6Registrars and Sub-Registrars.
Section 6 · Part II · pages 6–7 of the Act
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.
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State amendment · Karnataka
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:
Provided further that the State Government may delegate to the Inspector-General of Registration, the power of appointing Sub-Registrars."
[Vide Karnataka Act 32 of 2001, s. 2]
State amendment · Uttar Pradesh
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.”
[Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 27 of 1994, s. 2]
Note: on page 6 the marker 4 answers to footnote 5 (the page prints no footnote 4).
1 Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Provincial Government”.
The proviso rep. by the A.O. 1937. Earlier it was inserted by Act 4 of 1914, s. 2 and the Schedule.