statement of the nature of the document.
 43. Procedure on deposit of Wills

(1) On receiving such cover, the Registrar, if satisfied that the person presenting the
same for deposit is the testator or his agent, shall transcribe in his Register-book No.5 the
superscription aforesaid, and shall not in the same book and on the said cover the year,
month, day and hour of such presentation and receipt, and the names of any persons who may
testify to the identity of the testator or his agent, and any legible inscription which may be on
the seal of the cover.

(2) The Registrar shall then place and retain the sealed cover in his fireproof box.

44. Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42

If the testator who has deposited such cover wishes to withdraw it, he may apply,
either personally or by duly authorised agent, to the Registrar who holds it in deposit, and
such Registrar, if satisfied that the applicant is actually the testator or his agent, shall deliver
the cover accordingly.

45. Proceedings on death of depositor

(1) If, on the death of a testator who has deposited a sealed cover under section 42,
application be made to the Registrar who holds it in deposit to open the same, and if the
Registrar is satisfied that the testator is dead, he shall, in the applicant's presence, open the
cover, and, at the applicant's expense, cause the contents thereof to be copied into his Book
No.3.

(2) When such copy has been made, the Registrar shall re-deposit the original will.

46. Saving of certain enactments and powers of courts

(1) Nothing hereinbefore contained shall affect the provisions of section 259 of the
Indian Succession Act, 1865 (X of 1865), or of section 8 of the Probate and Administration
Act, 1881 (V of 1881), or the power of any court by order to compel the production of any
will.

(2) When any such order is made the Registrar shall, unless the will has been already copied
under section 45, open the cover and cause the will to be copied into his Book No.3 and make
a notice on such copy that the original has been removed in to court in pursuance of the order
aforesaid.

PART X

OF THE EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION AND NON-REGISTRATION

 47. Time from which registered document operates

A registered document shall operate from the time from which it would have
commenced to operate if no registration thereof had been required or made, and not from the
time of its registration.

48. Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral
agreements

All non-testamentary documents duly registered under this Act, and relating to any
property, whether movable or immovable, shall take effect against any oral agreement or
declaration relating to such property, unless where the agreement or declaration has been
accompanied or followed by delivery of possession and the same constitutes a valid transfer
under any law for the time being in force:

PROVIDED that a mortgage by deposit of title-deeds as defined in section 58 of the Transfer

of Property Act, 1882 (IV of 1882), shall take effect against any mortgage-deed subsequently
executed and registered which relates to the same property.

49. Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered

No document required by section 17 or by any provision of the Transfer of Property Act,

1882 (IV of 1882) to be registered shall-

(a) affect any immovable property comprised therein, or

(b) confer any power to adopt, or

(c) be received as evidence of any transaction affecting such property or conferring such
power,

unless it has been registered:

PROVIDED that an unregistered document affecting immovable property and required by

this Act or the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, to be registered may be received as evidence
of a contract in a suit for specific performance under Chapter II of the Specific Relief Act,
1878, or as evidence of part performance of a contract for the purposes of section 53A of the
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, or as evidence of any collateral transaction not required to be
effected by registered document.

50. Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered
documents

(1) Every document of the kinds mentioned in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 17,
sub-section (1), and clauses (a) and (b) of section 18, as these stood before their omission by
U.P. Civil Laws (Reforms and Amendment) Act, 1976 shall, if duly registered, take effect as
regards the property comprised therein, against every unregistered document relating to the
same property, and not being a decree or order, whether such unregistered document be of the
same nature as the registered document or not.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) applies to leases exempted under the proviso to sub-section (1)
of section 17, as the proviso stood before omission by the U.P. Civil Laws (Reforms and
Amendment) Act, 1976 or to any document mentioned in sub-section (2) of the same section,
or to any registered document which had not priority under the law in force at the
commencement of this Act.

Explanation: In cases where Act No. XVI of 1864 or the Indian Registration Act, 1866, was
in force in the place and at the time in and at which such unregistered document was
executed, "unregistered" means not registered according to such Act, and, where the
document is executed after the first day of July, 1871, not registered under the Indian
Registration Act, 1871 (VIII of 1871), or the Indian Registration Act, 1877 (III of 1877), or
this Act.

