(1) For the purposes of this Act, the *[State Government] shall form districts and sub-districts, and shall prescribe, and may alter, the limits of such districts and sub-districts.
(2) The districts and sub-districts formed under this section, together with the limits thereof, and every alternation of such limits, shall be notified in the ** [Official Gazette].
(3) Every such alternation shall take effect on such day after the date of the notification as is therein mentioned.
The *[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.
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* Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government"
**Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette"
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