relating to immovable property and protection from fraud and forgery of documents of transfer . This is achieved by requiring compulsory registration of certain types of documents and providing for consequences of non-registration. It held that registration provides safety and security to transactions relating to immovable property, even if the document is lost or destroyed; it gives publicity and public exposure to documents thereby preventing forgeries and frauds in regard to transactions and execution of documents; and it provides information to people who may deal with a property, as to the nature and extent of the rights which persons may have, affecting that property. It explained that registration enables people to find out whether any particular property with which they are concerned, has been subjected to any legal obligation or liability and who is or are the person/s presently having right, title, and interest in the property. It gives solemnity of form and perpetuate documents which are of legal importance or relevant by recording them, where people may see the record and enquire and ascertain what the particulars are, and as far as land is concerned, what obligations exist with regard to them. It held that registration ensures that every person dealing with immovable property can rely with confidence upon the statements contained in the registers maintained under the Registration Act, 1908 as a full and complete account of all transactions by which the title to the property may be affected and secure extracts/copies duly certified.
