Section 15: Appointment of registering officers

The Central Government may, by notified order,—

(a) appoint such persons, as it thinks fit, to be registering officers for the purposes of this Act; and

(b) define the limits of the area within which a registering officer shall exercise the powers conferred on registering officers by or under this Act.

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