Inspector-General of Registration

(1)

The 1[State Government] shall appoint an officer to be the Inspector-General of Registration for the territories subject to such Government:

Proviso

Provided that the 1[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 1[State Government] appoints in this behalf.

(2)

Any Inspector-General may hold simultaneously any other office under the 2[Government].

State amendments (2 · Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh)

These are amendments made by State legislatures to this section as it applies in that State. The central text above remains the base law; verify the current local text against the State gazette.

Uttarakhand[Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 3]

Amendment of section 3.—Sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Principal Act, shall be substituted as follows; namely:-- "(3) The State Government may appoint one or more Additional Inspector General of Registration, Deputy Inspectors General of Registration and Assistant Inspector General of Registration for the territories subject to such Government and may prescribe the duties of such officers and authorize them to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties of the Inspector General of Registration."

Uttar Pradesh[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 36 of 2001, s. 3]

Amendment of section 3.—In section 3 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words, Additional Inspector-General of Registration and Deputy Inspector General of Registration”, the words, “Additional Inspector-General of Registration, Deputy Inspector-General of Registration and Assistant Inspector- General of Registration” shall be substituted.