Registration Act, 1908

Section 44

Registration of documents required to be registered under section 17, when presented after the prescribed period, and the person presenting it is a transferee or legal representative, and the document is a non-testamentary document.

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Provision: Section 44 of Registration Act, 1908
Act: Registration Act, 1908
Classification: property
Jurisdiction: India

Statutory Content

What does Section 44 of Registration Act, 1908 say?

If a document required to be registered under section 17 is presented for registration after the period of six months from the date of its execution, or after the period of six months from the date on which the power of presenting it first devolves on a transferee or a legal representative of the person by whom it might have been presented, and the person presenting it is a transferee or legal representative, and the document is a non-testamentary document, the registrar shall, on payment of double the fee prescribed for the registration of the document, register the document and mark it as registered with the date of registration.

Indian StandardSection 44, Registration Act, 1908

Bluebook (21st ed.)Registration Act, 1908, § 44 (India)

Court Pleading StandardSection 44 of the Registration Act, 1908

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What is Section 44 of Registration Act, 1908?

Section 44 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Registration Act, 1908) defines and regulates "Registration of documents required to be registered under section 17, when presented after the prescribed period, and the person presenting it is a transferee or legal representative, and the document is a non-testamentary document.". The section states: If a document required to be registered under section 17 is presented for registration after the period of six months from the date of its execution, or after the period of six mon...

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