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The correct answer is documents which are compulsorily registrable

Key Points

• Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 specifically deals with:
• "Documents of which registration is compulsory."
• This includes:
  • Instruments of gift of immovable property,
  • Non-testamentary instruments creating or extinguishing rights in immovable property of value ₹100 and above,
  • Leases of immovable property for more than one year, etc.
• Thus, only compulsory registration is covered under Section 17.

Additional Information

• Documents which are not at all registrable – Incorrect; this is not addressed in Section 17.
• Documents the registration of which is optional – These are dealt with under Section 18, not Section 17.
• Both (A) & (C) – Wrong combination; neither applies to Section 17.

The correct answer is Gift deed of immovable property

Key Points

• Under Section 17(1)(a) of the Registration Act, 1908, the following documents must be compulsorily registered:
• Instruments of gift of immovable property.
• A gift deed transferring immovable property is not valid unless it is registered under this provision.
• Without registration, the gift deed is inadmissible in evidence and does not transfer title.

Additional Information

• Will – Registration is optional under Section 18 of the Registration Act.
• Deed of Adoption – Not compulsorily registrable under the Act.
• Debenture – Generally not compulsorily registrable under the Registration Act.

The correct answer is From the date of its original Registration

Key Points

• Section 23A of the Registration Act, 1908 provides that when a document is re-registered (typically due to some defect or procedural lapse in the original registration), the registration shall operate from the date of the original registration — not from the date of re-registration.
• This ensures continuity and priority of rights from the original date.

Additional Information

• From the date of Presentation for Re-Registration – Incorrect, as the law fixes the effective date from the original registration, not re-presentation.
• From the date of Re-Registration – Misleading; though the act of re-registration happens later, its effect is backdated to the original registration.
• From the Date which the Registrar fixes – There is no discretion with the Registrar to fix a new effective date under the Act.

The correct answer is At anytime

Key Points 

• Under Section 27 of the Registration Act, 1908, most documents must be presented for registration within four months of execution.
• However, a Will is an exception under Section 27 and Section 40, which state that a Will may be presented for registration at any time — there is no time limit for presenting a Will for registration, whether during the lifetime of the testator or after their death.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key PointsSection 38: Persons exempt from appearance at registration-office.—(1) 

• (a) A person who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable without risk or serious inconvenience to appear at the registration-office, or
• (b) a person in jail under civil or criminal process, or 
• (c) person exempt by law from personal appearance in Court, and who would but for the provisions next hereinafter contained be required to appear in person at the registration-office, shall not be required so to appear. 

(2) In the case of every such person the registering officer shall either himself go to the house of such person, or to the jail in which he is confined, and examine him or issue a commission for his examination. 

Additional Information

• Section 36: Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is desired.
• Section 37: Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons.
• Section 39: Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses. 

The correct answer is District

Key Points

•  Establishment of Registrar and Sub-Registrar Offices:
• (1) The State Government is mandated to set up a Registrar's office in every district, referred to as the "office of the Registrar." Additionally, in each sub-district, one or more offices, titled "office of the Sub-Registrar" or "offices of the Joint Sub-Registrars," are to be established.
• (2) The State Government holds the authority to merge any Sub-Registrar's office subordinate to a Registrar's office. Subsequently, the State Government may empower a Sub-Registrar, whose office has undergone amalgamation, to exercise not only his own powers and responsibilities but also any or all of the powers and duties of the Registrar to whom he is subordinated.
• It is essential to note that this authorization does not grant a Sub-Registrar the ability to adjudicate on appeals against orders he himself has issued under this Act.

The Correct answer is Option 2

Key Points

•  Section 17 of The Indian Registration Act mandates the registration of certain documents, highlighting the importance of formalizing various types of transactions involving immovable property and certain other legal matters to ensure legal recognition and enforceability. Here’s a concise summary:

Mandatory Registration: The following documents require registration if related to property within jurisdictions where specific historical or this Act applies and if executed after those laws came into force:

• Gifts of immovable property.
• Non-testamentary instruments impacting rights or interests in immovable property of value ₹100 or more.
• Receipt acknowledgments pertaining to consideration involving rights or interests in immovable property.
• Leases of immovable property exceeding one year or reserving yearly rent.
• Non-testamentary instruments transferring legal decrees, orders, or awards involving rights or interests in immovable property of value ₹100 or more.

Exemptions and Provisions:

• Documents enabling transfers for consideration of immovable property for section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act must be registered; otherwise, they are ineffective for the mentioned section’s purposes.
• Certain document types like composition deeds, instruments related to joint stock company shares, and certain debentures are exempt from clauses (b) and (c).
• Specific instances exempt certain documents like governmental grants of immovable property, official loans related documents, partition instruments by a Revenue Officer, mortgages payment receipts, and more from registration requirement under specified conditions.

