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“
PERSON’
STOPRESENTDOCUMENTSFOR
REGI
STRATI
ON:SECTIONS32–35”

I
NTRODUCTI
ON

Regi
str
ati
oni
sdeemedt
opr
eventf
raud.Theobj
ectofr
egi
ster
inga
documenti
stogi
venot
icet
othewor
ldt
hatsuchadocumenthasbeen
ex
ecut
ed.Regi
str
ati
onofadocumentdoesnotconf
ert
het
it
leov
ert
he
pr
oper
tyasment
ioned i
nthedocumentr
egi
ster
ed,butpr
ovi
desan
ev
idenceofsucht
ransact
ionsbei
ngr
egi
ster
ed,
basedonwhi
cht
it
leov
er
t
hepr
oper
tycoul
dbeest
abl
i
shed.

Her
e,wear
eonl
yconcer
nedwi
tht
hequest
iont
hati
swhocanappl
yfor
r
egi
str
ati
onandwhi
chsect
ionsappl
ytoanswert
hisquest
ionandhow
t
hecour
tsdeal
twi
thdi
ff
erenti
ssuesf
rom t
imet
oti
me.

Per
sonst
opr
esentdocument
sforr
egi
str
ati
on

Accor
dingt
osecti
on32ofthisActalldocumentstoberegi
ster
edunder
thi
sActmustbepresent
edatthepr
operregist
rat
ionof
fi
ceby:

a)somepersonexecut
ingorclaimingunderthesameorincaseofa
copyofadecr
eeororder
,claimingunderthedecr
eeororder
;

b)r
epr
esent
ati
veoft
hatper
son;

c)representat
iveorassigneeofsuchpersonwhoi saut
hor
izedby
power of at t
orney execut
ed and authent
icat
ed i
n manner
hereinaft
erment i
oned.

Ever
yper sonpresenti
ng anydocumentshal laf
fi
xhi spasspor tsi
ze
photogr
aph and fingerpr
intstot he documentprovi
ded t hatsuch
documentisinrel
ationtotransf
erofownershi
pofimmov ableproper
ty.
Photogr
aphsandf ingerpr
intsofbothbuyerandsell
eroft hepropert
y
mustbement i
onedi nthedocument.

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Awi llorauthorit
ypr esent
edbythetestatorort
hedonorforregistr
ati
on
shallber egi
steredint hesamemannerasanyot herdocumentpr ovi
ded
that1)t hewillwasexecut edbythetestat
orordonor
,2)Thet estat
oror
donori sdead,3)Theper sonpr
esenti
ngt hewil
lorauthor
it
yu/ s40i s
permi t
tedtopr esentthesame.

Regi
str
ati
onI
nval
idi
fPr
esent
ati
onUnaut
hor
ized

InMujibuni
ssav.AbdulRahi m 28I A15, i
twashel dthatwhent heter ms
ofs.32ar econsideredwi t
hduer egardt othenat ur eofr egistrati
onof
deeds,itisclearthatt hepowerandj uri
sdicti
onoft her egistraronl y
comei ntoplaywhent heyar einvokedbysomeper sonhav ingadi rect
rel
ati
ont othedeed.Itisfort hoseper sonst oconsi derwhet hertheywi l
l
giv
et ot hedeedt heef f
icacyconf erredbyr egistrati
on.Ther egistrar
couldnotbehel dt oex erciset hejurisdi
ctionconf er r
edonhi m,i f,on
heari
ngoft heexecuti
onofadeed, heget spossessi onofi tandr egi
st ers
i
t.Andt hesameobj ect
ionappl iestohispr oceedingatt her egi st
rati
onof
athir
dpar t
y,whomi ghtbeabusybody .

I
tiscl
earfrom thepassagecit
edabovethataregi
ster
ingof
fi
cerhasno
j
uri
sdi
cti
ont oregi
steradocumentunlessiti
spresent
edforregi
ster
ing
byoneofthepersonsdescri
bedins.
32

1)Pr
esent
ingdocumentf
orRegi
str
ati
on.

