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Absence of Registrar on duty in his district. \r\n12. Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office. \r\n13. Report of certain appointments and suspension and removal and \r\ndismissal of officers. \r\n14. Remuneration and establishments of registering officers. \r\n15. Seal of registering officers. \r\n16. Register books and fire-proof boxes. \r\nPART III \r\nOf Registerable Documents \r\n17. Documents of which registration is compulsory. \r\n18. Documents of which registration is optional. \r\n19. Documents in language not understood by registering officer. \r\n20. Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations. \r\n21. Description of property and maps or plans. \r\n22. Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or \r\nsurveys. \r\nPART IV \r\nOf the Time of Presentation \r\n23. Time for presenting documents. \r\n23A. Re-registration of certain documents. \r\n24. Documents executed by several persons at different times. \r\n25. Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable. \r\n26. Documents executed out of the Pakistan. \r\n27. Wills may be presented or deposited at any time. \r\nPART V \r\nOf the Place of Registration \r\n28. Place for registering documents relating to land. \r\n29. Place for registering other documents. \r\n30. Registration by Registrars in certain cases. \r\n31. Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence. \r\nPART VI \r\nOf Presenting Documents for Registration \r\n32. Persons to present documents for registration. \r\n33. Powers-of-attorney recognizable for purposes of section 32. \r\n34. Enquiry before registration by registering officer. \r\n35. Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively. \r\nPART VII \r\nOf Enforcing the Appearance of Executants and Witnesses \r\n36. Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired. \r\n37. Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons. \r\n38. Persons exempt from appearance at registration-office. \r\n39. Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses. \r\nPART VIII \r\nOf Presenting Wills and Authorities to Adopt \r\n40. Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt. \r\n41. Registration of wills and authorities to adopt. \r\nPART IX \r\nDeposit and Disposal of Wills \r\n42. Deposit of wills. \r\n43. Procedure on deposit of wills. \r\n44. Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42. \r\n45. Proceedings on death of depositor. \r\n46. Saving of certain enactments and powers of Courts. \r\n46-A. Destruction of Wills. \r\nPART X \r\nOf the Effects of Registration and Non-Registration \r\n47. Time from which registered document operates. \r\n48. Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against \r\noral agreements. \r\n49. Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered. \r\n50. Certain registered documents relating to land, to take effect against \r\nunregistered documents. \r\nPART XI \r\nOf the Duties and Powers of Registering Officers \r\n(A) As to the Register-books and Indexes \r\n51. Register-books to be kept in the several offices. \r\n52. Duties of registering officer when document presented. \r\n53. Entries to be numbered consecutively. \r\n54. Current indexes and entries therein. \r\n55. Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents. \r\n56. [Repealed] \r\n57. Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, \r\nand to give certified copies of entries. \r\n(B) As to the Procedure on admitting to Registration \r\n58. Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration. \r\n59. Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer. \r\n60. Certificate of registration. \r\n61. Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned. \r\n62. Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering \r\nofficer. \r\n63. Power to administer oaths and records of substance of statements. \r\n(C) Special Duties of Sub-Registrar \r\n64. Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts. \r\n65. Procedure where document relates to land in several districts. \r\n(D) Special Duties of Registrar \r\n66. Procedure after registration of documents relating to land. \r\n67. Procedure after registration under section 30, sub-section (2). \r\n(E) Of the Controlling Powers of Registrars and Inspectors-General \r\n68. Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars. \r\n69. Power of Inspector General to superintend registration offices and make \r\nrules. \r\n70. Power of Inspector General to remit fines. \r\nPART XI-A \r\nOf the Copying of Documents by means of Photography \r\n70-A. Application of this Part. \r\n70-B. Definition. \r\n70-C. Appointment of Photo-Registrars. \r\n70-D. Documents may be photographed in areas notified by Government. \r\n70-E. Application of Act to areas notified under section 70-D. \r\n70-F. \r\nPART XII \r\nOf Refusal to Register \r\n71. Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded. \r\n72. Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub -Registrar refusing registration \r\non ground other than denial of execution. \r\n73. Application to Registrar where Sub -Registrar refuses to register on \r\nground of denial of execution. \r\n74. Procedure of Registrar on such application. \r\n75. Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon. \r\n76. Order of refusal by Registrar. \r\n77. Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar. \r\nPART XIII \r\nOf the Fees for Registration, Searches and Copies \r\n78. Fees to be fixed by Government. \r\n79. Publication of fees. \r\n80. Fees payable on presentation. \r\nPART XIV \r\nOf Penalties \r\n81. Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or regist ering \r\ndocuments with intent to injure. \r\n81A. Penalty for engagement as conveyance writer without valid enrolment or \r\nlicense. \r\n82. Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or \r\ntransactions, false personation, and abetment. \r\n83. Registering officer may commence prosecutions. \r\n84. Registering officers to be deemed public servants. \r\nPART XV \r\nMiscellaneous \r\n85. Destruction of unclaimed documents. \r\n86. Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his \r\nofficial capacity. \r\n87. Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure. \r\n88. Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain \r\npublic functionaries. \r\n89. Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to \r\nregistering officers and filed. \r\nExemptions from Act \r\n90. Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of \r\nGovernment. \r\n91. Inspection and copies of such documents. \r\n92. [Repealed] \r\n93. [Repealed] \r\nTHE SECHEDULE \r\n[Repealed] \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE REGISTRATION ACT, 1908 \r\n(XVI of 1908) \r\n[19 December 1908] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents. \r\nWHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the enactments relat ing to the registration \r\nof documents; It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\nPART I \r\nPreliminary \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the \r\n2\r\n[*] \r\nRegistration Act, 1908. \r\n3\r\n[(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab, except such districts or parts thereof \r\nas the Government may exclude from its operation.] \r\n(3) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext,– \r\n(1) “addition” means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, \r\nrank and title (if any) of a person described, \r\n4\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *] \r\nand his father's name, or where he is usually described as the son of \r\nhis mother, then his mother's name: \r\n(2) “book” includes a portio n of a book and also any number of sheets \r\nconnected together with a view of forming a book or portion of a book: \r\n5\r\n[(2a) “co-operative society” means a co -operative society registered under \r\nthe Cooperative Societies Act, 1912 (II of 1912), or under any other law \r\nfor the time being in force relating to the registration of co -operative \r\nsocieties;] \r\n \r\n1\r\nThis Act was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 19 December 1908, pp. 231 -246. For Statement of \r\nObjects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1908, Part V, p. 325; for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., 1908, Part V, p. \r\n387; and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1908, Part VI, pp. 148, 154 and 182. \r\n2\r\nThe word “Indian” was omitted by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1 949), \r\npublished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: \r\n3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 2. \r\n4\r\nThe expression “and, in the case of a native of Pakistan his caste (if any)” was omitted by the Central Laws (Statute Reform ) \r\nOrdinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960); assented to by the President on 7 June 1960; and, was publis hed in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 9 June 1960, pp. 725 -845, s. 3 read with the Second Schedule: it came into force on 14 October 1955. \r\nThe word “Pakistan” was earlier substituted for the word “India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts a nd Ordinances Order, 1949 \r\n(G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read \r\nwith the Schedule. \r\n5\r\nInserted by the Registration Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 (XXXII of 1961), publ ished in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 31 July 1961, pp. 1165a-1165b, s. 2. \r\n(3) “district” and “sub -district” respectively mean a district and sub -district \r\nformed under this Act: \r\n(4) “District Court” includes \r\n1\r\n[Lahore High Court] in its ordi nary original civil \r\njurisdiction: \r\n(5) “endorsement” and “endorsed” include and apply to an entry in writing \r\nby a registering officer on a rider or covering slip to any document \r\ntendered for registration under this Act: \r\n2\r\n[(5a) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;] \r\n3\r\n[(6) “immoveable property” includes land, buildings, benefits to arise out of \r\nland and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to \r\nanything attached to the earth, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, \r\nlights, ferries and fisheries but does not include– \r\n(a) standing timber, growing crops or grass whether immediate \r\nseverance thereof is intended or not; \r\n(b) fruit upon and juice in trees whether in existence or to grow in \r\nfuture; and \r\n(c) machinery embedded in or attached to the ea rth, when dealt \r\nwith apart from the land:] \r\n4\r\n[(7) “lease” includes a counter -part, kabuliyat and an undertaking to \r\ncultivate or occupy:] \r\n(8) “minor” means a person who, according to the personal law to which \r\nhe is subject, has not attained majority: \r\n5\r\n[(9) “moveable property” means property of every description, except \r\nimmoveable property:] \r\n(10) “representative” includes the guardian of a minor and the committee or \r\nother legal curator of a lunatic or idiot. \r\nPART II \r\nOf the Registration-Establishment \r\n3. Inspector General of Registration .– (1) The \r\n6\r\n[Government] shall appoint an \r\nofficer to be the Inspector General of Registration for the \r\n7\r\n[the Punjab]: \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “the High Court” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 3. \r\n2\r\nInserted ibid. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 2. \r\n4\r\nIbid. \r\n5\r\nIbid. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 4. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Governme nt of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the words “territories subject to such Governmen t” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 4. \r\nProvided that the \r\n1\r\n[Government] may, instead of making such appointment, \r\ndirect that all or any of the powers and duties hereinafter conferred and imposed \r\nupon the Inspector General shall be exercised and performed by such officer or \r\nofficers, and within such local limits, as the \r\n2\r\n[Government] appoints in this behalf. \r\n(2) Any Inspector General may hold simultaneously any other office \r\n3\r\n[in the \r\nservice of the State]. \r\n4\r\n[4. Branch Inspector General of Sindh.– * * * * ] \r\n5. Districts and sub -districts.– (1) For the purposes of this Act, the \r\n5\r\n[Government] shall form districts and sub -districts, and shall prescribe, and may \r\nalter, the limits of such districts and sub-districts. \r\n(2) The districts and sub -districts formed under this section, together with \r\nthe limits thereof, and every alteration of such limits, shall be notified in the \r\n6\r\n[Official \r\nGazette]. \r\n(3) Every such alteration shall take effect on such day after the date of the \r\nnotification as is therein mentioned. \r\n6. Registrars and Sub -Registrars.– The \r\n7\r\n[Government] may appoint such \r\npersons, whether public officers or not, as it thinks proper, to be Registrars of the \r\nseveral districts, and to be Sub -Registrars of the several sub -districts, formed as \r\naforesaid, respectively. \r\n8\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * ] \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 20 11), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 4. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nIbid. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “under the Crown” by the Central Laws (Adapt ation) Order, 1961 (P. O. No. 1 of 1961); made by the \r\nMinister exercising the functions of President under Article 2 of the State Arrangements Order, 1959 on 21 January 1961; and, \r\nwas published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 24 January 1961, pp.102 -163, Article 2 read with the Table: it \r\ncame into force on 23 March 1956. They were earlier substituted for the words “under Government” by the Government of India \r\n(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, \r\nArticle 3 read with the First Schedule. \r\n4\r\nRepealed by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with the First Schedule. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provin cial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of Indi a (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Government of In dia (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 4 read with the Table of General \r\nAdaptations. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (A mendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 19 37, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n8\r\nThe proviso was omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gaze tte of \r\nIndia (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 3 read with the First Schedule. It was inserted by the \r\nDecentralization Act, 1914 (IV of 1914); assented to by the Governor General on 24 February 1914; and, was published in the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 28 February 1914, pp. 21-32, s. 2 read with the Schedule. \r\n7. Offices of Registrar and Sub -Registrar.– (1) The \r\n1\r\n[Government] shall \r\nestablish in every district an office to be styled the office of the Registrar and in every \r\nsub-district an office or offices to be styled the office of the Sub -Registrar or the \r\noffices of the Joint Sub-Registrars. \r\n(2) The \r\n2\r\n[Government] may amalgamate with any office of a Registrar any \r\noffice of a Sub-Registrar subordinate to such Registrar, and may authorize any Sub -\r\nRegistrar whose office has been so amalgamated to exercise and perform, in \r\naddition to his own powers and duties, all or any of the powers and duties of the \r\nRegistrar to whom he is subordinate: \r\nProvided that no such authorization shall enable a Sub -Registrar to hear an \r\nappeal against an order passed by himself under this Act. \r\n8. Inspectors of Registration -offices.– (1) The \r\n3\r\n[Government] may also \r\nappoint officers, to be called Inspectors of R egistration-offices, and may prescribe \r\nthe duties of such officers. \r\n(2) Every such Inspector shall be subordinate to the Inspector General. \r\n4\r\n[9. Military cantonments may be declared sub-districts or districts.– * * *\r\n * * * * * * * * ] \r\n10. Absence of Re gistrar or vacancy in his office .– (1) When any Registrar, \r\n5\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * *], is absent otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office \r\nis temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector General appoints in this \r\nbehalf, or, in defaul t of such appointment, the Judge of the District Court within the \r\nlocal limits of whose jurisdiction the Registrar's office is situate, shall be the \r\nRegistrar during such absence or until the \r\n6\r\n[Government] fills up the vacancy. \r\n7\r\n[(2) * * * * * * * * * ] \r\n11. Absence of Registrar on duty in his district .– When any Registrar is \r\nabsent from his office on duty in his district, he may appoint any Sub -Registrar or \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nIbid. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4\r\nRepealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1927 (X of 1927); assented to by the Governor General on 4 April 1927; and, \r\nwas published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 16 April 1927, pp. 19-25, s. 3 read with the Second Schedule. \r\n5\r\nOmitted the words “other than the Registrar of a district including a Presidency -town” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and \r\nOrdinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, \r\npp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They we re earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7\r\nOmitted by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\nother person in his district to perform, during such absence, all the duties of a \r\nRegistrar except those mentioned in sections 68 and 72. \r\n12. Absence of Sub -Registrar or vacancy in his office .– When any Sub -\r\nRegistrar is absent, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the \r\nRegistrar of the district appoints in this behalf shall b e Sub -Registrar during such \r\nabsence, or until \r\n1\r\n[the vacancy is filled up]. \r\n13. Report of certain appointments and suspension and removal and \r\ndismissal of officers.– (1) \r\n2\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * * *] All appointments made under section \r\n10, section 11 or sectio n 12 shall be reported to the \r\n3\r\n[Government] by the Inspector \r\nGeneral. \r\n(2) Such report shall be either special or general, as the \r\n4\r\n[Government] \r\ndirects. \r\n5\r\n[(3) * * * * * * * * * ] \r\n14. Remuneration and establishments of registering officers.– \r\n6\r\n[(1) * * *\r\n * * * * * * * * ] \r\n(2) The \r\n7\r\n[Government] may allow proper establishments for the several \r\noffices under this Act. \r\n15. Seal of registering officers .– The several Registrars and Sub -Registrars \r\nshall use a seal bearing the following inscription in English a nd in such other \r\nlanguage as the \r\n8\r\n[Government] directs:– “The seal of the Registrar (or of the Sub -\r\nRegistrar) of.” \r\n16. Register books and fire -proof boxes.– (1) The \r\n9\r\n[Government] shall provide \r\nfor the office of every registering officer the books necessary for the purposes of this \r\nAct. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “the Local Government fills up the vacancy” by the Decentralization Act, 1914 (IV of 1914); assented \r\nto by the Governor General on 24 February 1914; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 28 \r\nFebruary 1914, pp. 21-32, s. 2 read with the Schedule. \r\n2\r\nOmitted the expression “All appointments made by the Inspector -General under section 6 and” by the Government of India \r\n(Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, \r\nArticle 3 read with the First Schedule. They were earlier inserted by the Decentralization Act, 1914 (IV of 1914); assented t o by \r\nthe Governor General on 24 February 1914; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 28 February \r\n1914, pp. 21-32, s. 2 read with the Schedule. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were ea rlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4\r\nIbid. \r\n5\r\nOmitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with the First Schedule. \r\n6\r\nIbid. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial G overnment” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Ada ptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n8\r\nIbid. \r\n9\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Am endment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 193 7, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n(2) The books so provided shall contain the forms from time to time \r\nprescribed by the Inspector General with the sanction of the \r\n1\r\n[Government], and \r\nthe pages of such books shall be consecutively numbered in print, and the number of \r\npages in each book shall be certified on the title -page by the officer by whom such \r\nbooks are issued. \r\n (3) The \r\n2\r\n[Government] shall supply the office of every Registrar with a fire -\r\nproof box, and shall in each district make suitable provisio n for the safe custody of \r\nthe records connected with the registration of documents in such district. \r\nPART III \r\nOf Registerable Documents \r\n17. Documents of which registration is compulsory .– (1) The following \r\ndocuments shall be registered, if the property to which they relate is situate in a \r\ndistrict in which, and if they have been executed on or after the date on which, Act \r\nNo. XVI of 1864, or the Indian Registration Act, 1866\r\n3\r\n, or the Indian Registration Act, \r\n1871\r\n4\r\n or the Indian Registration Act, 1877\r\n5\r\n, or t his Act came or comes into force, \r\nnamely:– \r\n(a) instruments of gift of immoveable property; \r\n(b) other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, \r\ndeclare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any \r\nright, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one \r\nhundred rupees and upwards, to or in immoveable property; \r\n6\r\n[Explanation.– In the case of an assignment of a mortgage the consideration for the \r\ndeed of assignment shall be deemed to be the value for registration;] \r\n7\r\n[(bb) an instrument which grants power to an attorney or which constitutes an \r\nagreement to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, by way of sale, \r\nany right, title or interest of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, \r\nto or in immovable property;] \r\n(c) non-testamentary instruments \r\n8\r\n[other than the acknowledgement of a \r\nreceipt or payment made in respect of any transaction to which an \r\ninstrument registered under \r\n9\r\n[clause (b)] relates] which acknowledge the \r\nreceipt or payment of a ny consideration on account of the creation, \r\ndeclaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or \r\ninterest; and \r\n \r\n1\r\nIbid. \r\n2\r\nIbid. \r\n3\r\nXX of 1866. \r\n4\r\nVII of 1871. \r\n5\r\nIII of 1877. \r\n6\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 3. \r\n7\r\nInserted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2018 (XXVI of 2018), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 24 \r\nMay 2018, pp. 8167-8168, s. 2. \r\n8\r\nInserted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 3. \r\n9\r\nSubstituted for the expression “clause (a)” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2 011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 6. \r\n(d) leases of immoveable property from year to year, or for any term \r\nexceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent; \r\n1\r\n[(e) non-testamentary instruments transferring or assigning any decree or \r\norder of a Court or any award when such decree or order or award \r\npurports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether \r\nin present or in future, any right, tit le or interest, whether vested or \r\ncontingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards to or in \r\nimmoveable property:] \r\n Provided that the \r\n2\r\n[Government] may, by order published in the \r\n3\r\n[Official \r\nGazette], exempt from the operation of this sub -section any leases executed in any \r\ndistrict, or part of a district, the terms granted by which do not exceed five years and \r\nthe annual rents reserved by which do not exceed fifty rupees. \r\n (2) Nothing in clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) applies to– \r\n(i) any composition-deed; or \r\n(ii) any instrument relating to shares in a Joint Stock Company, \r\nnotwithstanding that the assets of such Company consist in whole or in \r\npart of immoveable property; or \r\n(iii) any debenture issued by any such Company and not creating, \r\ndeclaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest, \r\nto or in immoveable property except in so far as it entitles the holder to \r\nthe security afforded by a registered instrument whereby the Company \r\nhas mortgaged, conveyed or otherwise tr ansferred the whole or part of \r\nits immoveable property or any interest therein to trustees upon trust \r\nfor the benefit of the holders of such debentures; or \r\n(iv) any endorsement upon or transfer of any debenture issued by any \r\nsuch Company; or \r\n(v) any docume nt not itself creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or \r\nextinguishing any right, title or interest of the value of one hundred \r\nrupees and upwards to or in immoveable property, but merely creating \r\na right to obtain another document which will, when execut ed, create, \r\ndeclare, assign, limit or extinguish any such right, title or interest \r\n4\r\n[except a document which grants power to an atto rney or is an \r\nagreement to sell any right, title or interest of the said value in \r\nimmovable property]; or \r\n \r\n1\r\nInserted by the Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act, 1929 (XXI of 1929); assented to by the Governor \r\nGeneral on 4 October 1929 ; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 25 October 1929, pp. 133 -153, \r\ns. 10: it came into force on 1 April 1930. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), publish ed in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 6. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India ( Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 4 read with the Table of General \r\nAdaptations. \r\n4\r\nInserted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2018 (XXVI of 2018), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 24 \r\nMay 2018, pp. 8167-8168, s. 2. \r\n(vi) any decree or order of a Court \r\n1\r\n[except a decree or order expressed to \r\nbe made on a compromise and comprising immoveable property other \r\nthan that which is the subject-matter of the suit or proceeding]; or \r\n(vii) any grant of immoveable property by \r\n2\r\n[the Federal Governme nt or the \r\nProvincial Government]; or \r\n(viii) any instrument of partition made by a Revenue-officer; or \r\n(ix) any order granting a loan or instrument of collateral security granted \r\nunder \r\n3\r\n[* * * * * * * *] the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883\r\n4\r\n; or \r\n5\r\n[(x) any order granting a loan under the \r\n6\r\n[ \r\n7\r\n[Punjab Agriculturists’ Loans Act, \r\n1958] (W.P. Act XVII of 1958)], the Agricultural Development Bank \r\nOrdinance, 1961 (Ordinance No. IV of 1961), or under any other law for \r\nthe time being in force relating to the advancem ent of loans for \r\nagricultural purposes, or any instrument under which a loan is granted \r\nby a co -operative society for any such purpose, or any instrument \r\nmade for securing the repayment of a loan so granted; or] \r\n(xi) any endorsement on a mortgage -deed acknowledging the payment of \r\nthe whole or any part of the mortgage -money, and any other receipt for \r\npayment of money due under a mortgage \r\n8\r\n[* * * * * * * * * *]; or \r\n (xii) any certificate of sale granted to the purchaser of any property sold by \r\npublic auction by a Civil or Revenue Officer \r\n9\r\n[; or] \r\n1\r\n[(xiii) any counter-part of a lease, where the lease corresponding thereto has \r\nitself been registered.] \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “and any award” by the Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act, 1929 (XXI of 1929); \r\nassented to by the Governor General on 4 October 1929; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 25 \r\nOctober 1929, pp. 133-153, s. 10: it came into force on 1 April 1930. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “the [Government]” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 6. The word in crotches was earlier substituted for the \r\nword “Crown” by the Central Laws (Adapt ation) Order, 1961 (P. O. No. 1 of 1961); made by the Minister exercising the \r\nfunctions of President under Article 2 of the State Arrangements Order, 1959 on 21 January 1961; and, was published in the \r\nGazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 24 January 1961, pp.102-163, Article 2 read with the Table: it came into force on 23 \r\nMarch 1956. The words “the Crown” were earlier substituted for the word “Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation \r\nof Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 3 read \r\nwith the First Schedule. \r\n3\r\nThe expression “the Land Improvement Act, 1871, or” was omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, \r\n1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 8 July 1981, pp. 345 -475, s. 3 read with the \r\nSecond Schedule. \r\n4\r\nXIX of 1883. