Keyword(s):
Central Act Amendment, The Registration Act, 1908
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The Registration (Kerala Amendment) Act, 1998
Act 21 of 1998
Keyword(s):
Central Act Amendment, The Registration Act, 1908
ACT 21 OF 1998
THE REGISTRATION (KERALA AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998 [1]
An Act further to amend the Registration Act, 1908, in its application to the State of
Kerala.
Preamble.–WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Registration Act,
1908, in its application to the State of Kerala for the purpose hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:–
- Short title, extent and commencement.–(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. - Insertion of new section 80A.–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.”.