PART XI

OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF REGISTERING OFFICERS

(A) As to the register-books and indexes

51. Register books to be kept in the several offices

(1) The following books shall be kept in the several offices hereinafter named, namely:-

(A) In all registration offices-

Book 1, "Register of non-testamentary documents relating to immovable property";

Book 2, "Record of reasons for refusal to register";

Book 3, "Register of wills and authorities to adopt"; and

Book 4, "Miscellaneous Register";

(B) In the offices of Registrars –

Book 5, "Register of deposits of wills".

(2) In Book 1 shall be filed true copies of all documents or memoranda registered under
sections 17,18 and 89 which relate to immovable property, and are not wills.

(3) In Book 4 shall be entered all documents registered under clauses (d) and (f) of section 18
which do not relate to immovable property:

Provided where the book is in electronic form, all documents registered under the
aforesaid clause or their true copies as the case may be shall be scanned in it and a printout
thereof shall be kept permanently in Book 4.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require more than one set of books where the
office of the Registrar has been amalgamated with the office of a Sub-Registrar.

(5) Where due to fire, tempest, flood, excessive rainfall, violence of any army or mob or other
irresistible force any or all of the books specified in sub-section (1) are destroyed or become illegible
either wholly or partially and the State Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient
to do so it may by order direct such book or such portion thereof as it thinks fit to be recopied,
authenticated or reconstructed in such manner as may be prescribed and the copy so prepared
authenticated or reconstructed shall for the purposes of this Act and of the Indian Evidence act, 1872
be deemed to have taken place of and to be the original book of portion.

52. Duties of registering officers when document presented

(1)(a) The day, hour and place of presentation, and the signature of every person presenting a
document for registration, shall be endorsed on every such document at the time of presenting
it;

(b) a receipt for such document shall be given by the registering officer to the person
presenting the same; and

(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, every document admitted to registration
shall without unnecessary delay be copied in the book appropriated therefor according to the
order of its admission.

Where the provisions of Section 32 as inserted by Act 27 of 1994 have been made available
sub-section(1) shall be as follows:

52. Duties of registering officers when document presented (Subs. By U.P. Act No.
36 of 2001 w.e.f. 20 May 2002

(1)(a) The day, hour and place of presentation, and the signature of every person
presenting a document for registration, shall be endorsed on every such document and true
copy thereof at the time of presenting it;

(b) a receipt for such document shall be given by the registering officer to the person
presenting the same; and

(2) sub-section (2) shall be omitted.

53. Entries to be numbered consecutively

All entries in each book shall be numbered in a consecutive series, which shall commence
and terminate with the year, a fresh series being commenced at the beginning of each year.

Provided that where the book is in electronic form all entries and number in that book and the
book maintained manually shall be identical
 54. Current indexes and entries therein

In every office in which any of the books hereinbefore mentioned are kept, there shall be
prepared current indexes of the contents of such books, and every entry in such indexes shall
be made, so far as practicable, immediately after the registering officer has Scanned or filed a
true copy or a memorandum of, the document to which it relates.

55. Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents

(1) Four such indexes shall be made in all registration offices, and shall be named,
respectively, Index No.I,-Index No.II, Index NO.III and Index No. IV.

(2) Index No.I shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing and of all
persons claiming under every document entered or memorandum filed in Book No.1.

(3) Index No. II shall contain such particulars mentioned in section 21 relating to every such
document and memorandum as the Inspector-General from time to time directs in that behalf.

(4) Index No. III shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing every will
and authority entered in Book No. 3, and of the executors and persons respectively appointed
thereunder, and after the death of the testator or the donor (but not before) the names and
additions of all persons claiming under the same.

(5) Index No. IV shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing and of all
persons claiming under every document entered in Book No. 4.

(6) Each Index shall contain such other particulars, and shall be prepared in such form, as the
Inspector-General from time to time directs.

(7) where book is in electronic form, the indexed made under this section shall also be stored
in electronic form in the manner prescribed by the rules under Section 69.

56. Deleted by act xv of, 1929]

57. Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give
certified copies of entries

(1) Subject to the previous payment of the fees payable in that behalf, Books 1 and 2 and
Indexes relating to Book 1 other than those in electronic form shall be at all times open to
inspection by any person applying to inspect the same; and, subject to the provisions of
section 62, copies of entries in such books shall be given to all persons applying for such
copies.

(2) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No.3 and in the Index relating
thereto shall be given to the persons executing the documents to which such entries relate, or
to their agents, and after the death of the executants (but not before) to any person applying
for such copies.
(3) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No.4 and in the Index relating
thereto shall be given to any person executing or claiming under the documents to which such
entries respectively refer, or to his agent or representative.