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted by the Registration Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 (XXXII of 1961), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 31 July 1961, pp. 1165a-1165b, s. 3. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the expression “Agriculturists’ Loans Act, 1884” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, \r\n1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 8 July 1981, pp. 345 -475, s. 3 read with the \r\nSecond Schedule. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the expression “West Pakistan Agriculturists’ Loans Act, 1958” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX \r\nof 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 6. \r\n8\r\nThe words “when the receipt does not purport to extinguish the mortgage” were omitted by the Registration (Amendment) \r\nOrdinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 3. \r\n9\r\nSubstituted for the “full stop” by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 3. \r\n2\r\n[Explanation.– A document purporting or operating to effect a contract for the sale of \r\nimmoveable property shall not be deemed to require or ever to have required \r\nregistration by reason only of the fact that such document contains a recital of the \r\npayment of any earnest money or of the whole or any part of the purchase-money.] \r\n(3) Authorities to adopt a son, execute d after the first day of January, 1872, and \r\nnot conferred by a will, shall also be registered. \r\n18. Documents of which registration is optional.– \r\n3\r\n[Any document not required \r\nto be registered under section 17 may also be registered under this Act.] \r\n19. Documents in language not understood by registering officer .– If any \r\ndocument duly presented for registration be in a language which the registering \r\nofficer does not understand, and which is not commonly used in the district, he shall \r\nrefuse to register the document, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a \r\nlanguage commonly used in the district and also by a true copy. \r\n20. Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations .– \r\n(1) The registering officer may in his discretion refus e to accept for registration any \r\ndocument in which any interlineation, blank, erasure or alteration appears, unless the \r\npersons executing the document attest with their signatures or initials such \r\ninterlineation, blank, erasure or alteration. \r\n(2) If the re gistering officer registers any such document, he shall, at the \r\ntime of registering the same, make a note in the register of such interlineation, blank, \r\nerasure or alteration. \r\n21. Description of property and maps or plans .– (1) No non -testamentary \r\ndocument relating to immoveable property shall be accepted for registration unless it \r\ncontains a description of such property sufficient to identify the same. \r\n(2) Houses in towns shall be described as situate on the north or other \r\nside of the street or road (which should be specified) to which they front, and by their \r\nexisting and former occupancies, and by their numbers if the houses in such street \r\nor road are numbered. \r\n(3) Other houses and lands shall be described by their name, if any, and \r\nas being in the territ orial division in which they are situate, and by their superficial \r\ncontents, the roads and other properties on which they abut, and their existing \r\noccupancies, and also, whenever it is practicable, by reference to a Government \r\nmap or survey. \r\n(4) No non -testamentary document containing a map or plan of any \r\nproperty comprised therein shall be accepted for registration unless it is \r\naccompanied by a true copy of the map or plan, or, in case such property is situate \r\nin several districts, by such number of true c opies of the map or plan as are equal to \r\nthe number of such districts. \r\n \r\n1\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 3. \r\n2\r\nInserted by the Indian Registration (Amen dment) Act, 1927 (II of 1927); assented to by the Governor General on 18 February \r\n1927; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 26 February 1927, p. 3, s. 2. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 19 62), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 4. \r\n22. Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or \r\nsurveys.– (1) Where it is, in the opinion of the \r\n1\r\n[Government], practicable to describe \r\nhouses, \r\n2\r\n[not being houses in towns], and lands by reference to a Government map \r\nor survey, the \r\n3\r\n[Government] may, by rule made under this Act, require that such \r\nhouses and lands as aforesaid shall, for the purposes of section 21, be so described. \r\n (2) Save as otherwise provided by any rule made under sub -section (1), \r\nfailure to comply with the provisions of section 21, sub -section (2) or sub-section (3), \r\nshall not disentitle a document to be registered if the description of the property to \r\nwhich it relates is sufficient to identify that property. \r\nPART IV \r\nOf the Time of Presentation \r\n23. Time for presenting documents .– Subject to the provisions contained in \r\nsections 24, 25 and 26, no document other than a will shall be accepted for \r\nregistration unless presented for that purpose to the proper officer within four months \r\nfrom the date of its execution: \r\n Provided that a copy of a decree or order may be presented within four \r\nmonths from the day on which the decree or order was made, or, where it is \r\nappealable, within four months from the day on which it becomes final. \r\n4\r\n[23A. Re-registration of certain documents .– Notwithstanding anything to the \r\ncontrary contained in this Act, if in any case a document requiring registration has \r\nbeen accepted for registration by a Registrar or Sub-Registrar from a person not duly \r\nempowered to present the same, and has been registered, any person claiming \r\nunder such document may, within four months from his first becoming aware that the \r\nregistration of such document is invalid, present such document or cause the same \r\nto be presented, in accordance with the provisions of Part VI for re -registration in the \r\noffice of the Registrar of the district in which the document was originally registered; \r\nand upon the Registrar being satisfied that the document was so accepted for \r\nregistration from a person not duly empowered to present the same, he shall \r\nproceed to the re -registration of the document as if it had not been previously \r\nregistered, and as if such presentation for re -registration was a presentation for \r\nregistration made within the time allowed therefor under Part IV, and all the \r\nprovisions of this Act, as to registration of documents, shall apply to such re -\r\nregistration; and such document, if duly re -registered in accordance with the \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), da ted: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nOmitted the words “not being houses in towns” by the Registration (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1941 (Punjab Act VIII of 1941), \r\npublished in the Gazette of Punjab, dated: 23 May 1941, s. 2. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by th e Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n4\r\nInserted by the Indian Registration (Amendment) Act, 1 917 (XV of 1917); assented to by the Governor General on 13 \r\nSeptember 1917; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 15 September 1917, p. 57, s. 2. \r\nprovisions of this section, shal l be deemed to have been duly registered for all \r\npurposes from the date of its original registration: \r\nProvided that within three months from the twelfth day of September, 1917, any \r\nperson claiming under a document to which this section applies may present the \r\nsame or cause the same to be presented for re -registration in accordance with this \r\nsection, whatever may have been the time when he first became aware that the \r\nregistration of the document was invalid.] \r\n24. Documents executed by several persons at diff erent times.– Where there \r\nare several persons executing a document at different times, such document may be \r\npresented for registration and re -registration within four months from the date of \r\neach execution. \r\n25. Provision where delay in presentation is unav oidable.– (1) If, owing to \r\nurgent necessity or unavoidable accident, any document executed, or copy of a \r\ndecree or order made, in \r\n1\r\n[the Punjab] is not presented for registration till after the \r\nexpiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the Registrar, in cases \r\nwhere the delay in presentation does not exceed four months, may direct that, on \r\npayment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount of the proper registration -fee, \r\nsuch document shall be accepted for registration. \r\n(2) Any application for such direction may be lodged with a Sub -Registrar, \r\nwho shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate. \r\n26. Documents executed out of \r\n2\r\n[Pakistan].– When a document purporting to \r\nhave been executed by all or any of the parties out of \r\n3\r\n[Pakistan] is not presented for \r\nregistration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, \r\nthe registering officer, if satisfied– \r\n(a) that the instrument was so executed, and \r\n(b) that it has been presented for regist ration within four months after its \r\narrival in \r\n4\r\n[Pakistan], \r\nmay, on payment of the proper registration -fee, accept such document for \r\nregistration. \r\n27. Wills may be presented or deposited at any time .– A will may at any time \r\nbe presented for registration or deposited in manner hereinafter provided. \r\nPART V \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Pakistan” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 7. It was earlier substituted for the words “the Provinces and the \r\nCapital of the Federation” by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960); assented to by the President \r\non 7 June 1960; and, was published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 9 June 1960, pp. 725-845, s. 3 read with \r\nthe Second Schedule: it came into force on 14 October 1955. They were earlier substituted for the words “British India” by the \r\nAdaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with Article 4. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “the Provinces and the Capital of Federation” by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 \r\n(XXI of 1960); assented to by the President on 7 June 1960; and, was published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 9 June 1960, pp. 725-845, s. 3 read with the Second Schedule: it came into force on 14 October 1955. They were earlier \r\nsubstituted for the words “British India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949) , \r\npublished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with Article 4. \r\n3\r\nIbid. \r\n4\r\nIbid. \r\nOf the Place of Registration \r\n28. Place for registering documents relating to land .– \r\n1\r\n[(1)] \r\n2\r\n[Every] document \r\nmentioned in section 17, sub -section (1), clauses (a), (b), (c) \r\n3\r\n[,(d) and (e), section \r\n17, sub-section (2), \r\n4\r\n[and section 18, in so far as such document affects immovable \r\nproperty] ], shall be presented for registration in the office of a Sub -Registrar within \r\nwhose sub-district the whole or some portion of the property to which such document \r\nrelates is situate. \r\n \r\n5\r\n[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),– \r\n(a) after a document is registered, no party thereto shall be entitled to \r\nquestion the validity of its registration on the ground that the property \r\nwhich purported to give jurisdic tion to the Sub -Registrar to register it \r\neither did not exist or was fictitious or insignificant or was not intended \r\nto be conveyed; and \r\n(b) a document the registration of which is secured by the inclusion of a \r\nnon-existent, fictitious or insignificant por tion or item shall not in any \r\nmanner affect the rights of a person who was not a party thereto and \r\nacquired rights in the property without notice of the transaction to which \r\nsuch document relates.] \r\n29. Place for registering other documents .– (1) Every docu ment \r\n6\r\n[not being a \r\ndocument referred to in section 28 or a copy of a decree or order], may be presented \r\nfor registration either in the office of the Sub -Registrar in whose sub -district the \r\ndocument was executed, or in the office of any other Sub -Registrar under the \r\n7\r\n[Government] at which all the persons executing and claiming under the document \r\ndesire the same to be registered. \r\n \r\n1\r\nNumbered by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 5. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the expression “Save as in this Part otherwise provided, every” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX \r\nof 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 8. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the expression “and (d)” by the Indian Registration (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XXXIII of 1940), published in the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 30 November 1940, p. 128, s. 3. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the expression “in so far as such document affect s immoveable property, and section 18, clauses (a), (b) [,(c) \r\nand (cc)]” by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953 -960, s. 5. The expression in crotches were earlier substituted for the expression \r\n“and (c)” by the Indian Registration (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XXXIII of 1940), published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary ), \r\ndated: 30 November 1940, p. 128, s. 3. \r\n5\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 5. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the expression “other than a document referred to in section 28, and a copy of a decree or order” by the \r\nRepealing and Am ending Act, 1940 (XXXII of 1940), published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 30 November \r\n1940, pp. 123-127, s. 3 read with the Second Schedule. