Registration Act, 1908

Section 88

Registration of documents required to be registered under section 17, when presented after the prescribed period, and the party has been absent from the district.

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Provision: Section 88 of Registration Act, 1908
Act: Registration Act, 1908
Classification: property
Jurisdiction: India

Statutory Content

What does Section 88 of Registration Act, 1908 say?

Where any document required to be registered under section 17 is presented for registration after the period prescribed for its registration has expired, and the party presenting the document proves to the satisfaction of the registrar that he was absent from the district during the whole of the period prescribed for the registration of the document, the registrar shall, on payment of the fee prescribed, register the document, and shall also enter in the register and in the index a note of the date on which the document was registered, and shall also enter in the index a note of the date on which the document was presented for registration.

Indian StandardSection 88, Registration Act, 1908

Bluebook (21st ed.)Registration Act, 1908, § 88 (India)

Court Pleading StandardSection 88 of the Registration Act, 1908

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What is Section 88 of Registration Act, 1908?

Section 88 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 party has been absent from the district.". The section states: Where any document required to be registered under section 17 is presented for registration after the period prescribed for its registration has expired, and the party presenting t...

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