Section 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Registration Act

Section 8 of Registration Act 1908 : Inspectors of Registration offices

(1) The *[State Government] may also appoint officers to be called Inspector of Registration offices, and may prescribe the duties of such officers.

(2) Every such Inspector shall be subordinate to the Inspector-General.

Section 9. [Military cantonments may be declared sub-districts or districts (Repealed).] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1927 (10 of 1927), s. 3 and Second Schedule.]

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* Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government"

Section 10 of Registration Act 1908: Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office

(1) When any Registrar, other than the Registrar of a district including a Presidency-town, is absent otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General appoints in this behalf, or, in default of such appointment, the Judge of the District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Registrar's office is situate, shall be the Registrar during such absence or until the *[State Government] fills up the vacancy.

(2) When the Registrar of a district including a Presidency-town is absent otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General appoints in this behalf shall be the Registrar during such absence, or until the *[State Government] fills up the vacancy.

Section 11 of Registration Act 1908: Absence of Registrar on duty in his district

When any Registrar is absent from his office on duty in his district, he may appoint any Sub-Registrar or other person in his district to perform, during such absence, all the duties of a Registrar except those mentioned in sections 68 and 72.

Section 12 of Registration Act 1908: Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his office

When any Sub-Registrar is absent, or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Registrar of the district appoints in this behalf shall be Sub-Registrar during such absence, or until **[the vacancy is filled up

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* Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government"

** Subs. by Act 4 of 1914, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Local Government fills up the vacancy"