(4) The requisite search under the section for entries in Book Nos. 3 and 4 shall be made only
by the registering officer.

(5) All copies given under this section shall be signed and sealed by the registering officer,
and shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the contents of the original documents.

(B) AS TO THE PROCEDURE ON ADMITTING TO REGISTRATION

58. Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration

(1) On every document admitted to registration and true copy thereof, other than a copy of a
decree or order, or a copy sent to a registering officer under section 89, there shall be
endorsed from time to time the following particulars, namely,-

(a) the signature and addition of every person admitting the execution of the document, and,
if such execution has been admitted by the representative, assignee or agent of any person,
the signature and addition of such representative, assignee or agent;

(b) the signature and addition of every person examined in reference to such document under
any of the provisions of this Act; and

(c) any payment of money or delivery of goods made in the presence of the registering officer
in reference to the execution of the document, and any admission of receipt of consideration,
in whole or in part, made in his presence in reference to such execution.

Where the provisions of Section 32-B as added by Act 27 of 1994 apply sub-section (1) of
Section 58 shall be deemed amended as follows:

(1) On every document admitted to registration and true copy thereof, other than a copy of a
decree or order, or a copy sent to a registering officer under section 89, there shall be
endorsed from time to time the following particulars, namely,-

(a) the signature and addition of every person admitting the execution of the document, and,
if such execution has been admitted by the representative, assignee or agent of any person,
the signature and addition of such representative, assignee or agent;

(b) the signature and addition of every person examined in reference to such document under
any of the provisions of this Act; and

(c) any payment of money or delivery of goods made in the presence of the registering officer
in reference to the execution of the document, and any admission of receipt of consideration,
in whole or in part, made in his presence in reference to such execution.
(2) If any person admitting the execution of a document refuses to endorse the same, the
registering officer shall nevertheless register it, but shall at the same time endorse a note of
such refusal.

59. Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer

The registering officer shall affix the date and his signature to all endorsements made under
sections 52 and 58, relating to the same document and made in his presence on the same day.

60. Certificate of registration

(1) After such of the provisions of sections 34, 35, 58 and 59 as apply to any document,
presented for registration, have been complied with, the registering officer shall endorse
thereon and on the true copies thereof, a certificate containing the word "registered ", together
with a reference to the number and pages of the appropriate book in which the document or
its true copy is to be scanned or kept.

(2) Such certificate shall be signed, sealed and dated by the registering officer, and shall be
admissible for the purpose of proving that the document has been duly registered in manner
provided by this Act, and that the facts mentioned in the endorsements referred to in section
59 have occurred as therein mentioned.

61. Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned

(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 62, after the provisions of Section 52, 58, 59 and 60
are compiled with every document admitted to the registration along with the map of 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 also that if the true copy filed before the commencement of the Registration
(Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2001, is dim or had 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 informs
him that the document has been lost or destroyed the true copy available in the registering
officer 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.

62. Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer

(1) 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 be scanned along with the original, 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 copied and memoranda required by Section 57, 64, 65 and 66, it shall be
treated as if it were the original.

In areas where the provisions of Section 32-B as added by Act No. 27 of 1994 have been
made applicable, sub-section (1) of Section 72 shall be deemed to be amended as below:

(i) when a document is presented for registration under Section 19, the true copy of the
translation shall be laminated, bound and kept 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.

63. Power to administer oaths and record of substances of statements

(1) Every registering officer may at his discretion administer an oath to any person examined
by him under the provisions of this Act.

(2) Every such officer may also at his discretion record a notice of the substance of the
statement made by each such person, and such statement shall be read over, or (if made in a
language with which such person is not acquainted) interpreted to him in a language with
which he is acquainted, and, if he admits the correctness of such notice, it shall be signed by
the registering officer.

(3) Every such note so signed shall be admissible for the purpose of proving that the
statements therein recorded were made by the persons and under the circumstances therein
stated.

(C) SPECIAL DUTIES OF SUB-REGISTRAR

64. Procedure where document relates to land in several Sub-Districts

Every Sub-Registrar on registering a non-testamentary document relating to immovable

property not wholly situate in his own sub-district shall make a memorandum thereof and of
the endorsement and certificate (if any) thereon, and send the same to every other Sub-
Registrar subordinate to the same Registrar as himself in whose sub-district any part of such
property is situate, and Sub-Registrar shall take a similar action on this memorandum as
known (sic taken) on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61.

