Registration Act, 1908

Section 55

Registration of documents required to be registered under section 17, when presented after the prescribed period, in certain cases.

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Provision: Section 55 of Registration Act, 1908
Act: Registration Act, 1908
Classification: property
Jurisdiction: India

Statutory Content

What does Section 55 of Registration Act, 1908 say?

If a document required to be registered under section 17 is presented for registration after the period of four months from the date of its execution, or after the period of four months from the date on which the power of presenting it first devolves on a transferee or a successor in interest, or on the legal representative of a deceased person, and the document is a document of title to immovable property, the registrar shall, on payment of the fee prescribed under section 31, register the document, and shall also register any document which is a document of title to immovable property, and which is presented for registration within a period of four months from the date on which the power of presenting it first devolves on a transferee or a successor in interest, or on the legal representative of a deceased person.

Indian StandardSection 55, Registration Act, 1908

Bluebook (21st ed.)Registration Act, 1908, § 55 (India)

Court Pleading StandardSection 55 of the Registration Act, 1908

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What is Section 55 of Registration Act, 1908?

Section 55 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, in certain cases.". The section states: If a document required to be registered under section 17 is presented for registration after the period of four months from the date of its execution, or after the period of four m...

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