Section 47: Time from which registered document operates

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2 questions in 9 of our papers cite Section 47. Try these from the free papers:

1. 1. In Ram Saran Lall v. Mst. Domini Kuer (1961), a pre-emption case, the majority of the Supreme Court held, on when a sale of immoveable property requiring a registered instrument is complete, that:

   A.the sale is complete only on completion of registration, Section 47 of the Registration Act not making it complete earlierB.the sale is complete on delivery of possession, registration of the deed being only evidence of the titleC.the sale is complete on execution of the deed, because Section 47 of the Registration Act relates it back to that earlier dateD.the sale is complete when the whole price is paid, whatever may be the date on which the deed is later registered
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