Amendment of section 17

In Section 17, of the principal Act.— (i) after clause (e) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(f) any decree or order or award or a copy thereof passed by a Civil Court, on consent of the defendants or on circumstantial evidence but not on the basis of any instrument which is admissible in evidence under section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Central Act 2 of 1899) such as registered title deed produced by the plaintiff, where such decree or order or award purports or operate to create, declare, assign, limit, extinguish whether in present or in future copy right, title or interest whether vested or contingent of the value of Rs. 100 and upwards to or in immovable property; and (g) agreement of sale of immovable property of the value of Rs. 100 and upwards; (h) power-of-attorney relating to transfer of immovable property possession whereof has been or is handed over to the purported attorney holder". (ii) in clause (iv) of sub-section (2), for the words "any decree or order of a Court", substitute "any decree or order of a Court, not being a decree or order or award falling under clause (f) of sub-section (1)"; (iii) in clause (v) of sub-section (2), for "any document not in itself creating", substitute "any document except an agreement of Sale as mentioned in clause (g) of sub-section (1) not in itself creating"; (iv) omit explanation of sub-section (2).