(1) Provisions of the Aadhaar Act and Regulations framed thereunder have come into effect from the 14th day of September, 2016 and notifications to this effect have been published in the Official Gazette by the Government of India, section 57 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 permits the use of Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual 393PART–II] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT for any purpose pursuant to any law or contract to this effect subject to the procedure and obligations under section 8 and Chapter VI of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
(2) Use of consent-based Aadhaar authentication of executants as a valid method of collecting the information mentioned in section 32 A of the Registration Act, 1908 for registration of documents may be enabled in Sub-Registrar Offices as notified by the Inspector-General of Registration to make the system citizen- friendly and also substantially contribute towards the objective of preventing/identifying benami/ fraudulent transactions, which is in overall national and public interest.