The Indian Registration (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1968

1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Registration (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1968.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the 2[State of Himachal Pradesh].
3. (3) It shall come into force at once.

1. (1) The Indian Registration (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1941 (8 of 1941) and the Indian Registration (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1961 (19 of 1961), hereinafter referred to as the said Acts), in force in the territories added to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh by sub-section
2. (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966), are hereby repealed and the amendments made in the principal Act by the said Acts, shall cease to have operation in the said territories.
3. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section
4. (1) shall affect--
   • (a) the previous operation of the said Acts or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or
   • (b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the said Acts; or
   • (c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment, incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said Acts; or
   • (d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the said Acts had not been repealed.

In the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after section 18, the following section shall be inserted, namely :— “18-A. Documents for registration to be accompanied by a true copy.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the registering officer shall refuse to register any document presented to him for registration unless such document is accompanied by a true copy thereof.”

In section 19 of the principal Act, for the words "a true translation", the words "two copies of the true translation" shall be substituted.

In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause

1. (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :— “(c) Subject to the provisions contained in section 62, a copy of every document admitted to registration shall, without un-necessary delay be pasted in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of admission of the document.”

In section 62 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19, a copy of the translation shall be pasted in the register of documents of the nature of the original, and the second copy of the translation, together with the true copy referred to in section 19, shall be filed in the registration office.”

In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document writers, the revocation of such licences, the terms and conditions subject to which, and the authority by whom such licences shall be granted and generally for all purposes connected with the writing of the documents to be presented for registration.”