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Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter I: Preliminary

Section 4: Enactments relating to contracts to be taken as part of Contract Act and supplemental to the Registration Act

In plain words

The parts of this Act that deal with contracts are treated as part of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Its registration requirements for sales, mortgages, leases and gifts are read together with the Indian Registration Act, 1908.

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Official text

The Chapters and sections of this Act which relate to contracts shall be taken as part of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872):

[And sections 54, paragraphs 2 and 3, 59, 107 and 123, shall be read as supplemental to the Indian Registration Act, [1908 (16 of 1908).]]

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.

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