Registration Act, 1908
33. Power-of-attorney recognizable for purposes of section
32
(1) For the purposes of section 32, the following
powers-of-attorney shall alone be recognized, namely:-
(a) if the principal at the time of executing
the power-of-attorney resides in any part of 18[India] in which this Act is for
the time being in force, a power-of-attorney executed before and authenticated
by the Registrar or Sub-Registrar within whose district or sub-district the
principal resides;
(b) if the principal at the time aforesaid
25[resides in any part of India in which this Act is not in force], a
power-of-attorney executed before and authenticated by any Magistrate;
(c) if the principal at the time aforesaid
does not reside in 18[India], a power-of-attorney executed before and
authenticated by Notary Public, or any court, Judge, Magistrate, 26[Indian]
Consul or vice-consul, or representative 27[***] of the Central Government:
PROVIDED that the following persons shall not be
required to attend at any registration-office or court for the purpose of
executing any such power-of-attorney as is mentioned in clauses (a) and (b) of
this section, namely-
(i) persons who by reason of bodily infirmity are unable without
risk or serious inconvenience so to attend;
(ii) persons who are in jail under civil or criminal process;
and
(iii) persons exempt by law from personal appearance in court.
5[Explanation: In this sub-section "India"
means India, as defined in clause (28) of section 3 of the General Clauses Act,
1897.]
(2) In the case of every such person the Registrar or
Sub-Registrar or Magistrate, as the case may be, if satisfied that the
power-of-attorney has been voluntarily executed by the person purporting to be
the principal, may attest the same without requiring his personal attendance at
the office or court aforesaid.
(3) To obtain evidence as to the voluntary nature of the
execution, the Registrar or Sub-Registrar or Magistrate may either himself go
to the house of the person purporting to be the principal, or to the jail in
which he is confined, and examine him, or issue a commission for his
examination.
(4) Any power-of-attorney mentioned in this section may be
proved by the production of it without further proof when it purports on the
face of it to have been executed before and authenticated by the person or court
hereinbefore mentioned in that behalf.