For registering documents one can approach the respective Registration Office along with the original document and one photocopy. It is mandatory that the document be printed or typed on one side only and in black colour. The specifications include photocopy to be taken on only one side of the paper where the paper should be of 90 GSM thickness. There should be butter paper between the two sheets of the photocopy.
Apart from a properly executed and fully stamped duty paid document
which is to be registered, the following documents are also
required before the Registration procedure begins to start.
- Income tax clearance certificate under section 230A of Income
Tax Act, 1961 if value of the property is more than Five lakh
rupees and ''No Objection Certificate'' from appropriate authority
if apparent consideration of transfer of immovable property
exceeds seventy-five lakh rupees for Mumbai city under chapter
XXC of Income Tax Act, 1961. .
(* However, Income tax clearance certificate under Section
230A of Income Tax Act, 1961 is now not required from 01-06-2001.
N.O.C. of Appropriate Authority in Form 37-1 is also not required
from 01-07-2002).
- 'No Objection Certificate' under the Urban Land Ceiling
Act if the area of land transferred exceeds 500 sq. mts. in
Mumbai City.
- If the land belongs to a Government or Semi- Government
body or to a Charitable Trust, the 'No Objection Certificate'
of such Government or Semi- Government Body or Charitable
Trust should be furnished.
- 'No Objection Certificate' from the appropriate authority
under the Urban Land Ceiling Act if the area of land transferred
exceeds 500 sq. mts. in Mumbai City.
- Compliance under Provisions in Bombay Stamp Act 1958, section
32 A, Bombay Stamp Act 1958, section 33 and Registration Act
1908 sections 25 and 34.
- If the land belongs to a Government or Semi- Government
body or to a Charitable Trust, the 'No Objection Certificate'
of such Government or Semi- Government Body or Charitable
Trust should be furnished.
- Property Card* of the land on which the property being registered
is situated. This requirement is across all categories, whether
land is sold or the building is being sold or any other part
of the building is being sold and also irrespective of whether
the seller of the property is recorded as the owner on the
Property Card or not.
(* Property Card is the 'Title Report', an investigation into
Real Property Title of the land over a period of 30 years).
If property sold/purchased is in an old building and the benefit of depreciation
is claimed on the market value, then any one of the following
documents is to be produced as a proof of old construction
- Municipal assessment bill of the building OR
- Building Completion Certificate OR
- Original registered agreement between the builder and original purchaser of that flat or of any other flat in that building
- Original registered agreement between the builder and original purchaser
of that flat or of any other flat in that building can be
effectively furnished.
It is always advisable to get the document adjudicated in case the building is very old and proper depreciation is not given by the Sub-Registrar.