65. Procedure where document relates to land in several Districts

(1) Every Sub-Registrar on registering a non-testamentary document relating to immovable

property situate in more districts than one shall also forward a copy thereof and of the
endorsement and certificate (if any) thereon, together with a copy of the map or plan (if any)
mentioned in section 21, to the Registrar of every district in which any part of such property
is situate other than district in which his own sub-district is situate.

(2) The Registrar on receiving the same shall take a similar action on such copy of the
document and the copy of the map or plan (if any) as taken on a document admitted to
registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61, and shall forward a memorandum of the
document to each of the Sub-Registrars subordinate to him within whose sub-district any part
of such property is situate; and every Sub-Registrar receiving such memorandum shall take a
similar action on it as taken by the Registrar under the sub-section.

(D) SPECIAL DUTIES OF REGISTRAR

66. Procedure after registration of documents relating to land

(1) On registering any non-testamentary document relating to immovable property the

Registrar shall forward a memorandum of such document to each Sub-Registrar subordinate
to himself in whose sub-district any part of the property is situate.

(2) The registered shall also forward a copy of such document together with a copy of the
map or plan (if any) mentioned in section 21, to every other Registrar in whose district any
part of such property is situate.

(3) Such Registrar on receiving any such copy shall take a similar action on it as taken on a
document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61, and shall also send a
memorandum of the copy to each of the Sub-Registrars subordinate to him within whose sub-
district any part of the property is situate.

(4) Every Sub-Registrar receiving any memorandum under this section shall take a similar
action on it as taken on a copy receive under sub-section (3).

67. Omitted vide Act 27 of 1994 with effect from 1-10-94

(E) OF THE CONTROLLING POWERS OF REGISTRARS AND

INSPECTOR-GENERAL

68. Powers of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars

(1) Every Sub-Registrar shall perform the duties of his office under the superintendence and
control of the Registrar in whose district the office of such Sub-Registrar is situate.
(2) Every Registrar shall have authority to issue (whether on complaint or otherwise) any
order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in respect of any act or omission
of any Sub-Registrar subordinate to him or in respect of the rectification of any error
regarding the book or the office in which any document has been registered.

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

(1) The Inspector-General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration-
offices in the territories under the State 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 recognised under section 21;

(d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, respectively;

(dd) providing for refund of registration fees paid in excess;

(ddd) providing for recovery of deficiency in registration fee.

(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 sections 51;

(gg) regulating the manner in which the instruments referred to in sub-section (2) of section
88 may be presented for registration;

(h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Index Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively;

(hh) regulating the manner in which translations to be delivered under Section 19, shall be
prepared and in which they shall be declared to be faithful translations

(hh-1) regulating the number and manner in which printouts or true copies of documents and
of translation shall be prepared and the Books in which they shall be kept for the record

(hh-2) regulating the form for declaration and the manner of comparison and verificstion of
the true copies

(hh-3) regulating the manner in which and safeguards subject to which the books may be kept
in the electronic form

(hh-4) regulating the manners and procedure for lamination of true copies the books in which
they shall be kept for record keeping such records and preservation thereof, grant of license
for lamination and matters connected therewith, including the rate of fees for laminating the
copies and seating arrangement for the licencees

(hhh) Providing for the grant of licenses to document writers, the suspension and revocation
of such licenses, terms and conditions, subject to which the authority by whom such licenses
shall be granted, suspended or revoked, and generally for all purposes connected with the
drafting or writing by such document writers of documents to be presented for registration.

(hhhh) regulating the manner of re-copying the books kept under Section 51 and the indexes.

(i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registration offices; and

(j) generally, regulating the proceedings of the Registrars and Sub-Registrars.

(2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the State Government for approval, and, after
they have been approved, they shall be punished in the Official Gazette, and on publication
shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.

69-A. Power of Inspector-General to prescribe Standard Formats

Notwithstanding anything contained in any provisions of this Act, the Inspector-General of

Registration shall with prior approval of the State Government prepare and circulate standard formats
of various kinds of documents for the guidance of the general public which may be used with or
without modifications.

Explanation – Use of a standard format prepared and circulated under this Section shall be a preclude
to omit the descriptions of the property required under Section 21 and 22.

70. Power of Inspector-General to remit fines

The Inspector-General may also, in the exercise of his discretion, remit wholly or in part the
difference between any fine levied under section 25 or section 34, and the amount of the
proper registration fee.