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gaz ette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n (2) A copy of a decree or order may be presented for registration in the \r\noffice of the Sub -Registrar in whose sub -district the or iginal decree or order was \r\nmade, or, where the decree or order does not affect immoveable property, in the \r\noffice of any other Sub -Registrar under the \r\n1\r\n[Government] at which all the persons \r\nclaiming under the decree or order desire the copy to be registered. \r\n2\r\n[30. Registration by Registrars in certain cases .– Any Registrar may, in his \r\ndiscretion, receive and register any document which might be registered by any Sub -\r\nRegistrar subordinate to him.] \r\n31. Registration or acceptance for deposit at private reside nce.– \r\n3\r\n[The \r\npresentation, registration or deposit of documents under this Act shall ordinarily] be \r\nmade only at the office of the officer authorized to accept the same for registration or \r\ndeposit: \r\n Provided that such officer may on special cause being show n attend at the \r\nresidence of any person desiring to present a document for registration or to deposit \r\na will, and accept for registration or deposit such document or will. \r\nPART VI \r\nOf Presenting Documents for Registration \r\n32. Persons to present documents fo r registration .– Except in the cases \r\nmentioned in \r\n4\r\n[* * *] section 89, every document to be registered under this Act, \r\nwhether such registration be compulsory or optional, shall be presented \r\n5\r\n[* * * * *],– \r\n(a) by some person executing or claiming under the same, or, in the case \r\nof a copy of a decree or order, claiming under the decree or order, or \r\n(b) by the representative or assign of such person, or \r\n(c) by the agent of such person, representative or assign, duly authorized \r\nby power-of-attorney executed and authenticated in manner hereinafter \r\nmentioned. \r\n33. Powers-of-attorney recognizable for purposes of section 32 .– (1) For the \r\npurposes of section 32, the following powers -of-attorney shall alone be recognized, \r\nnamely:– \r\n \r\n1\r\nIbid. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: \r\n3 Octo ber 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 9. Certain amendments were earlier made by the Registration (West Pakistan \r\nAmendment) Act, 1967 (XIV of 1967), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 21 October 1967, pp. \r\n2988-C to 2988-D, s. 2 and the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 6. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the expression “In ordinary cases the registration or deposit of documents under this A ct shall” by the \r\nRegistration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June \r\n1962, pp. 953-960, s. 7. \r\n4\r\nOmitted the expression “section 31 and” by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 ( XLV of 1962), published in the \r\nGazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 8. \r\n5\r\nOmitted the expression “at the proper registration-office” ibid. \r\n(a) if the principal at the time of e xecuting the power-of-attorney resides in \r\nany part of \r\n1\r\n[the Punjab] in which this Act is for the time being in force, \r\na power -of-attorney executed before and authenticated by the \r\nRegistrar or Sub -Registrar within whose district or sub -district the \r\nprincipal resides; \r\n(b) if the principal at the time aforesaid resides in any other part of \r\n2\r\n[the \r\nPunjab or Pakistan], a power -of-attorney executed before and \r\nauthenticated by any Magistrate; \r\n(c) if the principal at the time aforesaid does not reside in \r\n3\r\n[Pakistan], a \r\npower-of-attorney executed before and authenticated by a Notary \r\nPublic, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, \r\n4\r\n[Pakistan] Consul or Vice -\r\nConsul, or representative of \r\n5\r\n[* * * *] the \r\n6\r\n[Federal Government]: \r\n Provided that the following persons shall not be re quired to attend at any \r\nregistration-office or Court for the purpose of executing any such power -of-attorney \r\nas is mentioned in clauses (a) and (b) of this section, namely,– \r\n(i) persons who by reason of bodily infirmity are unable without risk or \r\nserious inconvenience so to attend; \r\n(ii) persons who are in jail under civil or criminal process; and \r\n(iii) persons exempt by law from personal appearance in Court. \r\n(2) In the case of every such person the Registrar or Sub -Registrar or \r\nMagistrate, as the case may be, if satisfied that the power -of-attorney has been \r\nvoluntarily executed by the person purporting to be the principal, may attest the \r\nsame without requiring his personal attendance at the office or Court aforesaid. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the word “Pakistan” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 10. It was earlier substituted for the words “the Provinces and the \r\nCapital of the Federation” by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI o f 1960); assented to by the President \r\non 7 June 1960; and, was published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 9 June 1960, pp. 725-845, s. 3 read with \r\nthe Second Schedule: it came into force on 14 October 1955. They were earlier substituted f or the words “British India” by the \r\nAdaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with Article 4. \r\n2\r\nIbid. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation” by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, \r\n1960 (XXI of 1960); assented to by the President on 7 June 1960; and, was published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 9 June 1960, pp. 725-845, s. 3 read with the Second Schedule: it came into force on 14 October 1955. \r\nThey were earlier substituted for the words “British India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 \r\n(G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read \r\nwith Article 4. by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette \r\nof Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with Article 4. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the word “British” by the Central Laws (Adapt ation) Order, 1961 (P. O. No. 1 of 1961); made by the Minister \r\nexercising the functions of President under Article 2 of the State Arrangements Ord er, 1959 on 21 January 1961; and, was \r\npublished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 24 January 1961, pp.102-163, Article 2 read with the Table: it came \r\ninto force on 23 March 1956. \r\n5\r\nOmitted the words “His Majesty or of” ibid. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “Central Government” by the Federal Adaptation Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. 4 of 1975), published in the \r\nGazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 1 August 1975, pp. 435 -467, Article 2 read with the Table. They were earlier \r\nsubstituted by the words “Government of India” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n (3) To obtain evidence as to the volunt ary nature of the execution, the \r\nRegistrar or Sub -Registrar or Magistrate may either himself go to the house of the \r\nperson purporting to be the principal, or to the jail in which he is confined, and \r\nexamine him, or issue a commission for his examination. \r\n(4) Any power-of-attorney mentioned in this section may be proved by the \r\nproduction of it without further proof when it purports on the face of it to have been \r\nexecuted before and authenticated by the person or Court hereinbefore mentioned in \r\nthat behalf. \r\n34. Enquiry before registration by registering officer .– (1) Subject to the \r\nprovisions contained in this Part and in sections 41, 43, 45, 69, 75, 77, 88 and 89, no \r\ndocument shall be registered under this Act, unless the persons executing such \r\ndocument, or t heir representatives, assigns or agents authorized as aforesaid, \r\nappear before the registering officer within the time allowed for presentation under \r\nsections 23, 24, 25 and 26: \r\n Provided that, if owing to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident all such \r\npersons do not so appear, the Registrar, in cases where the delay in appearing does \r\nnot exceed four months, may direct that on payment of a fine not exceeding ten \r\ntimes the amount of the proper registration fee, in addition to the fine, if any, payable \r\nunder section 25, the document may be registered. \r\n(2) Appearances under sub-section (1) may be simultaneous or at different \r\ntimes. \r\n (3) The registering officer shall thereupon– \r\n(a) enquire whether or not such document was executed by the persons \r\nby whom it purports to have been executed; \r\n(b) satisfy himself as to the identity of the persons appearing before him \r\nand alleging that they have executed the document; and \r\n(c) in the case of any person appearing as a representative, assign or \r\nagent, satisfy himself of the right of such person so to appear. \r\n (4) Any application for a direction under the proviso to sub -section (1) may \r\nbe lodged with the Sub -Registrar, who shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to \r\nwhom he is sub-ordinate. \r\n(5) Nothing in this section applies to copies of decrees or orders. \r\n35. Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively .– (1)(a) If \r\nall the persons executing the document appear personally before the registering \r\nofficer and are personally known to him, or if he be otherwi se satisfied that they are \r\nthe persons they represent themselves to be, and if they all admit the execution of \r\nthe document, or \r\n(b) if in the case of any person appearing by a representative, assign or \r\nagent, such representative, assign or agent admits the execution, or \r\n(c) if the person executing the document is dead, and his representative or \r\nassign appears before the registering officer and admits the execution, \r\n the registering officer shall register the document as directed in sections 58 to \r\n61, inclusive. \r\n (2) The registering officer may, in order to satisfy himself that the persons \r\nappearing before him are the persons they represent themselves to be, or for any \r\nother purpose contemplated by this Act, examine any one present in his office. \r\n (3)(a) If any person by whom the document purports to be executed denies \r\nits execution, or \r\n(b) if any such person appears to the registering officer to be a minor, an \r\nidiot or a lunatic, or \r\n(c) if any person by whom the document purports to be executed is dead, \r\nand his representative or assign denies its execution, \r\n the registering officer shall refuse to register the document as to the person so \r\ndenying, appearing or dead: \r\n Provided that, where such officer is a Registrar, he shall follow the procedure \r\nprescribed in Part XII. \r\n \r\n1\r\n[Provided further that the \r\n2\r\n[Government] may, by notification in the \r\n3\r\n[Official \r\nGazette], declare that any Sub-Registrar named in the notification shall, in respect of \r\ndocuments the execution of which is denied, be deemed to be a Registrar for the \r\npurposes of this sub-section and of Part XII.] \r\nPART VII \r\nOf Enforcing the Appearance of Executants and Witnesses \r\n36. Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired .– If any \r\nperson presenting any document for registration or claiming under any document, \r\nwhich is capable of being so presented, desires the appearance of any person \r\nwhose presence or testimony is necessary for the registration of such document, the \r\nregistering officer may, in his discretion, call upon such officer or Court as t he \r\n4\r\n[Government] directs in this behalf to issue a summons requiring him to appear at \r\nthe registration -office, either in person or by duly authorized agent, as in the \r\nsummons may be mentioned, and at a time named therein. \r\n37. Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons .– The officer or \r\nCourt, upon receipt of the peon's fee payable in such cases, shall issue the \r\nsummons accordingly, and cause it to be served upon the person whose \r\nappearance is so required. \r\n \r\n1\r\nAdded by the Indian Regist ration (Amendment) Act, 1926 (XIII of 1926); assented to by the Governor General on 9 March \r\n1926; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 13 March 1926, p. 16, s. 2. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Regis tration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Law s) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 4 read with the Table of General \r\nAdaptations. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 20 11), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n38. Persons exempt from appearance at reg istration-office.– (1) (a) A person \r\nwho by reason of bodily infirmity is unable without risk or serious inconvenience to \r\nappear at the registration office, or \r\n(b) a person in jail under civil or criminal process, or \r\n(c) persons exempt by law from personal appearance in Court, and who \r\nwould but for the provision next hereinafter contained be required to \r\nappear in person at the registration-office \r\n1\r\n[or], \r\n2\r\n[(d) a person who is overseas,] \r\n shall not be required so to appear. \r\n (2) In the case of every such pers on the registering officer shall either \r\nhimself go to the house of such person, or to the jail in which he is confined, and \r\nexamine him or issue a commission for his examination. \r\n39. Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses .– The law in force for \r\nthe time being as to summonses, commissions and compelling the attendance of \r\nwitnesses, and for their remuneration in suits before Civil Courts, shall, save as \r\naforesaid and mutatis mutandis, apply to any summons or commission issued and \r\nany person summoned to appear under the provisions of this Act. \r\nPART VIII \r\nOf Presenting Wills and Authorities to Adopt \r\n40. Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt .– (1) The \r\ntestator, or after his death any person claiming as executor or otherwise under a wil l, \r\nmay present it to any Registrar or Sub-Registrar for registration. \r\n(2) The donor, or after his death the donee, of any authority to adopt, or \r\nthe adoptive son, may present it to any Registrar or Sub-Registrar for registration. \r\n41. Registration of wills and authorities to adopt .