The Registration Act, 1908

Section 29. Place for registering other documents

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

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, sub-section (1), clauses (a), (b), (c)[[3]] [, (d) and ( e sub-section (2), insofar as such document affects immovable property,] and section 18, clauses (a), every document mentioned in section 17, sub-section (1), clauses (a), (b), (c)[[3]] [, (d) and (e), section 17, 1. Ins. by Act 15 of 1917, s. 2. 2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "the State". 3. Subs. by Act 33 of 1940, s. 3, for "and (d)". (b)[1] [(c) and (cc),] 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 situate. 29. Place for registering other documents. —(1) Every document[2] [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[3] [State Government] at which all the persons executing and claiming under the document desire the same to be registered. Sub-Registrar in whose sub-district the document was executed, or in the office of any other (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 the Sub-Registrar under the[2] [State Government] at which all the persons claiming under the decree or order desire the copy to be registered.

Source: India Code

How this section changed

  1. inserted by Act 15 of 1917, s. 2

    Date not stated in the footnote

    Footnote: 1. Ins. by Act 15 of 1917, s. 2.

  2. substituted by Act 33 of 1940, s. 3

    Date not stated in the footnote

    Earlier wording: “and (d)”

    Footnote: 3. Subs. by Act 33 of 1940, s. 3, for "and (d)".