Registration Act,1908
Act No : 16
Section :
Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.
71. Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.-(1) EverySub-Registrar refusing to register a document, except on the groundthat the property to which it relates is not---------------------------------------------------------------------1 Ins. by Act 39 of 1948, s. 4.2 For Part XIA (comprising ss. 70A to 70D) : "Of the Copying ofDocuments by means of Photography", applicable to Bombay only see theIndian Registration (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1930 (Bom. 17 of 1930), s.3. For the subs. s. 70B, see the Indian Registration (BombayAmendment) Act, 1938 (Bom. 24 of 1938), s. 5; and for s. 70E, see s.7, ibid.33situate within his sub-district, shall make an order of refusal andrecord his reasons for such order in his Book No. 2, and endorse thewords "registration refused" on the document; and, on application madeby any person executing or claiming under the document, shall, withoutpayment and unnecessary delay, give him a copy of the reasons sorecorded. (2) No registering officer shall accept for registration adocument so endorsed unless and until, under the provisionshereinafter contained, the document is directed to be registered.
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