The Registration (Bihar Amendment) Act, 2010

1. (1) This Act may be called the Registration (Bihar Amendment) Act, 2010.
2. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Bihar.
3. (3) It shall come into force at once.

Section-8 of the Registration Act, 1908 shall be substituted as follows: - "8- Deputy Inspector General of Registration and Other Officers-

1. (1) the State Government may also appoint one or more Deputy Inspector General of Registration and Assistant Inspector General of Registration and may prescribe the duties of such officers.
2. (2) Every such Deputy Inspector General of Registration and Assistant Inspector General of Registration shall be subordinate to the Inspector General of Registration.
3. (3) The State Government may also authorise such officers to perform all or some of the duties of Inspector General of Registration."

Clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section-17 shall be substituted as follows: -- "(d) leases of immovable property; and"

"Clause (c) of Section 18 shall be deleted."

In Section-28 of the Registration Act, 1908 the following proviso shall be added as follows: -- " Provided that such documents may also be presented in the office of the sub-registrar of the district headquarters whose office has been amalgamated with the office of Registrar under Section-7 and within whose district the whole of the property to which such document relates is situate irrespective of its being situated in one or more sub-districts of the district."

"Bracket along with figure \"(1)\" of Section-30 of Registration Act, 1908 shall be deleted."