(1) If, owing to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident, any document executed, or copy of a decree or order made, in *[India] is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the Registrar, in cases where the delay in presentation does not exceed four months, may direct that, on payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount of the proper registration-fee, such document shall be accepted for registration.
(2) Any application for such direction may be lodged with a Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate.
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Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "the State".
Section 3 Inspector-General of Registration
Section 5 Districts and sub-districts, Section 6 Registrars and Sub-Registrars
Section 7 Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar
Section 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Registration Act
Section 13, 14, 15, 16, 16A of Registration Act
Section 17 Documents of which registration is compulsory
Section 18 Documents of which registration is optional
Section 21 Description of property and maps or plans
Section 22 Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys
Section 23 Time for presenting documents
Section 25 Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable