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The Registration Act, 1908

77 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1It has been amended in its application to West Bengal by Ben. Act 5 of 1942 and West Ben. Acts 29 of
  3. 2See now the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (47 of 1963)
  4. 3Inspector-General of Registration
  5. 5Districts and sub-districts
  6. 6Registrars and Sub-Registrars
  7. 7Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
  8. 8Inspectors of Registration offices
  9. 10Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
  10. 11Absence of Registrar on duty in his district
  11. 12Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office
  12. 13Report to State Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12
  13. 14Establishments of registering officers
  14. 15Seal of registering officers
  15. 16Register-books and fire-proof boxes
  16. 16AKeeping of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc
  17. 17Documents of which registration is compulsory
  18. 18Documents of which registration is optional
  19. 20Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations
  20. 21Description of property and maps or plans
  21. 22Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys
  22. 23Time for presenting documents
  23. 24Documents executed by several persons at different times
  24. 25Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable
  25. 26Documents executed out of India
  26. 27Wills may be presented or deposited at any time
  27. 29Place for registering other documents
  28. 30Registration by Registrars in certain cases
  29. 33Power-of-attorney recognisable for purposes of section 32
  30. 34Enquiry before registration by registering officer
  31. 35Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively
  32. 37Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons
  33. 38Persons exempt from appearance at registration-office
  34. 40Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt
  35. 41Registration of wills and authorities to adopt
  36. 42Deposit of wills
  37. 43Procedure on deposit of wills
  38. 44Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42
  39. 45Proceedings on death of depositor
  40. 46Saving of certain enactments and powers of Courts
  41. 48Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements
  42. 50Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered documents
  43. 51Register-books to be kept in the several offices
  44. 52Duties of registering officers when document presented
  45. 53Entries to be numbered consecutively
  46. 54Current indexes and entries therein
  47. 55Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents
  48. 57Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies
  49. 58Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration
  50. 60Certificate of registration
  51. 61Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned
  52. 62Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer
  53. 63Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements
  54. 64Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts
  55. 65Procedure where document relates to land in several districts
  56. 66Procedure after registration of documents relating to land
  57. 68Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars
  58. 69Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules
  59. 71Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded
  60. 72Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial o
  61. 73Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution
  62. 75Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon
  63. 76Order of refusal by Registrar
  64. 77Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar
  65. 78Fees to be fixed by State Government
  66. 79Publication of fees
  67. 81Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent
  68. 82Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment
  69. 83Registering officers may commence prosecutions
  70. 84Registering officers to be deemed public servants
  71. 85Destruction of unclaimed documents
  72. 86Registering officer not liable for thing
  73. 88Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries
  74. 89Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed
  75. 90Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government
  76. 91Inspection and copies of such documents
  77. 93[