law: Registration Act, 1908
  34. Enquiry before registration by registering officer
  (1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Part and in
  
  sections 41, 43, 45, 69, 75, 77, 88 and 89, no document shall be registered
  
  under this Act, unless the person executing such document, or their
  
  representatives, assigns or agents authorized as aforesaid, appear before the
  
  registering officer within the time allowed for presentation under sections 23,
  
  24, 25 and 26:
  PROVIDED that, if owing to urgent necessity or
  
  unavoidable accident all such persons do not so appear, the Registrar, in cases
  
  where the delay in appearing does not exceed four months, may direct that on
  
  payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the amount of the proper registration
  
  fee, in addition to the fine, if any, payable under section 25, the document
  
  may be registered.
  (2) Appearances under sub-section (l) may be simultaneous or at
  
  different times.
  (3) The registering officer shall thereupon-
  (a) enquire whether or not such document was
  
  executed by the person by whom it purports to have been executed;
  (b) satisfy himself as to the identity of the
  
  persons appearing before him and alleging that they have executed the document;
  
  and
  (c) in the case of any person appearing as a
  
  representative, assignee or agent, satisfy himself of the right of such person
  
  so to appear.
  (4) Any application for a direction under the proviso to
  
  sub-section (1) may be lodged with a Sub-Registrar, who shall forthwith forward
  
  it to the Registrar to whom he is subordinate.
  (5) Nothing in this section applies to copies of decrees or
  
  orders.