1. Short
title, extent and commencement
3. Inspector‑
General of Registration
4. **
5. Districts
and sub‑districts
6. Registrars
and Sub‑Registrars
7. Offices
of Registrar and Sub‑Registrar
8. Inspectors
of Registration Offices
9. **
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. Sea]
of registering officers
16. Register‑books
and fire‑proof boxes
16A. Keeping
of books in computer floppies, diskettes, etc.
17. Documents
of which registration is compulsory
18. Documents
of which registration is optional
19. Documents
in language not understood by registering
officer
20. Documents
containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations
21. Description
of property and maps or plans
22. Description
of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys
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
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
32. Persons
to present documents for registration
32A. Compulsory
affixing of photograph, etc.
33. Power‑of
‑attorney recognizable for purposes of section 32
34. Enquiry
before registration by registering officer
35. Procedure
on admission and denial of execution respectively
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
40. Persons
entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt
41. Registration
of wills and authorities to adopt
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
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
(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
53. Entries
to be numbered consecutively
54. Current
indexes and entries therein
55. Indexes
to be made by registering officers and their contents
56. **
(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 substance 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
by the Registration and other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
(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
70. Power
of Inspector‑ General to remit fines
71. Reasons
for refusal to register to be recorded
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
78. Fees to be
fixed by State Government
80. Fees
payable on presentation
83. Registering
officer may commence prosecutions
84. Registering
officers to be deemed public servants
85. Destruction
of unclaimed documents
86. Registering
officer not liable for thing 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
90. Exemption
of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government
91. Inspection
and copies of such documents