Registration Act, 1908

Chapter PART-1

PRELIMINARY

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Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the ¹*** Registration Act, 1908.

²[(2) It extends to the whole of India ³***:

Provided that the State Government may exclude any districts or tracts of country from its operation.]

(3) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909.

STATE AMENDMENT

Karnataka

Amendment of section 1.--For sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Registration (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act 55 of 1976) the following sub-section shall be and shall be deemed have been substituted, namely:--

"(3) This section and sections 3, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 shall come into force at once and the other sections shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different sections areas."

[Vide Karnataka Act 64 of 1976, s. 2]

Footnote

The word "Indian" omitted by Act 45 of 1969, s. 2.
Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for sub-section (2)
The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).