Registrars and Sub-Registrars

The 1[State Government] may appoint such persons, whether public officers or not, as it thinks proper, to be Registrars of the several districts, and to be Sub-Registrars of the several sub-districts, formed as aforesaid, respectively.

State amendments (2 · Karnataka, 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.

Karnataka[Vide Karnataka Act 32 of 2001, s. 2]

Amendment of section 6.-In section 6 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908) the following provisos inserted, namely:- "Provided that the State Government may also appoint one or more Sub-Registrars for the same Sub-District:

Proviso

Provided further that the State Government may delegate to the Inspector-General of Registration, the power of appointing Sub-Registrars."

Uttar Pradesh[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 27 of 1994, s. 2]

Amendment of section 6.—After section 6 of the Registration Act, 1908 as amended in its application in Uttar Pradesh, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :— “6A. Additional Registrar.—The State Government may, by order, also appoint any public officer as an Additional Registrar, to assist the Registrar, or any two or more Registrars, specified in the order and may authorise such Additional Registrars to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties of the Registrar under this Act.”