– (1) A will or an authority to \r\nadopt, presented for registration by the testator or donor, may be registered in the \r\nsame manner as any other document. \r\n (2) A will or authority to adopt presented for registration by any other \r\nperson entitled to present it shall be registered if the registering officer is satisfied– \r\n(a) that the will or authority was executed by the testator or donor, as the \r\ncase may be; \r\n(b) that the testator or donor is dead; and \r\n(c) that the person presenting the w ill or authority is, under section 40, \r\nentitled to present the same. \r\nPART IX \r\n3\r\n[Deposit and Disposal of Wills] \r\n \r\n1Inserted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2024 (XIV of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated : 21 \r\nNovember 2024, p. 1405, s. 2(a). \r\n2Inserted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2024 (XIV of 2024), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated : 21 \r\nNovember 2024, p. 1405, s. 2(b). \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the cross -heading “OF THE DEPOSIT OF WILLS” by the Registration (A mendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of \r\n1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 9. \r\n42. Deposit of wills .– \r\n1\r\n[(1)] Any testator may, either personally or by duly \r\nauthorized agent, deposit with any Registrar his will in a sealed co ver superscribed \r\nwith the name of the testator and that of his agent (if any) and with a statement of the \r\nnature of the document. \r\n2\r\n[(2) The testator shall also endorse on the cover the name and address of \r\nthe person to whom the original document shall be d elivered after registration \r\nthereof, after his death.] \r\n43. Procedure on deposit of wills .– (1) On receiving such cover, the Registrar, \r\nif satisfied that the person presenting the same for deposit is the testator or his \r\nagent, shall transcribe in his Regist er-book No. 5 the superscription aforesaid, and \r\nshall note in the same book and on the said cover the year, month, day and hour of \r\nsuch presentation and receipt, and the names of any persons who may testify to the \r\nidentity of the testator or his agent, and any legible inscription which may be on the \r\nseal of the cover. \r\n(2) The Registrar shall then place and retain the sealed cover in his fire -\r\nproof box. \r\n44. Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42 .– If the testator \r\nwho has deposited such cover wishes to withdraw it, he may apply, either personally \r\nor by duly authorized agent to the Registrar who holds it in deposit, and such \r\nRegistrar, if satisfied that the applicant is actually the testator or his agent, shall \r\ndeliver the cover accordingly. \r\n45. Proceedings on death of depositor .– (1) If, on the death of a testator who \r\nhas deposited a sealed cover under section 42, application be made to the Registrar \r\nwho holds it in deposit to open the same, and if the Registrar is satisfied that the \r\ntestator is dead, he shall, in the applicant's presence, open the cover, and, at the \r\napplicant's expense, cause the contents thereof to be copied into his Book No. 3 \r\n3\r\n[and then deliver the deposited will to the nominee of the testator or his \r\nrepresentative]. \r\n4\r\n[(2) If, in respect of any will deposited, no steps are taken by the testator or \r\nother person under section 44 or sub -section (1) of this section, the Registrar shall \r\nfollow the procedure hereinafter provided for the disposal of such will or sealed \r\ncover.] \r\n46. Saving of certain enactments and powers of Courts .– (1) Nothing \r\nhereinbefore contained shall affect the provisions of section \r\n5\r\n[294 of the Succession \r\n \r\n1\r\nNumbered by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 10. \r\n2\r\nAdded ibid. \r\n3\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 11. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted ibid. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted fo r the expression “259 of the Indian Succession Act, 1865” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) \r\nOrdinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 8 July 1981, pp. 345 -475, s. 3 \r\nread with the Second Schedule. \r\nAct, 1925 (XXXIX of 1925)], \r\n1\r\n[* * * * * * * * * * *] or the power of any Court by order to \r\ncompel the production of any will. \r\n(2) When any such order is made, the Registrar shall, unless the will has \r\nbeen already copied under section 45, open the cover and cause the will to be \r\ncopied into his Book No. 3 and make a note on such copy that the original has been \r\nremoved into Court in pursuance of the order aforesaid. \r\n2\r\n[46A. Destruction of wills .– (1) Any will in deposit with a Registrar at the \r\ncommencement of the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962, and any will \r\nthereafter deposited may be destroyed after followi ng the procedure hereinafter \r\nprovided, if the will is not registered before such destruction. \r\n(2) Every registering officer shall on the first day of July in the year next \r\nafter the commencement of the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962, and on \r\nthe first day of July in every succeeding third year, send by post a notice to every \r\ndepositor and his nominee, inquiring about the depositor's present address and shall \r\nenter on the cover and in his registers any new address supplied in response to such \r\nnotice. \r\n(3) If, as a result of such notice or in any other manner, the Registrar is \r\nsatisfied that the testator has died, the Registrar shall, after making an entry in his \r\nbooks as to the death of the testator and the nature of the information on which he \r\nhas acted, open the cover in the presence of a judicial officer (not below the rank of \r\na Civil Judge or Munsif). He shall thereupon issue a notice to the executor, if any, \r\nand also to such other person or persons deriving any benefit under the will as the \r\ntwo officers may determine, informing them about the existence of the will and also \r\nthat unless steps are taken within a period of six months therefrom for registration of \r\nthe will the document shall be liable to be destroyed. \r\n(4) Notwithstanding the expiry of the period specified in the notice, until the \r\nwill is actually destroyed in accordance with the provisions of the Destruction of \r\nRecords Act, 1917\r\n3\r\n, the registration of the same can be effected, at the request of \r\nthe person entitled thereto, on payment of the proper charges.] \r\nPART X \r\nOf the Effects of Registration and Non-Registration \r\n47. Time from which registered document operates .– A registered document \r\nshall operate from the time from which it would have commenced to operate if no \r\nregistration thereof ha d been required or made, and not from the time of its \r\nregistration. \r\n \r\n1\r\nThe expression “or of section 81 of the Probate and Administration Act, 1881,” was omitted ibid. \r\n2\r\nInserted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 12. \r\n3\r\nV of 1917. \r\n48. Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against \r\noral agreements.– All non-testamentary documents duly registered under this Act, \r\nand relating to any property, whe ther moveable or immoveable, shall take effect \r\nagainst any oral agreement or declaration relating to such property, unless where the \r\nagreement or declaration has been accompanied or followed by delivery of \r\npossession \r\n1\r\n[and the same constitutes a valid tran sfer under any law for the time \r\nbeing in force: \r\nProvided that a mortgage by deposit of title -deeds as defined in section 58 of \r\nthe Transfer of Property Act, 1882\r\n2\r\n, shall take effect against any mortgage -deed \r\nsubsequently executed and registered which relates to the same property]. \r\n49. Effect of non -registration of documents required to be registered .– \r\n3\r\n[No \r\ndocument required to be registered under this Act or under any earlier law providing \r\nfor or relating to registration of documents shall– \r\n(a) operate to c reate, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in \r\npresent or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or \r\ncontingent, to or in immoveable property, or \r\n(b) confer any power to adopt, \r\nunless it has been registered.] \r\n50. Certain registered documents relating to land, to take effect against \r\nunregistered documents.– (1) Every document of the kinds mentioned in clauses \r\n(a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 17, sub -section (1), \r\n4\r\n[and every document registerable \r\nunder section 18, in so far as such do cument affects immoveable property or \r\nacknowledges the receipt or payment of any consideration in respect of any \r\ntransaction relating to immoveable property], shall, if duly registered, take effect as \r\nregards the property comprised therein, against every u nregistered document \r\nrelating to the same property, and not being a decree or order, whether such \r\nunregistered document be of the same nature as the registered document or not \r\n5\r\n[:] \r\n6\r\n[Provided that the person in possession of the property under an unregistered \r\ndocument prior in date, would be entitled to the rights under section 53A of the \r\nTransfer of Property Act, 1882 (IV of 1882) if the conditions of that section are \r\nfulfilled: \r\n \r\n1\r\nInserted by the Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act, 1929 (XXI of 1929); assented to by the Governor \r\nGeneral on 4 October 1929; and, was published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 25 October 1929, pp . 133-153, \r\ns. 10: it came into force on 1 April 1930. \r\n2\r\nIV of 1882. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 13. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the expression “and clauses (a) and (b) of section 18” ibid., s. 14. \r\n5\r\nIbid. for the “full stop”. \r\n6\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 14. \r\nProvided further that the person in whose favour an unregistered document is \r\nexecuted shall be entitled to enforce the contract under the unregistered document in \r\na suit for specific performance against a person claiming under a subsequent \r\nregistered document, subject to the provisions of clause (b) of section 27 of the \r\nSpecific Relief Act, 1877 (I of 1877).] \r\n(2) Nothing in sub -section (1) applies to leases exempted under the \r\nproviso to sub-section (1) of section 17 or to any document mentioned in sub -section \r\n(2) of the same section, or to any registered document which had not priori ty under \r\nthe law in force at the commencement of this Act. \r\nExplanation.– In cases where Act No. XVI of 1864 or the Indian Registration Act, \r\n1866\r\n1\r\n, was in force in the place and at the time in and at which such unregistered \r\ndocument was executed, “unregistered” means not registered according to such Act, \r\nand, where the document is executed after the first day of July, 1871, not registered \r\nunder the Indian Registration Act, 1871\r\n2\r\n, or the Indian Registration Act, 1877\r\n3\r\n, or this \r\nAct. \r\nPART XI \r\nOf the Duties and Powers of Registering Officers \r\n(A) As to the Register-books and Indexes \r\n51. Register-books to be kept in the several offices .– (1) The following books \r\nshall be kept in the several offices hereinafter named, namely:– \r\nA– In all registration offices– \r\nBook 1, “Register of non -testamentary documents relating to immoveable \r\nproperty;” \r\nBook 2, “Record of reasons for refusal to register;” \r\nBook 3, “Register of wills and authorities to adopt;” and \r\nBook 4, “Miscellaneous Register”. \r\nB– In the offices of Registrar– \r\nBook 5, “Register of deposits of wills.” \r\n(2) In Book 1 shall be entered or filed all documents or memoranda \r\nregistered under sections 17, 18 and 89 which relate to immoveable property, and \r\nare not wills. \r\n (3) In Book 4 shall be entered all documents register ed under \r\n4\r\n[* * * *] \r\nsection 18 which do not relate to immoveable property. \r\n(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require more than one set of \r\nbooks where the office of Registrar has been amalgamated with the office of a Sub -\r\nRegistrar. \r\n \r\n1\r\nXX of 1866. \r\n2\r\nVIII of 1871. \r\n3\r\nIII of 1877. \r\n4\r\nThe expression “clauses (d) and (f) of” was omitted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), \r\npublished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 15. \r\n1\r\n[(5) If, in the opinion of the Registrar, any of the books mentioned in sub -\r\nsection (1) is in danger of being destroyed or becoming illegible wholly or partially, \r\nthe Registrar may, by a written order, direct such book or portion thereof as he thinks \r\nfit, to be recopied and authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed by rules, \r\nand the copy prepared and authenticated under such direction shall, for all \r\npurposes of this Act and of the Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872), be deemed to be the \r\noriginal book or portion and all references in this Act to the original book shall be \r\ndeemed to be to the book or portion so recopied and authenticated.] \r\n52. Duties of registering officers when document presented .– (1)(a) The day, \r\nhour and place of presentation, and the si gnature of every person presenting a \r\ndocument for registration, shall be endorsed on every such document at the time of \r\npresenting it; \r\n(b) a receipt for such document shall be given by the registering officer to \r\nthe person presenting the same; and, \r\n(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, every document \r\nadmitted to registration shall without unnecessary delay be copied in \r\nthe book appropriated therefor according to the order of its admission. \r\n(2) All such books shall be authenticated at such i ntervals and in such \r\nmanner as is from time to time prescribed by the Inspector General. \r\n53. Entries to be numbered consecutively .– All entries in each book shall be \r\nnumbered in a consecutive series, which shall commence and terminate with the \r\nyear, a fresh series being commenced at the beginning of each year. \r\n54. Current indexes and entries therein .– In every office in which any of the \r\nbooks hereinbefore mentioned are kept, there shall be prepared current indexes of \r\ncontents of such books; and every entry in such indexes shall be made, so far as \r\npracticable, immediately after the registering officer has copied, or filed a \r\nmemorandum of, the document to which it relates. \r\n55. Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents .