The Registration (Pondicherry Amendment) Act, 1970

1. (1) This Act may be called the Registration (Pondicherry Amendment) Act, 1970.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Pondicherry.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator of the Union territory of Pondicherry may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In sub-section

1. (3) of section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908, in its application to the Union territory of Pondicherry (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), for the words and figures "the 1st day of January 1872", substitute the words and figures "the 9th day of January 1969".

In section 50 of the principal Act, for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:- "Explanation: 'Unregistered' means not registered according to any law in force before the 9th day of January 1969 of this Act".

In section 52 of the principal Act,-

1. (a) in sub-section (1),-
   • (i) in clause (a), the word "and" shall be omitted;
   • (ii) in clause (b), the word "and" occurring shall be omitted; and
   • (iii) clause
2. (c) shall be omitted;
3. (b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:- "(1A) Subject to the provisions contained in section 89-A, any document, not being of the class specified under sub-section (3), is admitted to registration shall, without unnecessary delay, be copied in the appropriate book according to the order of its admission. (1B) Subject to the provisions contained in section 89-A and the rules made under sub-sections

1. (3) and
2. (4) and the rules made in this behalf, where any document of the class specified in the rules made under sub-section
3. (3) is admitted to registration, a true copy shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to the order of its admission.";
   • (c) after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be added, namely:- "(3) The State Government may by rules prescribe the classes of documents which may be handwritten, printed, typed or photographed.
4. (4) The true copy of any document referred to in sub-section (1B) shall be prepared in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf and where such copy is handwritten, it shall be prepared by a scribe who may be licensed for this purpose by the State Government on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
5. (5) The provisions of this Act shall, in their application to the classes of documents specified in the rules made under sub-section (3), have effect, subject to the modifications set out in the Schedule.".

In section 81 of the principal Act,-

1. (i) in the marginal heading, for the words "or registering", the words "registering or filing" shall be substituted;
2. (ii) for the words "or the registering of any document", the words "registering, or filing a true copy, of any document" shall be substituted;
3. (iii) for the words "or registers such document", the words "registers, or files a copy of, such document" shall be substituted.

In clause

1. (b) of section 82 of the principal Act, for the words and figures "under section 19 or section 21", the words "under this Act or the rules made thereunder" shall be substituted.

After section 89 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "89-A. Power to make rules for filing of copies of documents.-

1. (1) The State Government may make rules for all purposes connected with the filing of true copies of documents in the appropriate books under this Act.
2. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
   • (a) specifying the classes of documents in respect of which true copies shall be filed;
   • (b) the furnishing of true copies of documents by the person presenting the document for registration;
   • (c) the manner in which true copies of documents shall be prepared;
   • (d) the manner of filing of such copies, and
   • (e) the licensing of scribes for preparing the true copies of documents, and the fees to be paid for issue of licence to the scribes.
3. (3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette and, unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on which they are so published.
4. (4) Every rule made under this section shall, as soon as possible after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly, Pondicherry, while it is in session for a total period of 14 days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the sessions aforesaid, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule."

After section 91 of the principal Act, the following Schedule shall be inserted, namely:-