Substitution of Section

For Section 25 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely :—

"25. If, owing to urgent necessity or unavoidable accident, any document executed, or copy of a decree or order made, in India is not presented for registration till after the expiration of the time hereinbefore prescribed in that behalf, the Registering Officer, in cases where the delay in presentation does not exceed four months, may register the document, on payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount of the proper registration fee on such document.".