Ithasbeenst atedabov et hatifadocumenti spr esentedtoaregisteri

ng
offi
cerbyaper sonnotent it
ledtodoso, andthedocumenti sregistered,
ther egist
rati
oni si nv ali
d.Thepr esenting ofadocumentwi t
hint he
meani ng oft hi ssect ion i ncludes t he physicalactofdel iv
ering the
documentt ot her egi
st eringof fi
cerf orregist
ration.Adocumentmaybe
presentedbyt heper sonexecut ingi torbyt heper sonwhoi nwhose
favouritisexecut ed; ori tmaybepr esentedbyt heagentofsuchper son
dulyauthorisedbyapowerofat tor
neyt opr esentitforregi
str
ati
on.I fit
i
spr esentedbyanagentwhoi snotaut hori
zedbyapowerofat t
orney
executedandaut henticat edi naccordancewi t
hs33, orbyanagentwho
holdsapowerofat tor ney whi chdoesnotempowerhi mt opr esent

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document
sforr
egi
str
ati
on,
ther
egi
str
ati
oni
sinv
ali
d.

Present ingadocumentf orr egistrationunders32andat tendi

ngbefore
aregist eri
ngof fi
cert oadmi texecut i
onunders34ar equit
edist
inctacts.
Asobser v
edbyt heirlordshipsoft hePr i
vyCounci
linJambuPr ashadv.
Mohammad Af t
ab Al iKhan 28 I C 422,execut
ants ofa deed who
attendedaRegi strarorSubRegi strar merel
ytoadmi tthatt
heyhav e
execut edi tcannotbet reatedf ort hepur posesofs32ofActI I
Iof1877,
as pr esent ing the deed f orr egistrati
on.They no doubtwoul d be
assent ingt ot her egistr
ation,butt hatwoul dnotbesuff
ici
enttogivethe
regist
rarj ur i
sdiction.Thef actsdi scl osedbythejudgementofthePr i
v y
Counci l i
nt hiscasear easf ol l
ows:

M execut esamor tgaget o L.t hedeedi spr esentedt oar egisteri

ng
offi
cerf orr egistr
ationbyN.Nhol dsapower–of–at t
orneyfr om L, t
he
mor tgagee, butt hepowerdoesnotempowerhi mt opresentdocument s
forregi stration.M, themor tgagor ,i
spresentwhent hedeedi spr esented
byN, buthet hereonl yforthepur poseofadmi ttingexecutionofadeed,
andi ti sr egistered.Ther egistrati
oni sinv al
id,f orthedocumentwas
present edbyaper sonnotl egallyentitl
edt odoso.M bei ngt heper son
execut ingt hedeed, coul dhave, nodoubt ,present eddeedf orregistrati
on,
buthedi dnotappearbef oret her egi
steri
ngof ficertodoso.Heat tended
mer elyf oradmi tti
ngex ecution.Thepr esentat i
onbei ngunaut horised,
M’sat tendancef orthepur poseofadmi tt
ingexecut i
oncannotbet reated
as at tendance f or t he pur pose of pr esent i
ng t he document f or
regi
st ration.

2)Per
sonExecut
ing

Anagentwhoex ecut
esadocumentunderapowerofat t
orneyi
sa
personex ecut i
ng.IfBgi vesA,apower- of–at tor
neyt oexecut
ea
documentonhi sbehalf.Amaypr esentitforregist
rati
onandt hepower
of attorney does not r equir
e aut henti
cation under s 33 of t he
Registr
ationAct .Sect i
on 33doesnotappl ywhent hedocumenti s
presented by t he executants;and a per son who has execut ed a
documentasanagenti s,asf arast heregistrat
ionof f
iceisconcer
ned
theactual executantsandisent i
tl
edt opresentitforregist
rat
ion.

3)PowerofAt
tor
ney

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Sect
ion33deal
swi
thi
tandwi
l
lbedi
scussedbel
ow.

4)Repr
esent
ati
ve

The t erm ‘representat

ive’inthis section ref
erst oal egalper
sonal
representati
v eorbyv ir
tueofs2t heguar di
anorcommi tt
eeoft he
persondescr i
bed.Howev eri
tdoesnoti ncludeanagent ,foranagentis
separat el
yreferredincl( c)ofthesect i
on.Ther ef
ore,thePr i
vyCounci
l
hashel dthatwher easecur i
tybondi sgiventot hecour tpendi
ngan
appeal ,aclerkoft hecour ti
snotar epresentati
veoft hejudgesoast o
bequal i
fi
edbyt hissecti
ont opresentthebondf orregi
strati
on.

5)Assi
gn

Di
scussedunderSect
ion35.

