§57 — Appointment of Registrars

State amendments

This section has been amended in its application to Maharashtra. The text above is the central provision and is what applies everywhere else — these amendments are law only in the State that made them.

• Maharashtra[Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, s. 5]Read →Hide

  Goa, Daman and Diu In exercise of power conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 57 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (IX of 1932) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Government of Goa, in supersession of all earlier Notifications which may have been issued in the context and which may render to be contradictory to present Notification hereby appoints the Officers shown in Column No. II of the table below as Registrar of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar under the Act within the jurisdiction mentioned in Column No. III of the table below:– Sr. Designation of Officer Jurisdiction No. I II III 1. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Pernem Pernem Taluka 2. Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Bardez Bardez Taluka 3. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Bicholim Bicholim Taluka 4. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Sattari Sattari Taluka 5. Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Tiswadi Tiswadi Taluka 6. Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Ponda Ponda Taluka 7. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Dharbandora Dharbandora Taluka 8. Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Mormugao Mormugao Taluka 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “G. G. in C.”. 2. Subs. ibid., for “any province”. 9. Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Salcete Salcete Taluka 10. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Quepem Quepem Taluka 11. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Sanguem Sanguem Taluka 12. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Canacona Canacona Taluka This Notification shall come into force with immediate effect. (Published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 49(Extraordinary) dated 7-3-2019) (w.e.f. 8/42/2018- LD(Estt)/469 dated 6-03-2019) STATE AMENDMENT Maharashtra Substitution of section 57 of Act IX of 1932.—For section 57 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “57. Appointment of Registrar of Firms and Deputy and Assistant Registrars of Firms.—(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Registrar of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar under this Act throughout the State of Maharashtra. (2) The State Government may likewise appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of Firms and Assistant Registrars of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge all or such of the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar and in such areas as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. (3) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal code (XLV of 1860). ”

Reproduced from the same official PDF as the section above, as the amending Act words it — not a consolidated State version of the section. Check the source before relying on it.