Proprietor or joint proprietor may apply for registration within specified time

Within such time as the District Collector may fix as hereinafter provided, any person who is or claims to be the proprietor or joint proprietor of an estate and whose name is not already registered, or any other person having authority to act on his behalf, may make application to the District Collector or to an officer empowered by him to receive such application for registration as proprietor or joint proprietor of the estate.