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The Registration Act, 1908

( ACT NO. XVI OF 1908 )

[(BB) Special Duties of Registering Officer

Procedure where documents not properly valued.
63A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, where it appears to the registering officer that the value of any document presented for registration is less than the market value determined in the policy made under section 69, the registering officer shall, for the purpose of realising proper duties and other fees, require the presentant to submit the duties and fees so required and after realising such duties and fees, he shall register the said document.
 
 
(2) Where it is found upon inspection or otherwise that by non-compliance of the provision of sub-section (1), a document has been registered by a registering officer with improper duties and fees, such non-compliance of the said registering officer shall be deemed to be misconduct and the unpaid amount of duties and fees shall be realised from the concerned registering officer.]

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