REGISTRATION (GUJARAT AMENDMENT) ACT, 1990
GUJARAT ACT NO. 18 OF 1990.
(First published, after having received the assent of the President in the “Gujarat Government Gazette” on the 5th October, 1990.)
An Act further to amend the Registration Act, 1908, in its application to the State; of Gujarat.
It is hereby enacted in the Forty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Registration (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1990.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint,
Amendment of Section 30 of XVI of 1908.
XVI of 1908.
2. In the Registration Act, 1908, in its application to the State of Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), in section 30,—
(1) in sub-section (1), the brackets and figure “(1)” shall be deleted
(2) sub-section (2) shall be deleted.
Deletion of section 67 of XVI of 1908.
3. In the principal Act, section 67 shall be deleted.
Insertion of new section 80 A in XVI of 1980.
4. In the principal Act, after section 80 the following be inserted, namely:-
Recovery of deficit amount or registration fee as arrear of land revenue and provision for refund.
“80A. (1) 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, such fee may (after failure to pay the same on demand within the period specified therein), on a certificate of the Inspector General of Registration, be recovered from the person who presented such document for registration under section 32 as an arrear of land revenue. The certificate of the Inspector General of Registration shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court or before any authority:
Provided that no such certificate shall be granted unless due inquiry is made and such person is given an opportunity of being heard;
(2) Where the Inspector General of Registration finds that the amount of fee in excess of that which is legally chargeable, has been charged and paid under the provisions of this Act, he may, upon an application in writing or otherwise, refund the excess.”. |
