Registration Act, 1908
63. Power to administer oaths and record of substances of
statements
(1) Every registering officer may at his discretion administer
an oath to any person examined by him under the provisions of this Act.
(2) Every such officer may also at his discretion record a
notice of the substance of the statement made by each such person, and such
statement shall be read over, or (if made in a language with which such person
is not acquainted) interpreted to him in a language with which he is
acquainted, and, if he admits the correctness of such notice, it shall be
signed by the registering officer.
(3) Every such note so signed shall be admissible for the
purpose of proving that the statements therein recorded were made by the
persons and under the circumstances therein stated.
(C) Special duties of Sub-Registrar