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The Registration Act, 1908

( ACT NO. XVI OF 1908 )

(E) Of the Controlling Powers of Registrars and Inspectors-General

Power of Registrar to superintend and control Sub-Registrars

68. (1) Every Sub-Registrar shall perform the duties of his office under the superintendence and control of the Registrar in whose district the office of such Sub-Registrar is situate.

 
 

(2) Every Registrar shall have authority to issue (whether on compliant or otherwise) any order consistent with this Act which he considers necessary in respect of any act or omission of any Sub-Registrar subordinate to him or in respect of the rectification of any error regarding the book or the office in which any document has been registered.

 

1[(3) Where it is found upon inspection or otherwise that a document has been registered by a Registering Officer with improper fees, taxes, service charges or duties, it shall be deemed to be a misconduct and the unpaid amount of fees, taxes, service charges or duties shall be realized from the concerned Registering Officer 2[:

 

"Provided that, if in so registering a document, the Registering Officer acted in good faith, the unpaid amount of fees, taxes, service charges or duties shall be realized from the parties to the document by whom those amounts were payable.]]


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