Registration Act, 1908
10. Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
(1) When any Registrar, other than the Registrar of a district
including a Presidency-town, is absent otherwise than on duty in his district,
or when his office is temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General
appoints in this behalf, or, in default of such appointment, the Judge of the
District Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Registrar's
office is situate, shall be the Registrar during such absence or until the
State Government fills up the vacancy.
(2) When the Registrar of a district including a Presidency-town
is absent otherwise than on duty in his district, or when his office is
temporarily vacant, any person whom the Inspector-General appoints in this
behalf shall be the Registrar during such absence, or until the State
Government fills up the vacancy.