Section 57. Appointment of Registrars

57. Appointment of Registrars. —(1) The State Government may appoint Registrars of Firms for the purposes of this Act, and may define the areas within which they shall exercise their powers and perform their duties. (2) Every Registrar shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). STATE AMENDMENT Goa, Daman and Diu In exercise of power conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 57 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (IX of 1932) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Government of Goa, in supersession of all earlier Notifications which may have been issued in the context and which may render to be contradictory to present Notification hereby appoints the Officers shown in Column No. II of the table below as Registrar of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar under the Act within the jurisdiction mentioned in Column No. III of the table below:- |Sr.<br>No.|Designation of Officer|Jurisdiction| |---|---|---| |I|II|III| |1.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Pernem|Pernem Taluka| |2.|Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Bardez|Bardez Taluka| |3.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Bicholim|Bicholim Taluka| |4.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Sattari|Sattari Taluka| |5.|Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Tiswadi|Tiswadi Taluka| |6.|Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Ponda|Ponda Taluka| |7.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Dharbandora|Dharbandora Taluka| |8.|Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Mormugao|Mormugao Taluka| 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G. G. in C.". 2. Subs. ibid ., for "any province". |9.|Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Salcete|Salcete Taluka| |---|---|---| |10.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar,Quepem|Quepem Taluka| |11.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Sanguem|Sanguem Taluka| |12.|Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Canacona|Canacona Taluka| This Notification shall come into force with immediate effect. (Published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 49(Extraordinary) dated 7-3-2019) (w.e.f. 8/42/2018LD(Estt)/469 dated 6-03-2019) STATE AMENDMENT Maharashtra Substitution of section 57 of Act IX of 1932.— For section 57 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— "57. Appointment of Registrar of Firms and Deputy and Assistant Registrars of Firms.—(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint a Registrar of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar under this Act throughout the State of Maharashtra. (2) The State Government may likewise appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of Firms and Assistant Registrars of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge all or such of the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar and in such areas as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , specify. functions and duties of the Registrar and in such areas as the State Government may, by notification in the (3) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal code (XLV of 1860). " - [ Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, s. 5]