(1) Every document 1[not being a document referred to in section 28 or a copy of a decree or order], may be presented for registration either in the office of the Sub-Registrar in whose sub-district the document was executed, or in the office of any other Sub-Registrar under the 2[State Government at which all the persons executing and claiming under the document desire the same to be registered.
(2) A copy of a decree or order may be presented for registration in the office of the Sub-Registrar in whose sub-district the original decree or order was made, or, where the decree or order does not affect immovable property, in the office of any the Sub-Registrar under the 1[State Government] at which all the persons claiming under the decree or order desire the copy to be registered.
(2) A copy of a decree or order may be presented for registration in the office of the Sub-Registrar in whose sub-district the original decree or order was made, or, where the decree or order does not affect immovable property, in the office of any the Sub-Registrar under the 1[State Government] at which all the persons claiming under the decree or order desire the copy to be registered.
Source footnotes
1. Subs. by Act 32 of 1940, s. 3 and the first Schedule, for certain words.2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".
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