Section 57 of Registration Act - Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries

(B) As to the procedure on admitting to registration

Section 57 of Registration Act 1908 : Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries

(1) Subject to the previous payment of the fees payable in that behalf, the Books Nos. 1 and 2 and the Indexes relating to Book No. 1 shall be at all time open to inspection by any person applying to inspect the same; and, subject to the provisions of section 62, copies or entries in such books shall be given to all persons applying for such copies.

(2) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No. 3 and in the Index relating thereto shall be given to the persons executing the documents to which such entries relate, or to their agents, and after the death of the executants (but not before) to any person applying for such copies.

(3) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No. 4 and in the Index relating thereto shall be given to any person executing or claiming under the documents to which such entries respectively refer, or to his agent or representative.
 

(4) The requisite search, under this section for entries in Book Nos. 3. and 4 shall be made only by the registering officer.

(5) All copies given under this section shall be signed and sealed by the registering officer, and shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the contents of the original documents.

Section 51 Register-books to be kept in the several offices

Section 52 Duties of registering officers when document presented

Section 53, 54, 55, 56 of Registration Act

Section 57 Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries

Section 58 Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration

Section 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 of Registration Act

Section 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 of Registration Act

Section 71 Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded

Section 72 Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution

Section 73 Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution

Section 74 Procedure of Registrar on such application

Section 75 Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon

Section 76 Order of refusal by Registrar

Section 77 Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar

Section 78 Fees to be fixed by State Government

Section 79 Publication of fees, Section 80 Fees payable on presentation

Section 81 Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure

Section 82 Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment

Section 83 Registering officers may commence prosecutions

Section 84 Registering officers to be deemed public servants

Section 85 Destruction of unclaimed documents, Section 86 Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity, Section 87 Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure

Section 88 Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries

Section 89 Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed

Section 90 Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government

Section 91 Inspection and copies of such documents