33.Powerofat tor
neyrecogni
zabl
eforpur
posesofsecti
on32.-(1)For
thepurposesofsecti
on32, t
hefol
lowi
ngpowersofatt
orneyshal
lalone
berecognized,
namely-

(a)ift
hepr i
ncipalatthet
imeofexecutingt hepower
-of-
att
orneyresi
des
i
n anypar toft he Stat
e,a power-of-at
torneyexecuted bef
ore and
authent
icatedbyt heRegist
rarorSub-Registr
arwit
hinwhosedi st
ri
ctor
sub-di
stri
cttheprinci
palr
esi
des;

(b)i
fthepri
ncipalatthet i
meaf oresai
ddoesnotr esi
dei
ntheStat
e,a
power-
of-
att
orneyexecutedbef or
eandaut hent
icat
edbyaNotar
yPubli
c,
oranyCour t,Judge,Magi st
rat
e,[Indi
an]ConsulorVice-
Consul
,or
repr
esent
ati
ve[xxxxx ]oftheGovernmentofIndia:

Prov i
dedthatthefol
lowi
ngpersonsshallnotber equi
redt
oattendatany
registr
ati
on-of
fice f
orthe purpose ofexecuting anysuch power-of
-
attorneyasisment i
onedi
nclause(a)ofthissection,
namely
:-

(
i) personswhobyr easonofbodi
l
yinf
ir
mit
yar
eunabl
ewi
thout
ri
skorseri
ousi
nconveni
encesot
oatt
end;

(
ii
) per
sonswhoar
einj
ail
underci
vi
lorcr
imi
nal
process;
and

(
ii
i) per
sonsexemptbyl
awf
rom per
sonal
appear
ancei
nCour
t.

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(2)Int hecaseofev erysuchper sontheRegistr
arorSub- Regist
rar
,as
the case maybe,i fsat i
sfi
ed thatthe power-of-
attor
neyhas been
voluntari
lyexecut
edbyt heper sonpurporti
ngtobet heprinci
pal,may
attestthesamewi thoutrequir
inghispersonalatt
endanceatt heoffi
ce
aforesaid.

(3)Toobt ainevi
denceastothevoluntar
ynatureoftheexecuti
on,the
RegistrarorSub-Registr
armayeitherhimsel
fgot othehouseoft he
personpur por
ti
ng to bethepri
ncipal
,ort otheJailin whi
ch hei s
confined,andexaminehim,ori
ssueacommi ssi
onforhisexaminat
ion.

(4)Anypower -
of-
attor
neyment ionedint hi
ssect i
onmaybepr ovedby
theproduct
ionofitwithoutfur
therproofwheni tpurpor
tsont
hefaceof
i
tt ohav ebeenex ecutedbeforeandaut hent
icatedbythepersonor
Courtherei
nbef
orement ionedi
nt hatbehalf
.

Secti
on33oft heRegi strat
ionActdeal ingwi ththepowerofat t
orney
recognisablef orthepur poseofs32st atest hatift
heprincipl
eatt he
ti
meofex ecuti
ngt hepowerofat torneyresidesi nanypar tofIndiain
whicht hisAct ,isf ort het imebei ngi nf orce,apowerofat t
orney
executedbef oreandaut henticat
edbyt her egistr
arandtheSubr egistr
ar
withi
n whose di stri
ctorsub di stri
ctt he pr i
ncipl
eresides wi l
lbe
recognisedf orthepur poseofs32wi t
hr egar dtothepresentati
onof
document sf orregistr
ationbypowerofat torney.( KEshaquev.Sub–
Registr
ar ,
Kozhi kodeAI R2002Ker128) .
Thepowerofarttor
neymustbeaspeci
alpowerofattor
ney.Apowerof
at
torneyconf
err
ingapowertocar
ryonproceedi
nginacourtet
c,cannot
ber sed.MadanLal
ecogni vGangaBi
shanAI R1938Lah.255.

1)Or
igi
nalPowerofAt
tor
neyShoul
dbePr
oduced

Secti
on33oft heRegistr
ati
onActdeal i
ngwi tht hepowerofat t
orney
recognisablef orthepurposeofs32,st atesthati fthepri
ncipl
eatt he
ti
meofex ecutingthepowerofat tor
neyresidesi nanypar tofIndiain
which thisAct ,i
sf orthet i
mebei ng i
nf orce,apowerofat t
orney
executed bef oreand authenti
cat
ed byt her egistrarorsub registr
ar
withi
n whose di str
ictorsub di str
ictthe principleresi
des wi l
lbe

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recogni
sedf
orthepurposeofs32wi thregar
dtot
hepr
esent
ati
onof
documentsf
orr
egist
rat
ionbypowerofat
torney
.

