law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  347.When Registrar or Sub-Registrar to be deemed a Civil Court.-
  When the State Government so directs, any
  
  Registrar or any Sub-Registrar appointed under the Indian Registration Act,
  
  1908, (16 of 1908) shall be deemed to be a  Civil Court within the meaning of
  
  sections 345 and 346.