Registration Act, 1908
52. Duties of registering officers when document presented
(1)(a) The day, hour and place of presentation, and the
signature of every person presenting a document for registration, shall be
endorsed on every such document at the time of presenting it;
(b) a receipt for such document shall be given
by the registering officer to the person presenting the same; and
(c) subject to the provisions contained in
section 62, every document admitted to registration shall without unnecessary
delay be copied in the book appropriated therefor according to the order of its
admission.
(2) All such books shall be authenticated at such intervals and
in such manner as is from time to time prescribed by the Inspector-General.