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Section 55: Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents.

The Registration Act, 1908Central Act · Act 16 of 1908

(1) Four such indexes shall be made in all registration offices, and shall be named, respectively, Index No. I, Index No. II, Index No. Ill and Index No. IV.

(2) Index No. I shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing and of all persons claiming under every document entered or memorandum filed in Book No. 1.

(3) Index No. II shall contain such particulars mentioned in section 21 relating to every such document and memorandum as the Inspector-General from time to time directs in that behalf.

(4) Index No. III shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing every will and authority entered in Book No. 3, and of the executors and persons respectively appointed thereunder, and after the death of the testator or the donor (but not before) the names and additions of all persons claiming under the same.

(5) Index No. IV shall contain the names and additions of all persons executing and of all persons claiming under every document entered in Book No. 4.

(6) Each Index shall contain such other particulars, and shall be prepared in such form, as the Inspector-General from time to time directs.

STATE AMENDMENTS

Karnataka

Amendment of section 55.--In section 55 of the principal Act,--

(a) in sub-section (2), for the words "documents entered or memorandum filed", the words "documents of which a true copy or memorandum is filed" shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (4), for the words "authority entered", the words "authority of which a true copy is filed" shall be substituted;

(c) in sub-section (5), for the words "document entered", the words "documents of which a true copy is filed" shall be substituted.

[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 11]

Tripura

Amendment of Section 55.--In section 55 of the principal Act--

(a) in sub-section (2), for the word "entered" substitute the words "of which a true copy pasted";

(b) in sub-section (4), for the words and figure "every will and authority entered in Book No. 3" substitute the words and figure "every will and authority of which a true copy is pasted in Book No. 3";

(c) in sub-section (5), for the word "entered" substitute the words "of which a true copy is pasted" shall be substituted.

[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 9[

Kerala

Amendment of section 55.--In section 55 of the principal Act,--

(a) in sub-section (2), for the words "document entered or memorandum filed", the words "document of which a true copy, or memorandum, is filed" shall be substituted.

(b) in sub-section (4), for the words "authority entered", the words "authority of which a true copy is filed shall be substituted.

(c) in sub-section (5), for the words "document entered", the words "document of which a true copy is filed" shall be substituted.

[Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 10]

STATE AMENDMENT

Orissa

Amendment of section 55.-- In the principal Act, in section 55,--

(a) in sub-section (2), for the words "document entered or memorandum filed", the words document of which a true copy or a memorandum is filed" shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (4), for the words "authority entered", the words "authority of which a true copy is filed" shall be substituted; and

(c) in sub-section (5), for the words "document entered", the words "document of which a true copy is filed" shall be substituted.

[Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 9]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Registration Act, 1908
Section55
Marginal noteIndexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

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