PART XII

OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER

71. Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded

(1) Every Sub-Registrar refusing to register a document, except on the ground that the
property to which it relates is not situate within his sub-district, shall make an order of refusal
and record his reasons for such order in his Book No. 2, and endorse the words "registration
refused" on the document; and, on application made by any person executing or claiming
under the document, shall, without payment and unnecessary delay, give him a copy of the
reasons so recorded.
(2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a document so endorsed unless and
until, under the provisions hereinafter contained, the document is directed to be registered.

72. Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on

grounds other than denial of execution

(l.) Except where the refusal is made on the ground of denial of execution, an appeal shall lie
against an order of a Sub-Registrar refusing to admit a document to registration (whether the
registration of such document is compulsory or optional) to the Registrar to whom such Sub-
Registrar is subordinate, if presented to such Registrar within thirty days from the date of the
order; and the Registrar may reverse or alter such order.

(2) If the order of the Registrar directs the document to be registered and the document is
duly presented for registration within thirty days after the making of such order, the Sub-
Registrar shall obey the same, and thereupon shall, so far as may be practicable, follow the
procedure prescribed in sections 58, 59 and 60; and such registration shall take effect as if the
document had been registered when it was first duly presented for registration.

73. Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of

denial of execution

(1) When a Sub-Registrar has refused to register a document on the ground that any person
by whom it purports to be executed, or his representative or assign, denies its execution, any
person claiming under such document, or his representative, assignee or agent authorised as
aforesaid, may, within thirty days after the making of the order of refusal, apply to the
Registrar to whom such Sub-Registrar is subordinate in order to establish his right to have the
document registered.

(2) Such application shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a copy of the reasons
recorded under section 71, and the statements in the application shall be verified by the
applicant in manner required by law for the verification of plaints.

74. Procedure of Registrar on such application

In such case, and also where such denial as aforesaid is made before a Registrar in respect of
a document presented for registration to him, the Registrar shall, as soon as conveniently may
be, enquire-

(a) whether the document has been executed;

(b) whether the requirements of the law for the time being in force have been complied with
on the part of the applicant or person presenting the document for registration, as the case
may be, so as to entitle the document for registration.
 75. Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon

(1) If the Registrar finds that the document has been executed and that the said requirements
have been complied with, he shall order the document to be registered.

(2) If the document is duly presented for registering within thirty days after the making of
such order, the registering officer shall obey the same and thereupon shall, so far as may be
practicable, follow the procedure prescribed in sections 58, 59 and 60.

(3) Such registration shall take effect as if the document had been registered when it was first
duly presented for registration.

(4) The Registrar may, for the purpose of any enquiry under section 74, summon and enforce
the attendance of witness, and compel them to give evidence, as if he were a civil court, and
he may also direct by whom the whole or any part of the costs of any such enquiry shall be
paid, and such costs shall be recoverable as if they had been awarded in a suit under the Code
of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).

76. Order of refusal by Registrar

(1) Every Registrar refusing-

(a) to register a document except on the ground that the property to which it relates does not
situate within his district or that the document ought to be registered in the office of a Sub-
Registrar, or

(b) to direct the registration of a document under section 72 or section 75, shall make an order
of refusal and record the reasons for such order in his Book No. 2 and, on application made
by any person executing or claiming under the document, shall, without unnecessary delay,
give him a copy of the reasons so recorded.

(2) No appeal lies from any order by a Registrar under this section or section 72.

77. Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar

(1) Where the Registrar refuses to order the document to be registered, under section 72 or
section 76, any person claiming under such document, or his representative, assignee or
agent, may, within thirty days after the making of the order of refusal, institute in the civil
court, within the local limits of whose original jurisdiction is situate the office in which the
document is sought to be registered, a suit for a decree directing the document to be
registered in such office if it be duly presented for registration within thirty days after the
passing of such decree.

(2) The provisions contained in sub-sections (2) and (3) of section75 shall, mutatis mutandis,
apply to all documents presented for registration in accordance with any such decree, and,
notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the documents shall be receivable in evidence
in such suit.

PART XIII

OF THE FEES FOR REGISTRATION, SEARCHES AND COPIES

78. Fees to be fixed by State Government

The State Government shall prepare a table of fees payable-

(a) for the registration of documents;

(b) for searching the registers;

(c) for making or granting copies of reasons, entries or documents, before, on or after
registration;

and of extra or additional fees payable-

(d) for every registration under section 30;

(e) for the issue of commissions;

(f) for filing translations;

(g) for attending at private residences;

(h) for the safe custody and return of documents; and

(i) for such other matters as appear to the State Government necessary to effect the purposes
of this Act.

