Provision where delay in presentation is unavoidable [Section 25]

The monsoon of 26 July 2005 shut down Mumbai for days. Suppose a buyer had planned to present a sale deed on the last day of the four-month window and could not reach the office. Is the document now dead? The four-month rule in s.23 is strict, but the law knows that floods, accidents and emergencies happen. Section 25 of the Registration Act gives a limited second chance, for a price.

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If urgent necessity or unavoidable accident causes delay, and the delay beyond the four months does not exceed four months, the Registrar may direct that the document be accepted for registration on payment of a fine of up to ten times the proper registration fee.

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