Registration Act, 1908 — section 80

80. Fees payable on presentation..—All fees for the registration of documents under this Act shall be payable on the presentation of such documents. 1 The words “Subject to the control of the G.G in C.” omitted by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), s. 2 and First Sch. 2 Subs. by A. O., 1937, for “L. G.”. 3 For table of fees issued by the Provincial Governments, see local R. and O. 4 Added by Act IV of 1999, s. 28. 5 Subs. and added by the Financial Services (Amdt. of Laws) Ordinance, 1984 (57 of 1984), s. 2 and Sch. PART XIV OF PENALTIES 81. Penalty for incorrectly endorsing, copying, translating or registering documents with intent to injure.— Every registering officer appointed under this Act and every person employed in his office for the purposes of this Act, who, being charged with the endorsing, copying translating or registering of any document presented or deposited under its provisions, endorses, copies, translates or registers such document in a manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause, injury, as defined in the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), to any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. 82. Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translation, false personation, and abetment. Whoever

(a)intentionally makes any false statement, whether on oath or not, and whether it has been recorded or not, before any officer acting in execution of this Act, in any proceeding or enquiry under this Act; or

(b)intentionally delivers to a registering officer, in any proceeding under section 19 or section 21, a false copy or translation of a document or a false copy of a map or plan; or

(c)falsely personates another, and in such assumed character presents any document, or makes any admission or statement, or causes any summons or commission to be issued, or does any other act in any proceeding or enquiry under this Act; or

(d)abets anything made punishable by this Act; shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine or with both.