– (1) Four \r\nsuch index es shall be made in all registration offices, and shall be named, \r\nrespectively, Index No. I, Index No. II, Index No. Ill and Index No. IV. \r\n(2) Index No. I shall contain the names and additions of all persons \r\nexecuting and of all persons claiming under ever y document entered or \r\nmemorandum filed in Book No. 1. \r\n (3) Index No. II shall contain such particulars mentioned in section 21 \r\nrelating to every such document and memorandum as the Inspector General from \r\ntime to time directs in that behalf. \r\n (4) Index No. Ill shall contain the names and additions of all persons \r\nexecuting every will and authority entered in Book No. 3, and of the executors and \r\npersons respectively appointed thereunder, and after the death of the testator or the \r\ndonor (but not before) the nam es and additions of all persons claiming under the \r\nsame. \r\n (5) Index No. IV shall contain the names and additions of all persons \r\nexecuting and of all persons claiming under every document entered in Book No. 4. \r\n \r\n1\r\nAdded ibid. \r\n (6) Each index shall contain such other parti culars, and shall be prepared \r\nin such form as the Inspector General from time to time directs. \r\n \r\n1\r\n[(7) If, in the opinion of the Registrar, any of the indexes mentioned in sub -\r\nsection (1) is in danger of being destroyed or becoming illegible wholly or parti ally, \r\nthe Registrar may, by a written order, direct such index or portion thereof, as he \r\nthinks fit, to be recopied in such manner as may be prescribed by rules, and any \r\ncopy so prepared shall, for the purposes of this Act and of the Evidence Act, 1872 (I \r\nof 1872), be deemed to be the original index or portion and all references in this Act \r\nto the original index or portion shall be deemed to be references to the index or \r\nportion prepared as aforesaid.] \r\n2\r\n[56. Copy of entries in Indexes Nos. I, II and III to be sent by the Sub -Registrar to \r\nRegister and filed.– * * * * * * ] \r\n57. Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, \r\nand to give certified copies of entries.– (1) Subject to the previous payment of the \r\nfees payable in that behalf the Books Nos. 1 and 2 and the Indexes relating to Book \r\nNo. 1 shall be at all times open to inspection by any person applying to inspect the \r\nsame; and, subject to the provisions of section 62, copies of entries in such books \r\nshall be given to all persons applying for such copies. \r\n (2) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No. 3 and in \r\nthe Index relating thereto shall be given to the persons executing the documents to \r\nwhich such entries relate, or to their agents, and after the death of the executants \r\n(but not before) to any person applying for such copies. \r\n (3) Subject to the same provisions, copies of entries in Book No. 4 and in \r\nthe Index relating thereto shall be given to any person executing or claiming under \r\nthe documents to which s uch entries respectively refer, or to his agent or \r\nrepresentative. \r\n (4) The requisite search under this section for entries in Books Nos. 3 and \r\n4 shall be made only by the registering officer. \r\n (5) All copies given under this section shall be signed and se aled by the \r\nregistering officer, and shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the contents of \r\nthe original documents. \r\n(B) As to the Procedure on admitting to Registration \r\n58. Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration .– (1) \r\nOn every document admitted to registration, other than a copy of a decree or order, \r\nor a copy sent to a registering officer under section 89, there shall be endorsed from \r\ntime to time the following particulars, namely:– \r\n(a) the signature and addition of every person admitting the execution of \r\nthe document, and, if such execution has been admitted by the \r\nrepresentative, assign or agent of any person, the signature and \r\naddition of such representative, assign or agent; \r\n \r\n1\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 16. \r\n2\r\nRepealed by the Indian Registration (Amendment) Act, 1929 (XV of 1929); assented to by the Governor General on 1 October \r\n1929; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 18 October 1929, p. 118, s. 2. \r\n(b) the signature and addition of every per son examined in reference to \r\nsuch document under any of the provisions of this Act; and \r\n(c) any payment of money or delivery of goods made in the presence of \r\nthe registering officer in reference to the execution of the document, \r\nand any admission of receipt of consideration, in whole or in part, made \r\nin his presence in reference to such execution. \r\n(2) If any person admitting the execution of a document refuses to endorse \r\nthe same, the registering officer shall nevertheless register it, but shall at the sa me \r\ntime endorse a note of such refusal. \r\n59. Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer .– The \r\nregistering officer shall affix the date and his signature to all endorsements made \r\nunder sections 52 and 58, relating to the same document and mad e in his presence \r\non the same day. \r\n60. Certificate of registration .– (1) After such of the provisions of sections 34, \r\n35, 58 and 59 as apply to any document presented for registration have been \r\ncomplied with, the registering officer shall endorse thereon a certificate containing \r\nthe word “registered”, together with the number and page of the book in which the \r\ndocument has been copied. \r\n(2) Such certificate shall be signed, sealed and dated by the registering \r\nofficer, and shall then be admissible for the purp ose of proving that the document \r\nhas been duly registered in manner provided by this Act, and that the facts \r\nmentioned in the endorsements referred to in section 59 have occurred as therein \r\nmentioned. \r\n61. Endorsements and certificate to be copied and docum ent returned.– (1) \r\nThe endorsements and certificate referred to and mentioned in sections 59 and 60 \r\nshall thereupon be copied into the margin of the Register -book, and the copy of the \r\nmap or plan (if any) mentioned in section 21 shall be filed in Book No. 1. \r\n(2) The registration of the document shall thereupon be deemed complete, \r\nand the document shall then be returned to the person who presented the same for \r\nregistration, or to such other person (if any) as he has nominated in writing in that \r\nbehalf on the receipt mentioned in section 52. \r\n62. Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering \r\nofficer.– (1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19, the \r\ntranslation shall be transcribed in the register of documents of the nature of the \r\noriginal, and, together with the copy referred to in section 19, shall be filed in the \r\nregistration office. \r\n(2) The endorsements and certificate respectively mentioned in sections \r\n59 and 60 shall be made on the original, and, for the purpos e of making the copies \r\nand memoranda required by sections 57, 64, 65 and 66, the translation shall be \r\ntreated as if it were the original. \r\n63. Power to administer oaths and records of substance of statements .– (1) \r\nEvery registering officer may at his discre tion administer an oath to any person \r\nexamined by him under the provisions of this Act. \r\n (2) Every such officer may also at his discretion record a note of the \r\nsubstance of the statement made by each such person, and such statement shall be \r\nread over, or ( if made in a language with which such person is not acquainted) \r\ninterpreted to him in a language with which he is acquainted, and, if he admits the \r\ncorrectness of such note, it shall be signed by the registering officer. \r\n (3) Every such note so signed sha ll be admissible for the purpose of \r\nproving that the statements therein recorded were made by the persons and under \r\nthe circumstances therein stated. \r\n(C) Special Duties of Sub-Registrar \r\n64. Procedure where document relates to land in several sub -districts.– (1) \r\nEvery Sub -Registrar on registering a non -testamentary document relating to \r\nimmoveable property not wholly situate in his own sub -district shall make a \r\nmemorandum thereof and of the endorsement and certificate (if any) thereon, and \r\nsend the same to ev ery other Sub -Registrar subordinate to the same Registrar as \r\nhimself in whose sub -district any part of such property is situate, and such Sub -\r\nRegistrar shall file the memorandum in his Book No. 1. \r\n65. Procedure where document relates to land in several dis tricts.– (1) Every \r\nSub-Registrar on registering a non -testamentary document relating to immoveable \r\nproperty situate in more districts than one shall also forward a copy thereof and of \r\nthe endorsement and certificate (if any) thereon, together with a copy o f the map or \r\nplan (if any) mentioned in section 21 to the Registrar of every district in which any \r\npart of such property is situate other than the district in which his own sub -district is \r\nsituate. \r\n (2) The Registrar on receiving the same shall file in hi s Book No. 1 the \r\ncopy of the document and the copy of the map or plan (if any), and shall forward a \r\nmemorandum of the document to each of the Sub -Registrars subordinate to him \r\nwithin whose sub -district any part of such property is situate: and every Sub -\r\nRegistrar receiving such memorandum shall file it in his Book No. 1. \r\n(D) Special Duties of Registrar \r\n66. Procedure after registration of documents relating to land .– (1) On \r\nregistering any non -testamentary document relating to immoveable property, the \r\nRegistrar shall forward a memorandum of such document to each Sub -Registrar \r\nsubordinate to himself in whose sub-district any part of the property is situate. \r\n (2) The Registrar shall also forward a copy of such document, together \r\nwith a copy of the map or plan (if any) mentioned in section 21, to every other \r\nRegistrar in whose district any part of such property is situate. \r\n (3) Such Registrar on receiving any such copy shall file it in his Book No. 1 \r\nand shall also send a memorandum of the copy to each of the S ub-Registrars \r\nsubordinate to him within whose sub-district any part of the property is situate. \r\n (4) Every Sub -Registrar receiving any memorandum under this section \r\nshall file it in his Book No.1. \r\n67. Procedure after registration under section 30, sub -section (2).– On any \r\ndocument being registered under section 30, sub -section (2), a copy of such \r\ndocument and of the endorsements and certificate thereon shall be forwarded to \r\nevery Registrar within whose district any part of the property to which the instrum ent \r\nrelates is situate, and the Registrar receiving such copy shall follow the procedure \r\nprescribed for him in section 66, sub-section (1). \r\n(E) Of the controlling Powers of Registrars \r\nand Inspectors General \r\n68. Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars.– (1) Every \r\nSub-Registrar shall perform the duties of his office under the superintendence and \r\ncontrol of the Registrar in whose district the office of such Sub-Registrar is situate. \r\n (2) Every Registrar shall have authority to issue (whet her on complaint or \r\notherwise) any order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in \r\nrespect of any act or omission of any Sub -Registrar subordinate to him or in respect \r\nof the rectification of any error regarding the book or the office in whi ch any \r\ndocument has been registered. \r\n69. Power of Inspector General to superintend registration offices and make \r\nrules.– (1) The Inspector General shall exercise a general superintendence over all \r\nthe registration offices in the territories under the \r\n1\r\n[Government], and shall have \r\npowers from time to time to make rules consistent with this Act– \r\n(a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents, \r\n2\r\n[* * * * \r\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *]; \r\n(b) declaring what languages shall be deemed to be comm only used in \r\neach district; \r\n(c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under section 21; \r\n3\r\n[(cc) regulating and supervising the profession of conveyance writing;] \r\n(d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, \r\nrespectively; \r\n(e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering \r\nofficer by section 63; \r\n(f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make \r\nmemoranda of documents; \r\n(g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub -Registrars of the \r\nbooks kept in their respective offices under section 51; \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), publi shed in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nOmitted the expression “and also for the destruction of such books, papers and documents as need no longer be kept” by the \r\nDestruction of Record Act, 1917 (V of 1917); assented to by the Governor General on 28 February 1917; and, was published in \r\nthe Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 16 March 1917, pp. 35-36, s. 6 read with the Schedule. \r\n3\r\nInserted by the Registration (Second Amendment) Act 2018 (XX VII of 2018), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 24 May 2018, pp. 8169-8170, s. 2. \r\n(h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I, II, III and IV, \r\nrespectively; \r\n(i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registration offices; \r\nand \r\n(j) generally, regulating the proceedings of the Registrars and Sub -\r\nRegistrars. \r\n (2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the \r\n1\r\n[Government] for \r\napproval, and, after they have been approved, they shall be published in the official \r\nGazette, and on publication shall have effect as if enacted in this Act. \r\n70. Power of Inspector General to remit fines .– The Inspector General may \r\nalso, in the exercise of his discretion, remit wholly or in part the difference between \r\nany fine levied under section 25 or section 34 , and the amount of the proper \r\nregistration fee. \r\n2\r\n[PART XI-A \r\nOf the Copying of Documents by means of Photography \r\n70-A. Application of this Part .– This Part shall apply to such areas only as are \r\nspecified in a notification issued under section 70-D. \r\n70-B. Definition.– For the purposes of this Part “Photo -Registrar” means a Photo -\r\nRegistrar appointed under this Part. \r\n70-C. Appointment of Photo -Registrars.