Registration Act, 1908
71. Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded
(1) Every Sub-Registrar refusing to register a document, except
on the ground that the property to which it relates is not situate within his
sub-district, shall make an order of refusal and record his reasons for such
order in his Book No. 2, and endorse the words "registration refused"
on the document; and, on application made by any person executing or claiming
under the document, shall, without payment and unnecessary delay, give him a
copy of the reasons so recorded.
(2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a
document so endorsed unless and until, under the provisions hereinafter
contained, the document is directed to be registered.