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

State amendments

This section has been amended in its application to Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The text above is the central provision and is what applies everywhere else — these amendments are law only in the State that made them.

• Karnataka[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 15]Read →Hide

  Karnataka Amendment of section 69.-In sub-section (1) of section 69 of the principal Act, (i) in clause (g) after the word and figures "section 51", insert the words "and the manner of recopying such books on portions thereof", (ii) after clause (i) insert us under-- "(ii) prescribing the manner in which and the terms subject to which persons who write deeds outside the precincts of a registration officer, or who frequent the precincts of registration officers, for the purpose of writing documents may be granted licence and prescribing the fees to be paid for such licences;
• Kerala[Vide Kerala Act 2 of 1959, s. 3]Read →Hide

  Kerala Amendment of section 69.-After clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 69 of the principal Act, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration.”
• Himachal Pradesh[Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 7]Read →Hide

  Himachal Pradesh Amendment of section 69.— In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which, and the authority by whom such licences shall be ranted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of the documents to be presented for registration."
• Orissa[Vide Orissa Act 11 of 1976, s. 2]Read →Hide

  Orissa Amendment of section 69.—In section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), in sub-section (1) after clause (b), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(bb) providing for the grant of licences, the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted, the exemption of any class of document writers from the licensing provisions and the conditions subject to which such exemption shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration.”.
• Tripura[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 13]Read →Hide

  Tripura Amendment of Section 69.—In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1) after clause (b), the following clause be inserted, namely:- “(bb) providing for the grant and renewal of licences to document writers, the revocation of licences granted to such writers and generally for all purposes connected with the writers and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of the documents and with the writing of the true copies of the documents to be presented for registration”.
• Uttarakhand[ Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 22]Read →Hide

  Uttarkhand Insertion of section 69.—In section 69 of the Principal Act, after clause (hh), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:- "(hh-1) regulating the number and manner in which printouts or true copies of documents and of translation shall be prepared and the Books in which they shall be kept for record; (hh-2) regulating the form of declaration and the manner of comparison and verification of the true copies; (hh-3) regulating the manner in which and safeguards subject to which the Books may be kept in electronic form." (2) After section 69 of the Principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "69-A Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, the Inspector- General of Registration shall with the prior approval of the State Government, prepare and circulate standard formats of various kinds of documents for the guidance of the general public, which may be used with or without modifications. Explanation:- Use of a standard format prepared and circulated under this section shall not be a prelude to omit the descriptions of the property required under sections 21 and 22.”
• Uttar Pradesh[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 14 of 1971, s. 5]Read →Hide

  Uttar Pradesh Amendment of section 69.—In section 69 of the principal Act, after clause (h), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely :— "(hh) regulating the manner in which translations to be delivered under section 19 shall be prepared and in which they shall be declared to be faithful translations; (hhh) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the suspension or revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted, suspended or revoked, and generally for all purposes connected with the drafting or writing by such document writers of documents to be presented for registration; (hhhh) regulating the manner of recopying the books kept under section 51 and the Indexes;"
• Rajasthan[Vide Rajasthan Act XVIII of 1953, s. 2]Read →Hide

  Rajasthan Amendment of section 69, Act XVI of 1908.- After clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 69 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of documents to be presented for registration."
• Rajasthan[Vide Rajasthan Act 18 of 1989, s. 6]Read →Hide

  Amendment of section 69, Central Act 16 of 1908.-After sub-section(2) of section 69 of the principal Act, the following shall be added, namely:- "(3) The Inspector-General shall have power to issue any order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in respect of any act or omission of any person subordinate to him or in respect of rectification of any error regarding the book or the office in which any document has been registered.".
• Gujarat[Vide Gujarat Act 4 of 2020, s. 6]Read →Hide

  Gujarat Amendment of section 69 of XVI of 1908.— In the principal Act, in section 69, in sub-section (1), after clause (j), the following clause shall be added, namely:- “(k) regulating the procedure for presentation of document, appearance for admission, endorsement, manner of affixing signature and seal, mode of payment of registration fees and other fees and such other process when the document is presented by electronic means.”
• Uttar Pradesh[Vide Uttar Pardesh Act 48 of 1975, s. 3]Read →Hide

  Uttar Pradesh Amendment of section 69.—In section 69 of the Principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (d), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely :— “(dd) providing for refund of registration fees paid in excess; (ddd) providing for recovery of deficiency in registration fees.”]

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