– The \r\n3\r\n[Government] may appoint a \r\nRegistrar or Sub -Registrar or any other person to be a Photo -Registrar fo r the \r\nperformance of duties under this Part: \r\nProvided that the \r\n4\r\n[Government] may, subject to such restrictions and \r\nconditions as it thinks fit, delegate the power of appointing Photo -Registrars to the \r\nInspector-General of Registration. \r\n70-D. Documents may be photographed in areas notified by Government .– (1) \r\nThe \r\n5\r\n[Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that in any \r\ndistrict or sub -district specified in the notification copies of documents admitted to \r\nregistration under this Act shall be made by means of photography. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordina ry), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 5. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nInserted by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 17. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 5. \r\n4\r\nIbid. \r\n5\r\nIbid. \r\n (2) On the issue of such notification it shall be translated into \r\n1\r\n[* * * * * * * * \r\n* * * * *] Urdu \r\n2\r\n[* * * * * * * * *] and shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the \r\nRegistration offices affected by the notification. \r\n70-E. Application of Act to areas notified under section 70 -D.– In any district or \r\nsub-district in respect of which a notification has been issued under section 70-D, the \r\nprovisions of this Act shall, for the purposes of this Part, be subject to the foll owing \r\nmodifications, namely:– \r\n (1)(a) Every document admitted to registration under section 35 or section 41 \r\nshall on every page– \r\n(i) be signed in the presence of the registering officer by the person \r\nor any one of the persons presenting the document for \r\nregistration; and \r\n(ii) be carefully marked with an identification stamp and the serial \r\nnumber of the document. \r\n(b) It shall be then transmitted by the registering officer, unless he is \r\nhimself the Photo-Registrar, to the Photo-Registrar, and the registering \r\nofficer or the Photo -Registrar, as the case may be, shall cause each \r\nside of each page of such document together with all stamps, \r\nendorsements, seals, signatures, thumb -impressions and certificates \r\nappearing thereon to be photographed without subtraction or alteration. \r\nHe may for this purpose cut or untie, without breaking any seals, the \r\nthread or ribbon, if any, wherewith the pages of the document are sewn \r\ntogether, in order to separate the pages of the document, and, as soon \r\nas the document has been phot ographed, he shall, as far as \r\npracticable, exactly rebind the document as before, and, if he has cut \r\nthe thread or ribbon shall seal it over the joint with his seal: \r\nProvided that the party presenting the document for registration shall, if \r\nhe so desires, be allowed to be present and watch the unbinding, \r\nrebinding and sealing of the document: \r\nProvided further that if the party presenting the document so requests \r\nthe document shall be returned to him unbound: \r\nProvided also that before or after transmission o f the document \r\nto the Photo -Registrar the party presenting the document may require \r\nthe registering officer to have it copied by hand under section 52, or if \r\nthe document has been presented for registration under section 19 its \r\ntranslation copied under sec tion 62 on payment of an additional \r\ncopying fee. \r\n \r\n1\r\nOmitted the expression “Bengali in the case of the Province of East Pakistan, and in” by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, \r\n1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 1 August 1975, pp. 435 -467, Article 2 \r\nread with the Schedule. \r\n2\r\nOmitted the expression “in the case of Province of West Pakistan,” ibid. \r\n(c) There shall then be prepared and preserved the negative and at least \r\none Photographic print and to each such negative and print the Photo \r\nRegistrar shall fix his signature and seal in token of the exact \r\ncorrespondence of the copy to the original document, as admitted for \r\nregistration: \r\n Provided that when more than one such negative is recorded on \r\none length of film and the Photo-Registrar has affixed his signature and \r\nseal at the end of such length of fil m certifying in the manner \r\nprescribed by rules made in this behalf, the exact correspondence of all \r\ncopies on such length of film with the original documents, the Photo -\r\nRegistrar shall be deemed to have affixed his signature and seal to \r\neach such negative on such length of film. \r\n(d) One set of such prints arranged in the order of their serial numbers \r\nshall be made up into books and sewn or bound together. To each \r\nsuch book the Registrar or Sub-Registrar shall prefix a certificate of the \r\nserial numbers it contains, and the books shall then be preserved in the \r\nrecords of the Sub-Registrar. The negatives shall be preserved in such \r\nsuitable place as the Inspector-General may prescribe. \r\n (2) All words and expressions used in the Act with reference to the making \r\nof copies of documents by hand or the entering or filing of documents or memoranda \r\nin books provided under section 16 shall, so far as may be necessary, be construed \r\nas referring to the making of such copies by means of photography or the entering or \r\nfiling of documents or memoranda in books made up of copies prepared by means of \r\nphotography. \r\n (3) Where this Part applies the sections mentioned below shall be deemed \r\nto be modified as follows:– \r\n(a) In section 19 the words “and also by a true copy” shall be omitted; \r\n(b) sub-section (4) of section 21 shall be omitted; \r\n(c) the words “according to the order of its admission” occurring in clause \r\n(c) of sub-section (1) of section 52 shall be omitted; \r\n(d) section 53 shall be omitted; \r\n(e) in sub-section (1) of section 60 the words “and page” shall be omitted; \r\n(f) sub-section (1) of section 61 shall be omitted; and \r\n(g) in sub-section (1) of section 62,– \r\n(i) for the word “transcribed” the word “copied” shall be substituted; \r\nand \r\n(ii) for the words and figures “copy referr ed to in section “19” the \r\nwords “photograph of the original” shall be substituted. \r\n70-F. The Inspector-General may, with the previous approval of the \r\n1\r\n[Government], \r\nby notification in the official Gazette, make rules for the purposes of giving effect to \r\nthe provisions of this Part.] \r\nPART XII \r\nOf Refusal to Register \r\n71. Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded .– (1) Every Sub -Registrar \r\nrefusing to register a document, except on the ground that the property to which it \r\nrelates is not situate within his sub-district, shall make an order of refusal and record \r\nhis reasons for such order in his Book No. 2, and endorse the words “registration \r\nrefused” on the document; and on application made by any person executing or \r\nclaiming under the document, shall, witho ut payment and unnecessary delay, give \r\nhim a copy of the reasons so recorded. \r\n(2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a document so \r\nendorsed unless and until, under the provisions hereinafter contained, the document \r\nis directed to be registered. \r\n72. Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub -Registrar refusing registration \r\non ground other than denial of execution .– (1) Except where the refusal is made \r\non the ground of denial of execution, an appeal shall lie against an order of a Sub -\r\nRegistrar refusing to admit a document to registration (whether the registration of \r\nsuch document is compulsory or optional) to the Registrar to whom such Sub -\r\nRegistrar is subordinate, if presented to such Registrar within thirty days from the \r\ndate of the order; and the Registrar may reverse or alter such order. \r\n(2) If the order of the Registrar directs the document to be registered and \r\nthe document is duly presented for registration within thirty days after the making of \r\nsuch order, the Sub -Registrar shall obey the same, and thereupon shall, so far as \r\nmay be practicable, follow the procedure prescribed in sections 58, 59 and 60; and \r\nsuch registration shall take effect as if the document had been registered when it \r\nwas first duly presented for registration. \r\n73. Application to Registrar where Sub -Registrar refuses to register on \r\nground of denial of execution.– (1) When a Sub-Registrar has refused to register a \r\ndocument on the ground that any person by whom it purports to be executed, or his \r\nrepresentative or assign, den ies its execution, any person claiming under such \r\ndocument, or his representative, assign or agent authorized as aforesaid, may, \r\nwithin thirty days after the making of the order of refusal, apply to the Registrar to \r\nwhom such Sub -Registrar is subordinate i n order to establish his right to have the \r\ndocument registered. \r\n(2) Such application shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a \r\ncopy of the reasons recorded under section 71, and the statements in the application \r\nshall be verified by the applicant i n manner required by law for the verification of \r\nplaints. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 5. \r\n74. Procedure of Registrar on such application.– In such case, and also where \r\nsuch denial as aforesaid is made before a Registrar in respect of a document \r\npresented for registration to him, the Regi strar shall, as soon as conveniently may \r\nbe, enquire– \r\n(a) whether the document has been executed; \r\n(b) whether the requirements of the law for the time being in force have \r\nbeen complied with on the part of the applicant or person presenting \r\nthe document for registration, as the case may be, so as to entitle the \r\ndocument to registration. \r\n75. Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon .– (1) If the Registrar \r\nfinds that the document has been executed and that the said requirements have \r\nbeen complied with, he shall order the document to be registered. \r\n(2) If the document is duly presented for registration within thirty days after \r\nthe making of such order, the registering officer shall obey the same and thereupon \r\nshall, so far as may be practicable, follo w the procedure prescribed in sections 58, \r\n59 and 60. \r\n(3) Such registration shall take effect as if the document had been \r\nregistered when it was first duly presented for registration. \r\n(4) The Registrar may, for the purpose of any enquiry under section 74, \r\nsummon and enforce the attendance of witnesses, and compel them to give \r\nevidence, as if he were a Civil Court, and he may also direct by whom the whole or \r\nany part of the costs of any such enquiry shall be paid, and such costs shall be \r\nrecoverable as if they had been awarded in a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, \r\n1908\r\n1\r\n. \r\n76. Order of refusal by Registrar.– (1) Every Registrar refusing– \r\n(a) to register a document except on the ground that the property to which \r\nit relates is not situate within his distri ct or that the document ought to \r\nbe registered in the office of a Sub-Registrar, or \r\n(b) to direct the registration of a document under section 72 or section 75, \r\nshall make an order of refusal and record the reasons for such order in \r\nhis Book No. 2, and, on application made by any person executing or \r\nclaiming under the document, shall, without unnecessary delay, give \r\nhim a copy of the reasons so recorded. \r\n (2) No appeal lies from any order by a Registrar under this section or \r\nsection 72. \r\n77. Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar .– (1) Where the Registrar \r\nrefuses to order the document to be registered, under section 72 or section 76, any \r\nperson claiming under such document, or his representative, assign or agent, may \r\nwithin thirty days after the making of the order of refusal, institute in the Civil Court, \r\nwithin the local limits of whose original jurisdiction is situate the office in which the \r\ndocument is sought to be registered, a suit for a decree directing the document to be \r\nregistered in such offic e if it be duly presented for registration within thirty days after \r\nthe passing of such decree \r\n2\r\n[:] \r\n \r\n1\r\nV of 1908. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the “full stop” by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 18. \r\n \r\n1\r\n[Provided that failure to file a suit or the dismissal of a suit filed under this \r\nsection shall not disentitle a party to any other remedy to which he may be entitled, \r\non the basis of the unregistered document.] \r\n(2) The provisions contained in sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 75 shall, \r\nmutatis mutandis, apply to all documents presented for registration in accordance \r\nwith any such decree, and, notwithstan ding anything contained in this Act, the \r\ndocument shall be receivable in evidence in such suit. \r\nPART XIII \r\nOf the Fees for Registration, Searches and Copies \r\n78. Fees to be fixed by \r\n2\r\n[Government].– \r\n3\r\n[* * * * * * * * * *] the \r\n4\r\n[Government] \r\nshall prepare a table of fees payable– \r\n(a) for the registration of documents; \r\n(b) for searching the registers; \r\n(c) for making or granting copies of reasons, entries or documents, before, \r\non or after registration; \r\nand of extra or additional fees payable– \r\n(d) for every registration under section 30; \r\n(e) for the issue of commission; \r\n(f) for filing translations; \r\n(g) for attending at private residences; \r\n(h) for the safe custody and return of documents; and \r\n(i) for such other matters as appear to the \r\n5\r\n[Government] necessary to \r\neffect the purposes of this Act \r\n6\r\n[:] \r\n \r\n1\r\nAdded ibid. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Regist ration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 11. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws ) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3\r\nOmitted the words “Subject to the control of the Governor -General in Council” by the Devolution Act, 1 920 (XXXVIII of 1920); \r\nassented to by the Governor General on 14 September 1920; and, was published in the Government Gazette, Punjab and its \r\nDependencies (Extraordinary), dated: 24 September 1920, pp. 127-153, s. 2 read with the First Schedule. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 11. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government ” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 11. