Registration Act, 1908
18. Documents of which registration is optional
Any of the following documents may be registered under this Act,
namely:-
(a) instruments (other than instruments of gift and wills) which
purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in
present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or
contingent, of a value less than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable
property;
(b) instruments acknowledging the receipt or payment of any
consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation
or extinction of any such right, title or interest;
(c) leases of immovable property for any term not exceeding one
year, and leases exempted under section 17;
16[(cc) instruments transferring or assigning any decree or
order of a court or any award when such decree or order or award purports or
operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or
in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a
value less than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;]
(d) instruments (other than wills) which purport or operate to
create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest to or
in movable property;
(e) wills; and
(f) all other documents not required by section 17 to be
registered.