SECTIONS
	PART I PRELEMINARY
	1	Short title, extent and commencement.
	2	Definitions.
	PART II OF THE REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT
	3	Inspector-General of Registration.
	4	[Repealed.]
	5	Districts and sub districts.
	6	Registrars and Sub-Registrars.
	7	Offices of Registrar and Sub-Registrar.
	8	Inspectors of registration-offices.
	9	[Repealed.]
	10	Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office.
	11	Absence of Registrar on duty in his district.
	12	Absence of Sub-Registrar or vacancy in his Office.
	13	Report to Provincial Government of appointments under sections 10, 11 and 12.
	14	Establishment of registering officers.
	15	Seal of registering officers.
	16	Register-books and fire-proof boxes.
	PART III OF REGISTRABLE DOCUMENTS
	17	Documents of which registration is compulsory.
	18	Documents of which registration is optional.
	19	Documents in language not understood by registering Officer.
	20	Documents containing interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations.
	21	Description of property and maps or plans.
	22	Description of houses and land by reference to Government maps or surveys.
	PART IV OF THE TIME OF PRESENTATION
	23	Time for presenting documents.
	23A	Re-registration of certain documents.
	24	Documents executed by several persons at different times.
	25	Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable.
	26	Documents executed out of Pakistan.
	27	Wills may be presented or deposited at any time.
	PART V OF THE PLACE OF REGISTRATION
	28	Place for registering documents relating to land.
	29	Place for Registering other documents.
	30	Registration by Registrars in certain cases.
	31	Registration or acceptance for deposit at private residence.
	PART VI OF PRESENTING DOCUMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
	32	Persons to present documents for registration.
	33	Power-of-attorney recognizable for purposes of section 32.
	34	Enquiry before registration by registering officer.
	35	Procedure on admission and denial of execution respectively.
	PART VII OF ENFORCING THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTANTS AND WITNESSES
	36	Procedure where appearance of executants or witness is desired.
	37	Officer or Court to issue and cause service of summons.
	38	Persons exempt from appearance at registration-office.
	39	Law as to summonses, commissions and witnesses.
	PART VIII OF PRESENTING WILLS AND AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT
	40	Persons entitled to present wills and authorities to adopt.
	41	Registration of wills and authorities to adopt.
	PART IX DEPOSIT AND DISPOSAL OF WILLS
	42	Deposit of wills.
	43	Procedure on deposit of wills.
	44	Withdrawal of sealed cover deposited under section 42.
	45	Proceedings on death of depositor.
	46	Saving of certain enactments and powers of courts.
	46A	Destruction of Wills.
	PART X OF THE EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION AND NON-REGISTRATION
	47	Time from which registered document operates.
	48	Registered documents relating to property when to take effect against oral agreements.
	49	Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered.
	50	Certain registered documents relating to land to take effect against unregistered documents.
	PART XI OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF REGISTERING OFFICERS
	(A) As to the Register-books and Indexes
	51	Register-books to be kept in the several offices.
	52	Duties of registering officers when document presented.
	53	Entries to be numbered consecutively.
	54	Current indexes and entries therein.
	55	Indexes to be made by registering officers, and their contents.
	56	[Repealed.]
	57	Registering officers to allow inspection of certain books and indexes, and to give certified copies of entries.
	(B) As to the Procedure on admitting to Registration
	58	Particulars to be endorsed on documents admitted to registration.
	59	Endorsements to be dated and signed by registering officer.
	60	Certificate of registration.
	61	Endorsements and certificate to be copied and document returned.
	62	Procedure on presenting document in language unknown to registering officer.
	63	Power to administer oaths and record of substance of statements.
	(C) Special Duties of Sub-Registrar
	64	Procedure where document relates to land in several sub-districts.
	65	Procedure where document relates to land in several districts.
	(D) Special Duties of Registrar
	66	Procedure after registration of documents relating to land.
	67	Procedure after registration under section 30, sub-section (2).
	(E) Of the Controlling Powers of Registrar and Inspectors-General
	68	Power of Registrar to superintend and control sub-Registrars.
	69	Power of Inspector-General to superintend registration officers and make rules.
	70	Power of Inspector-General to remit fines.
	PART XI-A OF THE COPYING OF DOCUMENTS BY MEANS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
	70A	Application of this Part.
	70B	Definition.
	70C	Appointment of Photo-Registrars.
	70D	Documents may be photographed in areas notified by Government.
	70E	Application of Act to areas notified under section 70-D.
	70F	.
	PART XII OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER
	71	Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.
	72	Appeal to Registrar from orders of Sub-Registrar refusing registration on ground other than denial of execution.
	73	Application to Registrar where Sub-Registrar refuses to register on ground of denial of execution.
	74	Procedure of Registrar on such application.
	75	Order by Registrar to register and procedure thereon.
	76	Order of refusal by Registrar.
	77	Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar.
	PART XIII OF THE FEES FOR REGISTRATION, SEARCHES AND COPIES
	78	Fees to be fixed by Provincial Government.
	79	Publication of fees.
	80	Fees payable on presentation.
	PART XIV OF PENALITIES
	81	Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure.
	82	Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translation, false personation, and abetment.
	83	Registering officer may commence prosecutions.
	84	Registering officers to be deemed public servants.
	PART XV MISCELLANEOUS
	85	Destruction of unclaimed documents.
	86	Registering officer not liable for thing bona fide done or refused in his official capacity.
	87	Nothing so done in validated by defect in appointment or procedure.
	88	Registration of documents executed by Government officers or certain public functionaries.
	89	Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed.
	Exemptions from Act
	90	Exemption of certain documents executed by or in favour of Government.
	91	Inspection and copies of such documents.
	92	[Repealed.]
	93	[Repealed.]
	THE SCHEDULE.- [Repealed.]