(1) (a) The day, hour and place of presentation, 1[the photographs and finger prints affixed under section 32A,] and the signature of every person presenting a document for registration, shall be endorsed on every such document at the time of presenting it;
(b) a receipt for such document shall be given by the registering officer to the person presenting the same; and
(c) subject to the, provisions contained in section 62, every document admitted to registration shall without unnecessary delay be copied in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of its admission.
(2) All such books shall be authenticated at such intervals and in such manner as is from time to time prescribed by the Inspector-General.
STATE AMENDMENTS
Karnataka
Amendment of section 52.--In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62 where a document is admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to the order of its admission".
[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 9]
Tripura--
Amendment of Section 52--In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted namely:--
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62 the true copy, referred to in section 18A of every document admitted to registration shall, without unnecessary delay, be pasted in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of its admission."
[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s.7]
Kerala
Amendment of section 52.--In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted.
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, where a document is admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to the order of its admission."
[Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 8]
STATE AMENDMENT
Himachal Pradesh
5. Amendment of section 52.-- In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, a copy of every document admitted to registration shall, without unnecessary delay be pasted in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of admission of the document."
[Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 5]
Orissa
Amendment of section 52.-- In the principal Act, in section 52, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, where a document is admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to its order of admission.".
[Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 7]
(b) a receipt for such document shall be given by the registering officer to the person presenting the same; and
(c) subject to the, provisions contained in section 62, every document admitted to registration shall without unnecessary delay be copied in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of its admission.
(2) All such books shall be authenticated at such intervals and in such manner as is from time to time prescribed by the Inspector-General.
STATE AMENDMENTS
Karnataka
Amendment of section 52.--In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62 where a document is admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to the order of its admission".
[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 9]
Tripura--
Amendment of Section 52--In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted namely:--
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62 the true copy, referred to in section 18A of every document admitted to registration shall, without unnecessary delay, be pasted in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of its admission."
[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s.7]
Kerala
Amendment of section 52.--In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted.
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, where a document is admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to the order of its admission."
[Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 8]
STATE AMENDMENT
Himachal Pradesh
5. Amendment of section 52.-- In section 52 of the principal Act, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, a copy of every document admitted to registration shall, without unnecessary delay be pasted in the book appropriated therefore according to the order of admission of the document."
[Vide Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969, s. 5]
Orissa
Amendment of section 52.-- In the principal Act, in section 52, for clause (c) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:--
"(c) subject to the provisions contained in section 62, where a document is admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay, be filed in the appropriate book according to its order of admission.".
[Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 7]
Source footnotes
1. Ins. by Act 48 of 2001, s. 7 (w.e.f. 24-9-2001).India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 09 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2018-04-16. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.