Registration Act, 1908
36. Procedure where appearance of executant or witness is
desired
If any person presenting any document for registration or
claiming under any document, which is capable of being so presented, desires
the appearance of any person whose presence or testimony is necessary for the
registration of such document, the registering officer may, in his discretion,
call upon such officer or court as the State Government directs in this behalf
to issue a summons requiring him to appear at the registration-office, either
in person or by duly authorized agent, as in the summons may be mentioned, and
at a time named therein.