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the “full -stop” by the Banking and Financial Services (Amendment of Laws ) Ordinance, 1984 (LVII of 1984), \r\npublished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 31 December 1984, pp. 681-695, s. 2 read with the Schedule. \r\n1\r\n[Provided that the \r\n2\r\n[Government] may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, exempt from payment of fees, either in whole or in part, any \r\ninstrument executed by or in favour of a banking company in the normal \r\ncourse of its banking business. \r\nExplanation.– For the purpose of this section, “banking company” shall have the \r\nsame meaning as in the Banking Tribunals Ordinance, 1984.] \r\n79. Publication of fees.– A table of the fees so payable shall be published in the \r\nofficial Gaze tte, and a copy thereof in English and the vernacular language of the \r\ndistrict shall be exposed to public view in every registration office. \r\n80. Fees payable on presentation .– All fees for the registration of documents \r\nunder this Act shall be payable on the presentation of such documents. \r\nPART XIV \r\nOf Penalties \r\n81. Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering \r\ndocuments with intent to injure.– Every registering officer appointed under this Act \r\nand every person employed in his office for the purposes of this Act, who being \r\ncharged with the endorsing, copying, translating or registering of any document \r\npresented or deposited under its provisions endorses, copies, translates or registers \r\nsuch document in a manner which he knows or believ es to be incorrect, intending \r\nthereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause, injury, as \r\ndefined in the \r\n3\r\n[Pakistan] Penal Code\r\n4\r\n, to any person, shall be punishable with \r\nimprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or with fine, or with both. \r\n5\r\n[81A. Penalty for engagement as conveyance writer without valid enrolment or \r\nlicense.– Whoever engages himself as conveyance writer without valid enrolment or \r\nlicense shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three \r\nmonths but which shall not be less than ten days and with fine which may extend to \r\ntwo hundred thousand rupees but which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees.] \r\n82. Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or \r\ntransactions, false personation, and abetment.– Whoever– \r\n(a) intentionally makes any false statement, whether on oath or not, and \r\nwhether it has been recorded or not, before any officer acting in \r\nexecution of this Act, in any proceeding or enquiry under this Act; or \r\n(b) intentionally delivers to a registering officer, in any proceeding under \r\nsection 19 or section 21, a false copy or translation of a document, or a \r\nfalse copy of a map or plan; or \r\n \r\n1\r\nAdded by the Banking and Financial Services (Amendment of Laws) Ordinance, 1984 (LVII of 1984), published in the Gazette \r\nof Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 31 December 1984, pp. 681-695, s. 2 read with the Schedule. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Federal Government” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 11. \r\n3\r\nThe word “Indian” deemed to be substituted by virtue of its substitution for the word “Pakistan” of the said word in the “sho rt \r\ntitle” of the Indian Penal Code by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published \r\nin the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\n4\r\nXLV of 1860. \r\n5\r\nInserted by the Registration (Second Amendment) Act 2018 (XXVII o f 2018), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 24 May 2018, pp. 8169-8170, s. 3. \r\n(c) falsely personates another, and in such assumed character presents \r\nany document, or makes any admission or statement, or causes any \r\nsummons or commission to be issued, or does any other act in any \r\nproceeding or enquiry under this Act; or \r\n(d) abets anything made punishable by this Act; \r\nshall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to \r\nseven years, or with fine, or with both. \r\n83. Registering officer may commence prosecutions .– (1) A prosecution for \r\nany offence under this Act coming to the knowledge of a registering officer in his \r\nofficial capacity may be comme nced by or with the permission of the Inspector \r\nGeneral, \r\n1\r\n[* * * * * * *], the Registrar or the Sub -Registrar, in whose territories, district \r\nor sub-district, as the case may be, the offence has been committed. \r\n(2) Offences punishable under this Act shall be, triable by any Court or \r\nofficer exercising powers not less than those of a Magistrate of the second class. \r\n84. Registering officers to be deemed public servants .– (1) Every registering \r\nofficer appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be a public ser vant within the \r\nmeaning of the \r\n2\r\n[Pakistan] Penal Code\r\n3\r\n. \r\n(2) Every person shall be legally bound to furnish information to such \r\nregistering officer when required by him to do so. \r\n(3) In section 228 of the \r\n4\r\n[Pakistan] Penal Code\r\n5\r\n, the words “judicial \r\nproceeding” shall be deemed to include any proceeding under this Act. \r\nPART XV \r\nMiscellaneous \r\n85. Destruction of unclaimed documents .– Documents (other than wills) \r\nremaining unclaimed in any registration office for a period exceeding two years may \r\nbe destroyed. \r\n86. Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his \r\nofficial capacity.– No registering officer shall be liable to any suit, claim or demand \r\nby reason of anything in good faith done or refused in his official capacity. \r\n \r\n1\r\nThe words “the Branch Inspector -General of Sindh” were omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) \r\nOrder, 1937, published in the Gazett e of India (Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75 -344, Article 3 read with the First \r\nSchedule. \r\n2\r\nThe word “Indian” deemed to be substituted by virtue of its substitution for the word “Pakistan” of the said word in the “sho rt \r\ntitle” of the Indian Penal Code by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published \r\nin the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\n3\r\nXLV of 1860. \r\n4\r\nThe word “Indian” deemed t o be substituted by virtue of its substitution for the word “Pakistan” of the said word in the “short \r\ntitle” of the Indian Penal Code by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published \r\nin the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule \r\n5\r\nXLV of 1860. \r\n87. Nothing so done invalidated by defect in appointment or procedure .– \r\n1\r\n[(1)] Nothing done in good faith pursuant to this Act or any Act hereby repealed, by \r\nany registering officer, shall be deemed invalid merely by reason of any defect in his \r\nappointment or procedure. \r\n2\r\n[(2) Any defect in or the want of authority of a person to present a \r\ndocument shall not by itself, render invalid the registration of the document or the \r\ntransaction effected by it.] \r\n88. Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain \r\npublic functionaries.– (1) Notwithstanding anything herein contained, it shall not \r\nbe necessary for any officer of Government, \r\n3\r\n[* * * * * * * * *], or for any Official \r\nTrustee or Official Assignee, or for the \r\n4\r\n[*], Receiver or Registrar of a High Court, \r\nto appear in person or by agent at any registration office in any proceeding \r\nconnected with the registration of any instrument executed by him in his official \r\ncapacity, or to sign as provided in section 58. \r\n(2) Where any instrument is so execu ted, the registering officer to whom \r\nsuch instrument is presented for registration may, if he thinks fit, refer to any \r\nSecretary to Government or to such officer of Government, Administrator General, \r\nOfficial Trustee, Official Assignee, \r\n5\r\n[*], Receiver or Registrar, as the case may be, for \r\ninformation respecting the same, and, on being satisfied of the executions thereof, \r\nshall register the instrument. \r\n89. Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to \r\nregistering officers and filed .– (1) Every officer granting a loan under the Land \r\nImprovement Loans Act, 1883\r\n6\r\n, shall send a copy of his order to the registering \r\nofficer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the \r\nland to be improved or of the land to b e granted as collateral security, is situate, and \r\nsuch registering officer shall file the copy in his Book No.1. \r\n(2) Every court granting a certificate of sale of immoveable property under \r\nthe Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n7\r\n, shall send a copy of such certi ficate to the \r\nregistering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of \r\nthe immoveable property comprised in such certificate is situate, and such officer \r\nshall file the copy in his Book No.1. \r\n \r\n1\r\nNumbered by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 19. \r\n2\r\nAdded by the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962 (XLV of 1962), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated: 7 June 1962, pp. 953-960, s. 19. \r\n3\r\nOmitted the expression “or for the Administrator -General of East Pakistan,” by th e Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) \r\nOrdinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 8 July 1981, pp. 345 -475, s. 3 \r\nread with the Second Schedule. The expression “East Bengal,” were earlier substituted for the words “Bengal, Madras or \r\nbombay” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in the Gazette of \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\n4\r\nOmitted the word “Sheriff” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (G.G.O. No. 4 of 1949), published in \r\nthe Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 28 March 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3 read with the Schedule. \r\n5\r\nIbid. \r\n6\r\nXIX of 1883. \r\n7\r\nV of 1908. \r\n(3) \r\n1\r\n[Every officer and every co-operative society granting any such loan as \r\nis referred to in clause (x) of sub -section (2) of section 17] shall send a copy of any \r\ninstrument whereby immoveable property is mortgaged for the purpose of securing \r\nthe repayment of the loan, and, if any su ch property is mortgaged for the same \r\npurpose in the order granting the loan, a copy also of that order, to the registering \r\nofficer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the \r\nproperty so mortgaged is situate, and such regist ering officer shall file the copy or \r\ncopies, as the case may be, in his Book No.1. \r\n(4) Every Revenue-officer granting a certificate of sale to the purchaser of \r\nimmoveable property sold by public auction shall send a copy of the certificate to the \r\nregistering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of \r\nthe property comprised in the certificate is situate, and such officer shall file the copy \r\nin his Book No.1. \r\nExemptions from Act \r\n90. Exemption of certain documents executed b y or in favour of \r\nGovernment.– (1) Nothing contained in this Act or in the Indian Registration Act, \r\n1877\r\n2\r\n, or in the Indian Registration Act, 1871\r\n3\r\n, or in any Act thereby repealed shall be \r\ndeemed to require, or to have at any time required, the registratio n of any of the \r\nfollowing documents or maps, namely:– \r\n(a) documents issued, received or attested by any officer engaged in \r\nmaking a settlement or revision of settlement of land -revenue, and \r\nwhich form part of the records of such settlement; or \r\n(b) documents and maps issued, received or authenticated by any officer \r\nengaged on behalf of Government in making or revising the survey of \r\nany land, and which form part of the record of such survey; or \r\n(c) documents which under any law for the time being in force, ar e filed \r\nperiodically in any revenue -office by patwaris or other officers charged \r\nwith the preparation of village-records; or \r\n(d) sanads, inam title -deeds and other documents purporting to be or to \r\nevidence grants or assignments by Government of land or of any \r\ninterest in land; or \r\n4\r\n[(e) * * * * * * * * * ] \r\n(2) All such documents and maps shall, for the purposes of sections 48 \r\nand 49, be deemed to have been and to be registered in accordance with the \r\nprovisions of this Act. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the expression “Every officer granting a loan under the Agriculturists’ Loans Act, 1884,” by the Registration Act \r\n(Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 (XXXII of 1961), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated: 31 July 1961, pp . \r\n1165a-1165b, s. 4. \r\n2\r\nIII of 1877. \r\n3\r\nVIII of 1871. \r\n4\r\nOmitted by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 \r\nOctober 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 12. \r\n91. Inspection and copies of such documents.– Subject to such rules and the \r\nprevious payment of such fees as the \r\n1\r\n[Government] prescribes in this behalf, all \r\ndocuments and maps mentioned in section 90, \r\n2\r\n[clauses (a), (b) and (c),] and all \r\nregisters of the documents mentioned in clause (d) , shall be open to the inspection \r\nof any person applying to inspect the same, and, subject as aforesaid, copies of \r\nsuch documents shall be given to all persons applying for such copies. \r\n3\r\n[92. Burmese registration-rules confirmed.– * * * * ] \r\n4\r\n[93. Repeals.– * * * * * * * * ] \r\n5\r\n[THE SCHEDULE.– \r\nRepeal of Enactments * * * *] \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Gove rnment” by the Registration (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373 -37374, s. 13. They were earlier substituted for the words \r\n“Local Government” by the Government of India (Adapt ation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4 read with the Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the expression “clauses (a), (b), (c) and (e),” by the Registratio n (Amendment) Act 2011 (XIX of 2011), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 3 October 2011, pp. 37373-37374, s. 13. \r\n3\r\nRepealed by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 1 April 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with the First Schedule. \r\n4\r\nRepealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (I of 1938); assented to by the Governor General on 26 February 1938; and, was \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated: 5 March 1938, pp. 1-20, s. 2 read with the Schedule. \r\n5\r\nRepealed by the Repealing Act, 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