When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court

When the State Government so directs, a Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed under the Registration Act is treated as a civil court for specified criminal-procedure purposes. The rule applies only if the State Government issues that direction. The consequence is that the Registrar or Sub-Registrar can exercise the procedural powers and duties that a civil court would have under those provisions.

Priya needs a registered sale deed as evidence in a criminal inquiry. Because the State Government has directed that the Sub-Registrar who holds the deed be deemed a civil court, that Sub-Registrar may exercise the procedural powers of a civil court to produce the document for the inquiry.