According to the State Amendment Bill to the Registration Act, 1908, (a Central legislation), a registering officer shall refuse to register a forged document.
Aimed at preventing fraud, forgery and impersonation in registration of immovable properties, a Bill was adopted in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday that provides for refusal to register a forged document, cancelling it and a maximum of three year imprisonment for violations by officials.
According to the State Amendment Bill to the Registration Act, 1908, (a Central legislation), a registering officer shall refuse to register a forged document. Certain other document types including those related to transactions that are prohibited by any Central or State Act shall also be refused to be registered.
A Registrar may also cancel the registration of a document in case of contravention of rules, as per the amendment. An appeal against such cancellation could be made to the Inspector General of Registration and the next level shall be the state government.