Registration Act,1908
Act No : 16
Section :
Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration offices andmake rules.
69. Power of Inspector-General to superintend registrationoffices and make rules.-(1) The Inspector-General shall exercise ageneral superintendence over all the registration-offices in theterritories under the State Government, and shall have power from timeto time to make rules consistent with this Act-- (a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents 1***; (b) declaring what languages shall be deemed to be commonly used in each district;---------------------------------------------------------------------1 The words "and also for the destruction of such books, papers anddocuments as need no longer be kept" rep. by Act 5 of 1917, s. 6 andSch.32 (c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under section 21; (d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under sections 25 and 34, respectively; (e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering officer by section 63; (f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make memoranda of documents; (g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub- Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices under section 51; 1*[(gg) regulating the manner in which the instruments referred to in sub-section (2) of section 88 may be presented for registration;] (h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively; (i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registration-offices; and (j) generally, regulating the proceedings of the Registrars and Sub-Registrars. (2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the State Governmentfor approval, and, after they have been approved, they shall bepublished in the Official Gazette, and on publication shall haveeffect as if enacted in this Act.
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