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 Indian Penal Code (45 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 translations, 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.
83. Registering officers may commence prosecutions.—(1) A prosecution for any offence under
this Act coming to the knowledge of a registering officer in his official capacity may be commenced by or
with the permission of the Inspector-General, 1
*** the Registrar or the Sub-Registrar, in whose territories,
district or sub-district, as the case may be, the offence has been committed.
(2) Offences punishable under this Act shall be triable by any Court or officer exercising powers not
less than those of a Magistrate of the second class.
84. Registering officers to be deemed public servants.—(1) Every registering officer appointed
under this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant public servant within the meaning of the Indian
Penal Code (45 of 1860).
(2) Every person shall be legally bound to furnish information to such registering officer when
required by him to do so.
(3) In section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), the words “judicial proceeding” shall be
deemed to include any proceeding under this Act.