(1) The State Government may appoint Registrars of Firms for the purposes of this Act, and may define the areas within which they shall exercise their powers and perform their duties.
(2) Every Registrar shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
State Amendment (as printed in the official text)
Goa, Daman and Diu
In exercise of power conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 57 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (IX of 1932) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Government of Goa, in supersession of all earlier Notifications which may have been issued in the context and which may render to be contradictory to present Notification hereby appoints the Officers shown in Column No. II of the table below as Registrar of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar under the Act within the jurisdiction mentioned in Column No. III of the table below:–
| Sr. No. I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. | Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Pernem Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Bardez Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Bicholim Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Sattari Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Tiswadi Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Ponda Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Dharbandora Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Mormugao | Designation of Officer | II | Pernem Taluka Bardez Taluka Bicholim Taluka Sattari Taluka Tiswadi Taluka Ponda Taluka Dharbandora Taluka Mormugao Taluka | Jurisdiction | III |
| 9. 10. 11. 12. | Jt. Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar-I, Salcete Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Quepem Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Sanguem Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Canacona | Salcete Taluka Quepem Taluka Sanguem Taluka Canacona Taluka | ||||
| This Notification shall come into force with immediate effect. |
(Published in the Official Gazette Series I No. 49(Extraordinary) dated 7-3-2019) (w.e.f. 8/42/2018-LD(Estt)/469 dated 6-03-2019)
Maharashtra
Substitution of section 57 of Act IX of 1932.—For section 57 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“57. Appointment of Registrar of Firms and Deputy and Assistant Registrars of Firms.—(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Registrar of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar under this Act throughout the State of Maharashtra.
(2) The State Government may likewise appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of Firms and Assistant Registrars of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge all or such of the powers, functions and duties of the Registrar and in such areas as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
(3) The officers appointed under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal code (XLV of 1860). ”
[Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, s. 5]