2)Resi
des

Thereisnodefi
nit
ionofthewor dr esi
desint hi
sAct,butexplanat
ion1
tos20oft hecodeofCodeofCi vilprocedure1908,wouldbeav er
yfair
expl
anati
onofthemeani ngofthewor d.Accordingt
ot hatexpl
anati
on,
whereaper sonhasaper manentdwel l
ingatonepl aceandal soa
temporar
ydwelli
ngatanot herplace,heshal lbedeemedt oresi
deat
boththepl
acesforthepurposeofthissection.

3)Dut
yofRegi
str
ar

Iti
snecessar ythatthereshouldbeenqui r
ybySubRegi st
rartov erif
y
genui nenessofper sonpresenti
ngdocument .Ift hesaleofl andwas
execut edonstrengt
hofpowerofat torneyexecutedbyt heownerofl and
having v al
idtitl
e and the si
gnat ures ofat t
orney wer efraudul
ent l
y
obtainedondocumentandt hereafteritwasr egist
eredaspowerof
att
or ney,thesubr egist
rardidinotmakeanyenqui ryaboutr i
ghtt o
execut epowerofat tor
ney,i
tiscl earcaseofnegl i
genceont hepar tof
subr egistr
ar.

34.Enqui r
ybeforeregist
rationbyr egisteri
ngoffi
cer.-(1)Subj ectt
ot he
provi
sionscontainedinthisPartandi nsect i
ons41,43,45, 69,75,77,88,
and89,no documentshal lberegi steredunderthisAct ,unlesst he
personexecutingsuchdocument ,ort hei
rrepr
esentativ
es,assi gnsor
agentsaut hor
isedasaf oresai
d,appearbef orether egister
ingof f
icer
withi
nt heti
meal l
owedf orpresentati
onundersect i
ons23, 24,25and26:

Provi
dedt hat,i
fowingt our gentnecessit
yorunav oi
dableaccidentall
suchpersonsdonotsoappear ,theRegistr
ar,
incaseswher ethedelayi
n
appeari
ngdoesnotex ceedfourmonths, maydir
ectthatonpay mentofa
fi
nenotexceedi ngfiv
et imestheamountoft heproperregist
rat
ionfee,
i
naddi t
iont othefine,ifanypay abl
eundersect i
on25,t hedocument
mayber egist
ered.

(2)Appearances undersub-
sect
ion (
1)maybe si
mul
taneous orat
dif
fer
entt
imes.

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(
3)Ther
egi
ster
ingof
fi
cershal
lther
eupon:

(a)enqui
rewhetherornotsuchdocumentwasexecut
edbyt
heper
sons
bywhom itpur
portstohavebeenexecut
ed;

(b)sat
isf
yhimsel
fastothei
dent
it
yofthepersonappear
ingbef
orehi
m
andall
egingt
hatt
heyhav
eexecut
edthedocument;and

(c)i
nthecaseofanypersonappeari
ngasar epr
esent
ati
ve,assi
gnor
agent
,sat
isf
yhi
msel
foftheri
ghtofsuchper
sonsotoappear.

(4)Anyappl
icat
ionforadir
ect i
onundertheprovisotosub-
sect
ion(1)
maybelodgedwi t
haSub-Registr
ar,whoshal
lfor
thwit
hforwar
dittot
he
Regi
str
artowhom heissubordinat
e.

(
5)Not
hingi
nthi
ssect
ionappl
i
est
ocopi
esofdecr
eesoror
der
s.

[
( 6)No documentshal lhe r egi
ster
ed undert his Actunl ess the
registeri
ngoffi
cerissatisf
iedthatthemar ketvalueoft hepr oper
ty,
whi ch isthe subj
ectmat t
eroft he inst
rumentreceived byhi m f or
registrat
ionhasbeent r
ulysetf or
ththerei
nandi snotl esst hant r
ue
mar ketv al
ueofsuchpr opert
yasdet erminedinaccor dancewi ththe
pr ovi
sions ofthe St
amp Act ,Samv at1977 and t he rules framed
thereunder.

PERI
ODOFLI
MITATI
ONFORREGI
STRATI
ON

Thissecti
onpr ovidesf orabaragainstr
egist
rat
ionifadocumenti s
present
edforregistr
ationwi
thi
nfourmonthsoraft
ereightmonthsift
he
regi
ster
ingoffi
cerex tendstheti
me.Thereisnobart ot her
egist
eri
ng
offi
cerpassi
ngt heorderatanytime.Theinqui
rybeforether
egist
eri
ng
offi
ceri
ssummar y.

