Section 19 of Registration Act - Documents in language not understood by registering officer, Section 20 Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations

Section 19 of Registration Act 1908 : Documents in language not understood by registering officer

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

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 documents, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a language commonly used in the district and also by a true copy.

Section 20 Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or 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.