law: Registration Act, 1908
  63. Power to administer oaths and record of substances of
  
  statements
  (1) Every registering officer may at his discretion administer
  
  an oath to any person examined by him under the provisions of this Act.
  (2) Every such officer may also at his discretion record a
  
  notice of the substance of the statement made by each such person, and such
  
  statement shall be read over, or (if made in a language with which such person
  
  is not acquainted) interpreted to him in a language with which he is
  
  acquainted, and, if he admits the correctness of such notice, it shall be
  
  signed by the registering officer.
  (3) Every such note so signed shall be admissible for the
  
  purpose of proving that the statements therein recorded were made by the
  
  persons and under the circumstances therein stated.
  (C) Special duties of Sub-Registrar