Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules

Section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 deals with power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices and make rules. The Inspector-General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration offices in the territories under the [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; The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1909.

(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;

(c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under section 21;

(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.

STATE AMENDMENTS

Karnataka

Amendment of section 69.--In sub-section (1) of section 69 of the principal Act, (i) in clause (g) after the word and figures "section 51", insert the words and the manner of recopying such books on portions thereof,

(ii) after clause (i) insert us under--

(ii) prescribing the manner in which and the terms subject to which persons who write deeds outside the precincts of a registration officer, or who frequent the precincts of registration officers, for the purpose of writing documents may be granted licence and prescribing the fees to be paid for such licences;

[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 15]

Kerala

Amendment of section 69.--After clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 69 of the principal Act, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration."

[Vide Kerala Act 2 of 1959, s. 3]

STATE AMENDMENT

Himachal Pradesh

7. Amendment of section 69.- In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which, and the authority by whom such licences shall be ranted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of the documents to be presented for registration."

[Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 7]

Orissa

Amendment of section 69.--In section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), in sub-section (1) after clause (b), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences, the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted, the exemption of any class of document writers from the licensing provisions and the conditions subject to which such exemption shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration.".

[Vide Orissa Act 11 of 1976, s. 2]

Tripura

Amendment of Section 69.--In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1) after clause (b), the following clause be inserted, namely:--

"(bb) providing for the grant and renewal of licences to document writers, the revocation of licences granted to such writers and generally for all purposes connected with the writers and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of the documents and with the writing of the true copies of the documents to be presented for registration".

[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 13]

Uttarkhand

Insertion of section 69.--In section 69 of the Principal Act, after clause (hh), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-

(hh-1) regulating the number and manner in which printouts or true copies of documents and of translation shall be prepared and the Books in which they shall be kept for record; (hh-2) regulating the form of declaration and the manner of comparison and verification of the true copies;

(hh-3) regulating the manner in which and safeguards subject to which the Books may be kept in electronic form.

(2) After section 69 of the Principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

69-A Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, the Inspector-General of Registration shall with the prior approval of the State Government, prepare and circulate standard formats of various kinds of documents for the guidance of the general public, which may be used with or without modifications.

Explanation:- Use of a standard format prepared and circulated under this section shall not be a prelude to omit the descriptions of the property required under sections 21 and 22.

[Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 22]

Rajasthan

Amendment of section 69, Act XVI of 1908.- After clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 69 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

"(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration".

[Vide Rajasthan Act XVIII of 1953, s. 2]

Rajasthan

Amendment of section 69, Central Act 16 of 1908.-After sub-section(2) of section 69 of the principal Act, the following shall be added, namely:-

(3) The Inspector-General shall have power to issue any order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in respect of any act or omission of any person subordinate to him or in respect of rectification of any error regarding the book or the office in which any document has been registered.

[VideRajasthan Act 18 of 1989, s. 6]

Gujarat

Amendment of section 69 of XVI of 1908.-- In the principal Act, in section 69,insub-section (1),after clause (j), the following clause shall be added, namely:-

"(k) regulating the procedure for presentation of document, appearance for admission, endorsement, manner of affixing signature and seal, mode of payment of registration fees and other fees and such other process when the document is presented by electronic means."

[Vide Gujarat Act 4 of 2020, s. 6]

Section 69, The Registration Act, 1908 (Act 16 of 1908).