Registration of documents

(1) No document as is referred to in the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (No. 16 of 1908), which purports to create, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest in any land or building in a town development area, shall be registered unless the owner thereof produces a certificate from the Town and Country Development Authority to the effect that the proposed transfer is in accordance with the development plan. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Registration Act, 1908, the Registering Officer shall refuse to register any document which is not accompanied by the certificate as required under sub-section (1). (3) (a) The application for certificate shall be made in such Form as may be prescribed. (b) The Town and Country Development Authority shall, within sixty days from the date of receipt of the application, either grant the certificate or refuse to grant it, and if it fails to do so, it shall be deemed that the certificate has been granted.