Insertion of new section 22A

After section 22 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:–– "22A.

1. (1) The registering officer may refuse the registration of a document, if,––
   • (a) it is submitted without a true translation in a language commonly understood in the district of the registering officer; or
   • (b) it is a document referred to in sub-section (1) of section 20; or
   • (c) it is a non-testamentary document, and is presented without sufficient description to identify the property that is the subject of registration as specified under section 21; or
   • (d) such document, not being a will, is presented for registration later than four months after the date of execution, under section 23, subject to the provisions of sections 24, 25 and 26; or
   • (e) the person, by whom the document is purported to be executed,––
     • (i) denies the execution of the document; or
     • (ii) is a minor; or
     • (iii) appears to the registering officer to be a person with mental incapacity; or
     • (iv) is dead and the representative or assign of such person denies execution; or
   • (f) the document relates to transfer of property by way of agreement to sell, sale, gift, exchange or lease or otherwise in respect of any immovable property owned by the Central Government or Government or any authority or undertaking of the Central Government or Government or any authority or undertaking constituted or established under any Central Act or any other Regulation for the time being in force, unless such document is accompanied by a no objection certificate issued by the competent authority; or
   • (g) the document relates to transfer of property by way of agreement to sell, sale, gift, exchange or permanent alienation or lease, or otherwise pertaining to any immovable property which is attached permanently or provisionally by any competent authority under any Central Act or any other Regulation for the time being in force, or any Court or tribunal or authority, upon the production of order of such attachment; or
   • (h) the document relates to the transfer of property in respect of which the approval of the Central Government or Government or any authority or undertaking of the Central Government or Government or any authority or undertaking constituted or established under any Central Act or any other Regulation is required under any law for the time being in force, before entering into any transaction in connection with such immovable property, unless such document is accompanied by an approval (by whatever name called) issued by the competent authority; or
     • (i) the appropriate registration fee under this Act has not been paid; or
   • (j) the registering officer finds that the document has not been executed by the person by whom it is purported to have been executed based on information accessed and examined; or
   • (k) the registering officer finds that he is not satisfied about the identity of the persons appearing before him and alleging to have executed the document.
2. (2) The power under this section shall not be construed as empowering the registering officer to adjudicate upon questions of title or ownership of property, which are within the jurisdiction of any competent Court or other authority under any law for the time being in force: Provided that such a decision of refusal shall apply to documents executed on or after the date of promulgation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Registration (Amendment) Regulation, 2026.
3. (3) The reasons for refusal to register shall be recorded as specified under section 71.”.