Registration Act, 1908
69. Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration
offices and make rules
(1) The Inspector-General shall exercise a general superintendence
over all the registration-offices in the territories under the State
Government, and shall have power from time to time to make rules consistent
with this Act-
(a) providing for the safe custody of books,
papers and documents 29[***];
(b) declaring what languages shall be deemed
to be commonly used in each district;
(c) declaring what territorial divisions shall
be recognized under section 21;
(d) regulating the amount of fines imposed
under sections 25 and 34, respectively;
(e) regulating the exercise of the discretion
reposed in the registering officer by section 63;
(f) regulating the form in which registering
officers are to make memoranda of documents,
(g) regulating the authentication by
Registrars and Sub-Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices
under sections 51;
14[(gg) regulating the manner in which the
instruments referred to in sub-section (2) of section 88 may be presented for
registration;]
(h) declaring the particulars to be contained
in Index Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively;
(i) declaring the holidays that shall be
observed in the registration offices; and
(j) generally, regulating the proceedings of
the Registrars and Sub-Registrars.
(2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the State Government
for approval, and, after they have been approved, they shall be punished in the
Official Gazette, and on publication shall have effect as if enacted in this
Act.