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PART XII OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER

Section 77: Suit in case of order of refusal by Registrar

The Registration Act, 1908

(1) Where the Registrar refuses to order the document to be registered, under section 72 or section 76, any person claiming under such document, or his representative, assign or agent, may, within thirty days after the making of the order of refusal, institute in the Civil Court, within the local limits of whose original jurisdiction is situate the office in which the document is sought to be registered, a suit for a decree directing the document to be registered in such office if it be duly presented for registration within thirty days after the passing of such decree.

(2) The provisions contained in sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 75 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to all documents presented for registration in accordance with any such decree, and, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the documents shall be receivable in evidence in such suit.

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. A Sub-Registrar refused to register a sale deed because the vendor denied its execution. On the purchaser's application under Section 73, the Registrar, after enquiry, also refused to order registration. Under Section 77 of the Registration Act, 1908, the purchaser:

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