(1) Any agreement of sale entered into under the subsection (1) of section 6 shall be presented for registration under the Registration Act, 1908, (Central Act No. 16 of 1908), by the promoter or by any other person competent to do so at the proper registration office and execution thereof shall be admitted by the person executing the document or his representative, assignee or agent.
(2) Where any agreement of sale is entered into or is purported to be entered into at any time before the commencement of this Act, such document may be presented for registration at the proper registration office and its execution may be admitted by any of the persons concerned within six months of the commencement of this Act, and the registering officer shall accept such document for registration and register it as if it was presented and its execution admitted within time.
(3) On presenting a document for registration under sub-section (2), if the person executing such document or his representative, assignee or agent does not appear before the registering officer and admit the execution of the document, the registering officer shall cause a summons to be issued requiring the executant to appear at the registration office either in person or by duly authorised agent on a date fixed in the summons and if the executant fails to appear in compliance with the summons so issued, the execution of the document shall be deemed to be admitted by him and the registering officer may proceed to register the document accordingly and if the executant appears before the registering officer but denies execution of the document, the registering officer shall, after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard, if satisfied that the document has been executed by him, proceed to register the document accordingly.