There is time limit in presenting documents for registration In India. The documents should be presented for registration within the prescribed time limit. As per Section 23 of Registration Act 1908 the document should be presented within 4 months or as mentioned below.
Section 23 of Indian Registration Act 1908. Time for presenting
documents
Subject to the provisions contained in sections 24, 25 and 26, no
document other than a will shall be accepted for registration unless
presented for that purpose to the proper officer within four
months from the date of its execution:
PROVIDED that a copy of a decree or order may be presented within
four months from the date on which the decree or order was made or,
where it is appealable, within four months from the day on which it
becomes final.
Section 23A. Re-registration of certain documents
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, if
in any case a document requiring registration has been accepted for
registration by a Registrar or Sub-Registrar from a person not duly
empowered to present the same, and has been registered, any person
claiming under such document may, within four months from his
first becoming aware that the registration of such document is
invalid, present such document or cause the same to be presented, in
accordance with the provisions of Part VI for re-registration in the
office of the Registrar of the district in which the document was
originally registered; and upon the Registrar being satisfied that
the document was so accepted for registration from a person not duly
empowered to present the same, he shall proceed to the
re-registration of the document as if it has not been previously
registered, and as if such presentation for re-registration was a
presentation for registration made within the time allowed therefore
under Part IV, and all the provisions of this Act, as to
registration of documents, shall apply to such re-registration; and
such document, if duly re-registered in accordance with the
provisions of this section, shall be deemed to have been duly
registered for all purposes from the date of its original
registration:
PROVIDED that, within three months from the twelfth day of
September, 1917, any person claiming under a document to which this
section applies may present the same or cause the same to be
presented for re-registration in accordance with this section,
whatever may have been the time when he first became aware that the
registration of the document was invalid.
Section 24. Documents executed by several persons at different
times
Where there are several persons executing a document at different
times, such document may be presented for registration and
re-registration within four months from the date of each execution.
Section 25. Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable
Section 25(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.
Section 25(2) Any application for such direction may be lodged with
Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith forward it to the Registrar to
whom he is subordinate.
Section 26. Documents executed out of India
When a document purporting to have been executed by all or any
of the parties out of India is not presented for registration till
after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that
behalf, the registering officer, if satisfied-
(a) that the instrument was so executed, and
(b) that it has been presented for registration within four months
after its arrival in India
may, on payment of the proper registration-fee, accept such document
for registration.
Section 27. Wills may be presented or deposited at any time
A will may at any time be presented for registration or deposited in
manner hereinafter provided.
Documents of which Registration is compulsory
Documents of which Registration is Optional
Time limit for presenting documents for Registration
Place of Registration of documents, Registration Act 1908
Who can present a document for Registration