Land Registration Act, 1908 (16 OF 1908). Country/Territory India Document type Legislation Date 1908 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the Registration of Documents. Subject Land & soil Keyword Registration Land tenure Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The object and purpose of the Registration Act, amongst other things, is to provide a method of public registration of documents so as to give information to people regarding legal rights and obligations arising or affecting a particular property, and to perpetuate documents which may afterwards be of legal importance, and also to prevent fraud. The scheme of the Act is to consolidate the law relating to registration and to provide for the establishment of its registration. It lays down what documents require compulsory registration. S. 23 of the Act provides the time for presenting the documents for registration. It provides limitation for getting a document registered. S.25 provides for condonation of delay in presenting documents for registration. S. 34 specifically provides for that enquiry, that can be held before the registration by the Registering Officer. Full text English Website revenue.tripura.gov.in