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

(D) Special duties of Registrar

Section 66 of Registration Act 1908 : Procedure after registration of documents relating to land

(1) On registering any non testamentary document relating to immovable properly, the Registrar shall forward a memorandum of such document to each Sub-Registrar subordinate to himself in whose sub-district any part of the property is situate.

(2) The Registrar shall also forward a copy of such document, together with a copy of the map or plan (if any) mentioned in section 21, to every other Registrar in whose district any part of such property is situate.

(3) Such Registrar on receiving any such copy shall file it in his Book No. 1, and shall also send a memorandum of the copy to each of the Sub-Registrars subordinate to him within whose sub-district any part of the property is situate.

(4) Every Sub-Registrar receiving any memorandum under this section shall file it in his Book No. 1.

Section 67 of Registration Act 1908: [Procedure after registration under section 30, sub-section (2).] Omitted by the Registration and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001 (48 of 2001), s. 8 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001).

(E) Of the Controlling powers of Registrar and Inspector-General

Section 68 of Registration Act 1908: Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars

(1) Every Sub-Registrar shall perform the duties of his office under the superintendence and control of the Registrar in whose district the office of such Sub-Registrar is situate.

(2) Every Registrar shall have authority to issue (whether on complaint or otherwise) any order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in respect of any act or omission of any Sub- Registrar subordinate to him or in respect of the rectification of any error regarding the book or the office in which any document has been registered.

Section 69 of Registration Act 1908: Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules

(1) The Inspector-General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration offices in the territories under the 1[State Government], and shall have power from time to time to make rules consistent with this Act-

(a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents; 2***
3[(aa) providing the manner in which and the safeguards subject to which the books may be kept in computer floppies or diskettes or in any other electronic form under sub-section (1) of section 16A;]

(b) declaring what language shall be deemed to be commonly used in each district;

(d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, respectively;

(e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering officer by section 63;

(f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make memoranda of documents;

(g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub-Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices under section 51;

4[(gg) regulating the manner in which the instruments referred to in sub-section (2) of section 88 may be presented for registration;]

(h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively;

(i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registration offices; and

(j) generally, regulating the proceedings of the Registrars and Sub-Registrars.

(2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the 1[State Government] for approval, and, after they have been approved, they shall be published in the 5[Official Gazette], and on publication shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.

Section 70 of Registration Act 1908: Power of Inspector-General to remit fines

The Inspector-General may also, in the exercise of his discretion, remit wholly or in part the difference between any fine levied under section 25 or section 34, and the amount of the proper registration fee.

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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government"

2. The words "and also for the destruction of such books, papers and documents as need no longer be kept" rep. by Act 5 of 1917, s. 6 and the Schedule

3. Ins. by Act 48 of 2001, s. 9 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001)

4. Ins. by Act 39 of 1948, s. 4

5. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette"