Registration Act, 1908
Section 6: Registrars and Sub-Registrars
The [State Government] may appoint such persons, whether public officers or not, as it thinks proper, to be Registrars of the several districts, and to be Sub-Registrars of the several sub-districts, formed as aforesaid, respectively.
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State amendments to this section
Karnataka
Amendment of section 6.—In section 6 of the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act 16 of 1908) the following provisos inserted, namely:—
"Provided that the State Government may also appoint one or more Sub-Registrars for the same Sub-District:
Provided further that the State Government may delegate to the Inspector-General of Registration, the power of appointing Sub-Registrars."
[Vide Karnataka Act 32 of 2001, s. 2]
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