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PART XI OF THE DUITES AND POWERS OF REGISTERING OFFICERS · (A) As to the Register-books and Indexes

Section 54: Current indexes and entries therein

The Registration Act, 1908

In every office in which any of the books hereinbefore mentioned are kept, there shall be prepared current indexes of the contents of such books; and every entry in such indexes shall be made, so far as practicable, immediately after the registering officer has copied, or filed a memorandum of, the document to which it relates.

State Amendment (as printed in the official text)

Karnataka

Amendment of section 54.-In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words "copied, or filed memorandum of, the words "filed a true copy or memorandum or shall be substituted.

[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 10]

Tripura

Amendment of Section 54.-In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words and mark “copied, or filed a memorandum of “the words “pasted a true copy or filed a memorandum of” shall be substituted.

[Vide Tripura Act 7 of 1982, s. 8]

Kerala

Amendment of section 54.-In section 54 of the principal Act for the words “copied, or filed a memorandum of,” the words “filed a true copy or memorandum of” shall be substituted.”

[Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 9]

Orissa

Amendment of section 54.— In the principal Act, in section 54, for the words “copied or filed”, the words “filed a true copy or” shall be substituted.

[Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 8]

Uttarakhand

Amendment of section 54.—Section 54 of the Principal Act, shall be substituted as follows; namely:-

"54. In every office in which any of the books hereinbefore mentioned are kept, there shall be prepared current indexes of the contents of such books and every entry in such indexes shall be made, so far as practicable, immediately after the registering officer has scanned or filed a true copy or a memorandum of, the document to which it relate."

[Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2014, s. 12]

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