(1) This Act may be called the 2*** Registration Act, 1908.
3 [(2) It extends to the whole of India 4***:
Provided that the State Government may exclude any districts or tracts of country from its operation.]
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909.
(1. It has been amended in its application to West Bengal by Ben. Act 5 of 1942 and West Ben. Acts 29 of 1950 and 31 of 1951; to Maharashtra by Bombay Acts 5 of 1929, 17 of 1930, 18 of 1933, 24 of 1939, 10 of 1939, 10 of 1942 and 6 of 1960, Maharashtra Acts 19 of 1960 and 20 of 1971; to the C.P. Act 1 of 1937 and M.P. Act 8 of 1965; to Madras and Andhra by Madras Acts 3 of 1935 and 17 of 1952; to Orissa by Orissa Act 3 of 1933; to the Punjab by Punjab Act 8 of 1941 and 19 of 1961; to Bihar by Bihar Acts 14 of 1947 and 24 of 1952; to Kerala by Kerala Act 7 of 1968; to Himachal Pradesh by H.P. Act 2 of 1969; to Pondicherry by Pondicherry Act 17 of 1970; to Uttar Pradesh by U.P. Acts 14 of 1971, 48 of 1975 and 57 of 1976; to Haryana by Haryana Act 36 of 1973; to Maharashtra by Maharashtra Acts 29 of 1974 and 49 of 1975; to Tamil Nadu by T.N. Act 31 of 1974; to Orissa by Orissa Act 11 of 1976 and to West Bengal by West Ben. Act 17 of 1978. This Act has been extended to—
Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s.2 and First Schedule, Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and Schedule and the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, s.3 and Schedule. Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Schedule.
(2. The word “Indian” omitted by Act 45 of 1969, s. 2.
(3. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for sub-section (2).
(4. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
For sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Registration (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 55 of 1976) the following sub-section shall be and shall be deemed have been substituted, namely:--
“(3) This section and sections 3, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 shall come into force at once and the other sections shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different sections areas.”
[Vide Karnataka Act 64 of 1976, s. 2]
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) “Addition” means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, rank and title (if any) of a person described, and in the case of 5 [an Indian], 6*** his father's name, or where he is usually described as the son of his mother, then his mother's name;
(2) “Book” includes a portion of a book and also any number of sheets connected together with a view of forming a book or portion of a book;
(3) “District” and “sub-district” respectively mean a district and sub-district formed under this Act;
(4) “District Court” includes the High Court in its ordinary original civil jurisdiction;
(5) “Endorsement” and “endorsed” include and apply to an entry in writing by a registering officer on a rider or covering slip to any document tendered for registration under this Act;
(6) “Immovable Property” includes land, buildings, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries, fisheries or any other benefit to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth, but not standing timber, growing crops nor grass;
1 [(6A) “India” means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;]
(7) “Lease” includes a counterpart, kabuliyat, and undertaking to cultivate or occupy, and an agreement to lease;
(8) “Minor” means a person who, according to the personal law to which he is subject, has not attained majority;
(9) “Movable Property” includes standing timber, growing crops and grass, fruit upon and juice in trees, and property of every other description, except immovable property; and
(10) “Representative” includes the guardian of a minor and the committee or other legal curator of a lunatic or idiot.
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(1. Subs. by A.O. 1950, for “a Native of India”.)
(2. The words and brackets “his cast (if any) and” omitted by Act 17 of 1956, s. 2.)
(3. Ins. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule.)
(4. Clause (11) omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Schedule. Earlier it was inserted by the A.O. 1950.)
In the Registration Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act),
(a) Clause (2) of section 2 shall be substituted as follows; namely:-
"(2) ‘book’ includes a portion of a book and also any number of sheets connected together with a view to forming a book, or portion of a book and also includes a book in electronic form;"
(b) after clause (10), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-
"(10-A) 'true copy' includes a true Photostat copy;
(10-B) the words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000 shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in that Act."
[Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 2]
In section 2 of the Registration Act, 1908, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act, in clause (2),—
(a) for the words "or portion of a book", the words, "or portion of a book and also includes a book in electronic form".]
(b) after clause (10), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely :—
“(10-A) ‘true copy’ includes a true photostat copy;
(10-B) the words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000, shall have the respective meaning assigned to them in that Act."
[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 36 of 2001, s. 2]
