law: Registration Act, 1908
  52. Duties of registering officers when document presented
  (1)(a) The day, hour and place of presentation, and the
  
  signature of every person presenting a document for registration, shall be
  
  endorsed on every such document at the time of presenting it;
  (b) a receipt for such document shall be given
  
  by the registering officer to the person presenting the same; and
  (c) subject to the provisions contained in
  
  section 62, every document admitted to registration shall without unnecessary
  
  delay be copied in the book appropriated therefor according to the order of its
  
  admission.
  (2) All such books shall be authenticated at such intervals and
  
  in such manner as is from time to time prescribed by the Inspector-General.