PERSONSEXECUTI
NG

Thesewordsincludenotonlyt
hepersonwhoact
uall
yexecut
esorsi
gns
thedocumentbutanyper sonwho,byvali
dexecut
ion,ent
ersi
ntoan
obl
igat
ion undertheinstr
ument.Thiswasexplai
ned bytheJudici
al

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Commi tteeinPur anChandvManmot hoNat h.Int hi
scase,Agav ea
powerofat t
orneytoBt oexecuteaconv eyanceonhi sbehalf,andt he
conv eyancewasex ecutedbyB.At hangav eanot herpowerofat torney
toCt oappearandadmi texecuti
onbef orether egist
eringoffi
cerandC
appear ed and admi tt
ed execut i
on.I t was execut ed bef or
et hei
r
Lordshi pstot hePrivyCouncilthatonl yB,theper sonwhosehandhad
signedt heconv eyance,couldappearasoneoft heper sonsexecutingit
so ast o maket he regist
rat
ion valid,and thatt he appearanceand
admi ssionbyC orev enbyA hi msel fwoul dnotsuf fi
cef orav ali
d
admi ssionofexecut i
onoft heconv eyancebeforet heregister
ingofficer.
Howev er,thi
sar gumentwasnotaccept edandi twashel dt hatt he
registr
at i
onwasv ali
d.

TI
MEFORAPPEARANCE

Thissect
ionpr ovi
desthatnodocumentshal lberegi
ster
edunl essthe
personsexecutingthedocumentappearbef or
etheregist
eringoffi
cer
withi
nthet i
meal l
owedf orpresentat
ionoft hedocument .Thet i
me
al
lowedunders23f orpresenti
ngadocumenti sf
ourmont hsfrom the
dateofit
sex ecuti
onandt hismaybeenl argedunders.25soasnott o
exceedei
ghtmont hsfrom thedateofexecuti
on.

PROCEDUREI
FDELAYNOTCONDONED

Ifapar tyexecut i
ngadocumentdoesnotappearbef or
ether egisteri
ng
offi
cerwi t
hint heprescribedper i
od, hemayappl yforadi r
ecti
onf rom the
regi
strarundert hepr ovisot osub– s( 1)t ocondonet hedel ay .The
appli
cat i
onist obel odgedwi t
hther egisteringoff
iceraspr ovi
dedbysub
s ( 4)andt hel atterhast hent of orwar dittot heRegi str
ar.I fthe
Registrarcondonest hedel ay,ther egister i
ngof f
icerwillregi
st erthe
document .InFat ehchandv.Umaj i(1922) 47Bom 209, i
twashel dt hatif
theregistrarrefusest odirectther egistr
at i
onoft hedocument ,hemust
makeanor derofr efusalunders76( 1)(b) .Thepartyaggrievedbysuch
anor dermayt henbringasui tunders77.

Section 35. Procedure on admissi

on and deni
al of execut
ion
respecti
vel
y.-(1)(a)Ifal
ltheper
sonsexecut
ingt
hedocumentappear

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personal
lybefor
etheregi
steri
ngoffi
cerandar epersonall
yknowntohim,
orifhebeot herwisesat
isf
iedthattheyaretheper sonstheyrepr
esent
themselv
est obe,andift
heyalladmittheexecuti
onoft hedocument,
or

(b)i
finthecaseofanypersonappeari
ngbyarepr
esent
ati
ve,assi
gnor
agent
,suchrepr
esent
ati
ve,
assignoragentadmi
tst
heexecut
ion,or

(c)i
fthepersonexecuti
ngthedocumentisdead,andhisr
epresentat
ive
orassign appear
s bef or
e-the regi
ster
ing off
icerand admitsthe
execut
ion,t
heregi
steri
ngoffi
cershal
lregi
stert
hedocumentasdirect
ed
i
nsections58to61.incl
usi
ve.

(2)Ther egi
ster
ing of
fi
cermayi n orderto sati
sfyhi
msel
ft hatt he
persons appear
ing before hi
m ar e the persons t
hey represent
themselv
est obeorf oranyotherpurposecontemplat
edbyt hi
sAct ,
examineanyonepresentinhi
soffi
ce.