78-A Power to reduce or remit fees

The state Government may, by rule or order, published in the official Gazette, reduce or remit,
whether prospectively or retrospectively, in the whole or any part of the territories under its
administration the fees chargeable in respect of any instrument or class of instruments or in respect of
any class of instruments when executed by or in favour of the State Government or any person or
class of persons.

78-B Payment of Registration fees in the form of adhesive labels and allowance
thereof:

(1) The fee for the registration of a document may be charged in the form of adhesive labels for
which Inspector-General of Registration may, with prior approval from State Government
 make rules to regulate apply and sale thereof, the persons by whom alone such alone such sale
is to be conducted and the duties and remuneration of and the fees chargeable from such
persons.
(2) The District Registrar may, on an application of a person, make allowance for the spoiled,
misused or unused adhesive labels purchased for the registration of a document in accordance
with the rules made by the Inspector-General of Registration with the prior approval from
State Government.

79. Publication of fees

A table of the fees so payable shall be published in the Official Gazette, and a copy thereof in
English and the vernacular language of the district shall be exposed to public view in every
registration office.

80. Fees payable on presentation

All fees for the registration of documents under this Act shall be payable on the presentation
of such documents.

80-A Duty of Collector in proceedings under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act,
1899

(1) It shall be the duty of collector if he is satisfied during the proceedings if any under Section
47-A of the Indian Stamp Act 1899 that the fee for registration paid under the Act in respect
of document is in deficit to determine in the course of such proceedings to the registering
officer for recovery of the said amount from the person liable to pay the deficit amount of
Stamp Duty under the said section.
(2) An order of the Collector under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be an order made by the
Collector under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act 1899 and shall be final
(3) Any amount recoverable under this section may be recovered as arrears of land revenue.

80-B Recovery to deficit Registration fee as arrears of land revenue and provision
for refund of excess

(1) If on inspection or otherwise it is found that the fee payable under this Act in relation to any
document which is registered has not been paid or has been insufficiently paid or has been
insufficiently paid such fee may (after failure to pay the same on demand within the
prescribed period) on a certificate of Inspector General of Registration, Additional Inspector
General of Registration or Deputy Inspector General of Registration, be recovered from the
person who presented such document for registration under Section 32, as arrears of land
 revenue. Such certificate shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court or
before any authority.

Provided that no such certificate shall be granted unless due enquiry is made and such person
has been given the opportunity of being heard.

(2) Where the Inspector General of Registration finds that amount of fee charged and paid
exceeds that which is legally chargeable under the provisions of this Act, he may upon an
application in writing or otherwise, refund the excess.

PART XIV

OF PENALTIES

81. Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents

with intent to injure

Every registering officer appointed under this Act and every person employed in his office
for the purposes of this Act, who, being charged with the endorsing, copying, translating or
registering of any document presented or deposited under its provisions, endorses, copies,
translates or registers such document in a manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect,
intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury, as
defined in the Indian Penal Code, to any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

82. Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false
personation, and abetment

Whoever-

(a) intentionally makes any false statement, whether on oath or not, and whether it has been
recorded or not, before any officer acting in execution of this Act, in any proceeding or
enquiry under this Act; or

(b) intentionally delivers to a registering officer, in any proceeding under section 19 or

section 21, a false copy or translation of a document, or a false copy of a map or plan; or

(c) falsely personates another, and in such assumed character presents any document, or
makes any admission or statement, or causes any summons or commission to be issued, or
does any other act in any proceeding or enquiry under this Act; or

(d) abets anything made punishable by this Act;

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with
fine, or with both.
 83. Registering officer may commence prosecutions

(1) A prosecution for any offence under this Act coming to the knowledge of a registering
officer in his official capacity may be commenced by or with the permissions of the
Inspector-General, the Registrar or the Sub-Registrar, in whose territories, district or sub-
district, as the case may be, the offence has been committed.

(2) Offences punishable under this Act shall be triable by any court or officer exercising
powers not less than those of a Magistrate of the second class.

84. Registering officers to be deemed public servants

(1) Every registering officer appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant
within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code.

(2) Every person shall be legally bound to furnish information to such registering officer
when required by him to do so.

