Registrar and other officers

(1)... a Registrar. The Registrar shall be paid the prescribed salary and allowances. The Board may from time to time grant him leave and may appoint a person to act in his place and shall forthwith report any appointment so made to the State Government. Any person duly appointed to act as Registrar shall be deemed to be the Registrar for all the purposes of this Act: Provided that where the period of leave to be granted to the Registrar does not exceed one month the President may grant such leave.

(2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary and the executive officer of the Board and he shall attend all meetings of the Board.

(3) No orders suspending, dismissing or removing the Registrar from office or imposing any other penalty upon him shall be passed by the Board without the previous approval of the State Government.

(4) The Board may, from time to time, appoint such other officers and servants as may be deemed necessary for carrying out their duties and performing their functions tinder this Act : Provided that the number and designation of such officers and servants, and their salaries and allowances shall be subject to the previous approval of the State Government.

(5) The Registrar and any other officer or servant appointed under this section shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.