(3)(
a)I
fanyper sonbywhom t
hedocumentpur
por
tst
obeexecut
ed
deni
esi
tsexecut
ion,
or

(
b)ifanysuchpersonappear
stot
her
egi
ster
ingof
fi
cert
obeami
nor
,an
i
diotoral
unati
c,or

(c)i
fanypersonbywhom t hedocumentpurpor
tst
obeexecutedi
sdead,
andhi srepresentat
iveorassigndeni
esitsexecuti
ontheregi
ster
ing
offi
cershal
lrefusetoregi
stert
hedocumentastotheper
sonsodenyi
ng,
appeari
ng,ordead:

Pr
ovided t
hat,wher e such of
ficeri
s Regi
str
ar,he shal
lfol
l
ow t
he
pr
ocedureprescr
ibedinPartXII
:

[Pr
ov i
dedf urt
herthatt heI nspectorGener
alofRegistrationwi t
ht he
sanctionof[ t
heGov ernment ]maybynot i
fi
cati
onint heJammuand
Kashmi rGovernmentGaz ett
e,declar
ethatanySub-Registrarnamedi n
thenot i
fi
cati
onshall
,inr espectofdocumentstheexecutionofwhi chis
denied,bedeemedt obeaRegi strarf
orthepur
posesoft hissub-sect
ion
andPar tXII
.]

LI
MITSOFSUB–REGI
STAR’
SPOWERUNDERTHI
SSECTI
ON

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esli
ttl
ediscret
iontothesub-regist
rar
.Heisboundeithert
o
regist
erornott
or egi
sterwhenheissati
sfiedbytheadmissi
onordenial
oft hepart
iesthatthedeedhasbeenexecut ed,andnodi scr
etioni
s
giventohimtoenquirefur
theri
ntothematter.

ADMI
SSI
ONOFEXECUTI
ON

Ifaper sonallegedt ohav eexecut edadocumentappear sbef oret he

regist eri
ngofficerandsay st hathi ssignaturet ot hedocumentwas
obt ainedbycoer ci
onorbyf r
audorbyf raudort hathesignedhi sname
toabl anksheetofpaperwhi chwassubsequent l
yf i
ll
edindi fferentl
y
from whatwasagr eedupon, doest headmi ssionofsi gnatur
eamountt o
anadmi ssi
onofex ecution?Inanobi terobser vati
on,theChiefcour tof
thePunj absaidt hatsuchast at
ementdi dnotamountt oadmi ssionof
ex ecut i
on.Simi l
arl
y,inanumberofcasesdeci dedi nCalcutt
at herear e
obi terobservat i
ont ot heef fectt hatundert heseci rcumstancest he
per sonmustbedeemedt ohav eexecut edthedocumentandt hati twas
thesub–r egistrar
’sdutyt oregisterthedocument .Thepartyaggr ieved
thencoul dfi
leasui tforadecl arat
iont hathissignat urewasobt ainedby
coer cionorf raud.( ProsunnoCoomar. Mothoor aNat h(1871)15WR
487)

DENI
ALOFEXECUTI
ON

Denialofexecuti
onneednotbeanactualdenial
.Ifarepresentat
iveofa
deceasedexecut ant
sstat
estoar egister
ingoffi
certhathedoesnot
know whetherthedeceasedexecut
edt hedocumentornot ,itamounts
todenialofexecuti
on.

Aper sondesi ri
ngt odenyt heexecutionofadocumenthast oappear
beforet heRegi str
artodenyt hesame.Mahi r
am v.UpendraAIR1960
Pat470.Si mi l
arly,
arefusalt
oadmi texecuti
onisadeni
alofexecut
ion.A
wilfulrefusalornegl ectoftheexecut antofadeedt oappearint he
registr
ation office i
n obedience to a summons f orenforci
ng his
attendancei sar ef
usaltoadmit,andtheref
oreadeni
al.

Concl
usi
on

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nconcl usi
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ketoi ncl
udet heobser v
ationmadei nJambu
Pr ashadv.MohammadAf tabAli42IA210, oneobjectofsecti
ons32,33,
34,35ofActI IIof1877wast omakei tdi
ffi
cultforpersonstocommi t
fraudbymeansofr egi
str
ati
onundert heAct .I
tist hedutyofCourtsin
I
ndi anott oallow t
hei mperat
iveprovisi
onsoft heActt obedef eated
when,asi nt hiscase,itispr oved t
hatan agentwho pr esented a
documentf orregist
rati
onhasnotbeendul yauthor i
zedinthemannerby
theActt opresentit
.

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