(3) In section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), the words "judicial proceeding"
shall be deemed to include any proceeding under this Act.

PART XV

MISCELLANEOUS

85. Destruction of unclaimed documents

Documents (other than wills) remaining unclaimed in any registration-office for a period
exceeding two years may be destroyed.

86. Registering officer not liable for things bona fide done or refused in his official
capacity

No registering officer shall be liable to any suit, claim or demand by reason of anything in
good faith done or refused in his official capacity.

87. Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure

Nothing done in good faith pursuant to this Act or any Act hereby repealed, by any
registering officer, shall be deemed invalid merely by reason of any defect in his appointment
or procedure.

88. Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public

functionaries

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, it shall not be necessary for -
(a) any officer of Government, or

(b) any Administrator General, Official Trustee or Official Assignee, or

(c) the Sheriff, Receiver or Registrar of a High Court, or

(d) the holder for the time being of such other public office as may be specified in a
notification in the Official Gazette issued in that behalf by the State Government,

to appear in person or by agent at any registration-office in any proceeding connected with

the registration of any instrument executed by him or in his favour, in his official capacity, or
to sign as provided in section 58.

(2) Any instrument executed by or in favour of an officer of Government or any other person
referred to in sub-section (1) may be presented for registration in such manner as may be
prescribed by rules made under section 69.

(3) The registering officer to whom any instrument is presented for registration under this
section may, if he thinks fit, refer to any Secretary to Government or to such officer of
Government or other person referred to in sub-section (1) for information respecting the same
and, on being satisfied of the execution thereof, shall register the instrument.

89. Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering

officers and filed

(1) Every officer granting a loan under the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883 (XIX of
1883), shall send a copy of his order to the registering officer within the local limits of whose
jurisdiction the whole or any part of the land to be improved or of the land to be granted as
collateral security, is situate, and such registering officer shall take a similar action on it as
taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61.

(2) Every court granting a certificate of sale of immovable property under the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), shall send a copy of such certificate to the registering officer
within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property
comprised in such certificate is situate, and such officer shall take a similar action on it as
taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61.

(3) Every officer granting a loan under the Agriculturists' Loans Act, 1884 (XII of 1884),
shall send a copy of any instrument whereby immovable property is mortgaged for the
purpose of securing the repayment of the loan, and, if any such property is mortgaged for the
same purpose in the order granting the loan, a copy also of that order, to the registering
officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the property so
mortgaged is situate, and such registering officer shall take a similar action on it as taken on a
document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61

(4) Every revenue-officer granting a certificate of sale to the purchaser of immovable

property sold by public auction shall send a copy of the certificate to the registering officer
within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property
comprised in the certificate is situate, and such officer shall take a similar action on it as
taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of Section 61.

EXEMPTIONS FROM ACT

90. Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government

(1) Nothing contained in this Act or in the Indian Registration Act, 1877 (III of 1877), or in
the Indian Registration Act, 1871 (VIII of 1871), or in any Act thereby repealed, shall be
deemed to require, or to have any time required, the registration of any of the following
documents or maps, namely:-

(a) documents issued, received or attested by any officer engaged in making a settlement or
revision or settlement of land-revenue, and which form part of the records of such settlement;
or

(b) documents and maps issued, received or authenticated by any officer engaged on behalf
of Government in making or revising the survey of any land, and which form part of the
record of such survey; or

(c) documents which, under any law for the time being in force, are filed periodically in any
revenue-office by patwaris or other officers charged with the preparation of village records;
or

(d) sanads, inam, title-deeds and other documents purporting to be or to evidence grants or
assignments by Government of land or of any interest in land; or

(e) notice given under section 74 or section 76 of the Bombay Land-Revenue Code, 1879
(Bombay Act V of 1879), or relinquishment of occupancy by occupants, or of alienated land
by holders of such land.

(2) All such documents and maps shall, for the purposes of sections 48 and 49, be deemed to
have been and to be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

91. Inspection and copies of such documents

Subject to such rules and the previous payment of such fees as the State Government, by
notification in the Official Gazette, prescribes in this behalf, all documents and maps
mentioned in section 90, clauses (a), (b), (c) and (e), and all registers of the documents
mentioned in clause (d), shall be open to the inspection of any person applying to inspect the
same, and, subject as aforesaid, copies of such documents shall be given to all persons
applying for such copies.

92. Burmese registration rules confirmed

[Repealed by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937]

 93. Repeal

[Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938