In India certain documents such as instruments of gift of immovable property, instruments which purport or operate, create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish whether in present or in future any title or interest whether vested or contingent of the value of Rs.100/- and upwards or in immovable property and some other instruments are required to be compulsorily registered and the Indian Registration Act, 1908 provides for the same. The said Act says as to which documents are registerable, the time and place of registration, presenting the instrument for registration, enforcing the appearance of executors and witnesses to register documents. The Act also makes provisions for depositing the wills, the effects of registration and non-registration, duties and powers of the Registering Officers, penalties, fees, etc.

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