Registration Act, 1908
Section 60: Certificate of registration
(1) After such of the provisions of sections 34, 35, 58 and 59 as apply to any document presented for registration have been complied with, the registering officer shall endorse thereon a certificate containing the word registered, together with the number and page of the book in which the document has been copied.
State amendments to this section
Karnataka
Amendment of section 60.—The words "the document has been copied ", the words "a true copy of the document has been filed " shall be substituted.
[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 12]
Kerala
Amendment of section 60.—-In sub-section (1) of section 60, for the principal Act, for the words the document has been copied", the words "the true copy of the document has been filed shall be substituted.]
[Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 11]
Orissa
Amendment of section 60.— In the Principal Act, in sub-section (1) of section 60, for the words "the document has been copied ", the words "the true copy of the document has been filed " shall be substituted.
[Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 10]
Tripura—
Amendment of Section 60.—In sub-section (1) of section 60 of the principal Act, for the words "the document has been copied ", the words "the true copy of the document has been pasted " shall be substituted.
[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 10]
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 60
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Santosh Devi v. Sunder
Whether the High Court rightly dismissed the second appeal filed by the petitioner herein (plaintiff) affirming the judgment passed by the First Appellate Court which had upheld the decree passed by the trial court…
- Manik Majumder and Others v. Dipak Kumar Saha
- Icici Bank Limited v. Official Liquidator of Aps Star Industries Ltd. and Ors.
- Bhagat Ram and Anr. v. Suresh and Ors.