Companies Act, 1956
Sec 609 - Registration offices.
(1) For the purposes of the registration of
companies under this Act, there shall be offices at such places as the Central
Government thinks fit.
(2)The Central Government may appoint such
Registrars, and such Additional, Joint, Deputy and Assistant Registrars as it
thinks necessary for the registration of companies under this Act, and may make
regulations with respect to their duties.
(3) The salaries of the persons appointed
under this section shall be fixed by the Central Government.
(4) The Central Government may direct a seal
or seals to be prepared for the authentication of documents required for, or
connected with, the registration of companies.
(5) Whenever any act is by this Act directed
to be done to or by the Registrar, it shall, until the Central Government
otherwise directs, be done to or by the existing Registrar of companies or
joint-stock companies, or in his absence, to or by such person as the Central
Government may for the time being authorize :
Provided that in the event of the Central
Government altering the Constitution of the existing registry offices or any of
them, any such act shall be done to or by such officer and at such place, with
reference to the local situation of the registered offices of the companies
concerned, as the Central Government may appoint.