The Registration (Kerala Amendment) Act, 1998

(1) This Act may be called the Registration (Kerala Amendment) Act, 1998.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

After section 80 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908), the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- “80A. Recovery of registration fees in certain cases.--If on inspection or otherwise it is found that the fee payable under this Act in relation to any document which is registered has not been paid or has been insufficiently paid or that the fee paid has subsequently been found to be insufficient due to the fact that the value of the property or the consideration, as the case may be, has not been truly setforth in the document, such fee or the difference between the fee paid and the fee due, as the case may be, may on a certificate by the Inspector General of Registration or an officer authorised by him in that behalf, be recovered from the person who presented such document for registration under section 32, as an arrear of public revenue due on land under the provisions of the Revenue Recovery Act for the time being in force: Provided that no such certificate shall be granted unless enquiry in the prescribed manner has been held and such person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard: Provided further that no such certificate shall be granted after the expiry of a period of three years from the date of presentation of the document under section 32.”.