Adoption:

• Authorities to adopt a son, not conferred by a will and executed after January 1, 1872, must be registered.
• This section underpins the necessity of registering various legally significant documents to ensure clarity, enforceability, and legal standing regarding transactions or agreements involving immovable property and certain other matters.

The correct answer is all of the above.

Key Points

• Section 18 of the Registration Act, provides for the Documents of which registration is optional.
• It states that: Any of the following documents may be registered under this Act, namely:--
  (a) Instruments (other than instruments of gift and wills) which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a value less than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;
  (b) instruments acknowledging the receipt or payment of any consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest;
  (c) leases of immovable property for any term not exceeding one year, and leases exempted under section 17;
  (cc) instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a Court or any award when such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a value less than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;]
  (d) instruments (other than wills) which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest to or in movable property;
  (e) wills; and
  (f) all other documents not required by section 17 to be registered.

The correct answer is option 3.Key Points

• Section 32A of Registration Act, 1908 deals with compulsory affixing of photograph, etc.
• It says every person presenting any document at the proper registration office under section 32 shall affix his passport size photograph and fingerprints to the document.
• Provided that where such document relates to the transfer of ownership of immovable property, the passport size photograph and fingerprints of each buyer and seller of such property mentioned in the document shall also be affixed to the document.

The correct answer is option 2.Key Points

• Section 25 comes under Chapter 4 (Time of Presentation) deals with provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable.
• It states if, owing to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident, any document executed, or copy of a decree or order made, in India is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the Registrar, in cases where the delay in presentation does not exceed four months, may direct that, on payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount of the proper registration-fee, such document shall be accepted for registration.
• Any application for such direction may be lodged with a Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate. 

Additional Information

• Section 23 deals with time for presenting documents.
• Subject to the provisions contained in sections 24, 25 and 26, no document other than a will shall be accepted for registration unless presented for that purpose to the proper officer within four months from the date of its execution.
• Provided that a copy a of a decree or order may be presented within four months from the day on which the decree or order was made, or, where it is appealable, within four months from the day on which it becomes final.

The correct answer is Registering Officer

Key PointsSection 19 of the Registration Act, 1908 provides for Documents in language not understood by registering officer.

It states that : If any document duly presented for registration be in a language which the registering officer does not understand, and which is not commonly used in the district he shall refuse to register the documents, unless it be accompanied by a true translation into a language commonly used in the district and also by a true copy. 

The correct answer is Section 26.

Key Points

• Section 26 of The Registration Act, 1908, provides for Documents executed out of India.
• It states that —When a document purporting to have been executed by all or any of the parties out of India is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the registering officer, if satisfied—
  (a) that the instrument was so executed, and
  (b) that it has been presented for registration within four months after its arrival in India, may, on payment of the proper registration-fee accept such document for registration.

The correct answer is State Government.

Key Points

• Section 3 of The Registration Act, 1908, provides for the Inspector-General of Registration.
• It states that —(1) The State Government shall appoint an officer to be the Inspector-General of Registration for the territories subject to such Government:
  Provided that the State Government may, instead of making such appointment, direct that all or any of the powers and duties hereinafter conferred and imposed upon the Inspector-General shall be exercised and performed by such officer or officers, and within such local limits, as the State Government appoints in this behalf.
  (2) Any Inspector-General may hold simultaneously any other office under the Government.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key Points

• Section 21: Description of property and maps or plans.
  •  This section provides that a non-testamentary document relating immovable property shall not be accepted for registration unless it contains a description of such property sufficient to identify the same. Further, the non-testamentary document containing a map or plan of any property comprised therein shall be accompanied by a true copy of the map or plan. 

 Additional Information

• Section 22 provides Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key Points Section 23A:- Re-registration of certain documents.

• Sometimes a document requiring registration may be accepted for registration by a Register or Sub-Registrar from a person not duly empowered to present the same, and may be registered. In such a case, any person claiming under such document may present such document or cause the same to be presented, in accordance with the provisions of Part VI (sections 32 to 35) for registration in the office of the Registrar of the district in which the document was originally registered. He can however do so within four months from his first becoming aware that the registration of such document is invalid.
• The Registrar after being satisfied that the document so accepted for registration from a person was not duly empowered to present the same, he shall proceed to the re-registration of the document. 
  • as if it has not been previously registered, and 
  • as if such presentation for registration was a presentation for registration made within the time allowed therefor under Sections 23 to 27.
• All the provisions of the Act, as to registration of documents, shall apply to re-registration. The document, if duly registered in accordance with the provisions of section 23-A shall be deemed to have been duly registered for all purposes from the date of its original registration.
• The provisions of Section 23-A  shall apply notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act. 

Additional Information

• Section 23:- Time for presenting documents.