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Bihar Documents Writers' Licensing Rules, 1968
Bihar Documents Writers' Licensing Rules, 1968
Sections
1. Short title, and commencement.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Prohibition of unlicensed persons.
Section 34. Disqualifications.
Section 45. Mode of application.
Section 56. Document Writers licensing Test.
Section 67. Number of Document Writers.
Section 78. Issue of Licence.
Section 89. Renewal.
Section 910. Conditions of licence.
Section 1011. Remuneration of Apprentice.
Section 1112. Transfer of licence.
Section 1213. Surrender of Licence.
Section 1314. Cancellation and suspension of licence.
Section 1415. Appeal.
Section 1516. Power and duties of Licensing Authorities.
Section 1617. Power of Inspector-General of Registration.
Section 1718. Inspection of Records.
Section 1819. Fees.
Section 1920. Credit of fee.
Section 2021. Register.
Section 2122. Writing charges.
Section 2223. Delegation of powers.
Section 2324. Supervision and control.
Section 24
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"content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908);\n(b) \"District Registrar\" means the Registrar of a registration district appointed under the Act;\n(c) \"District Sub-Registrar\" includes a Sub-Registrar at the district headquarter whose office is amalgamated with the office of the District Registrar under sub-section (2) of Section 7 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (Act, XVI of 1908);\n(d) \"Sub-Registrar\" means a Sub-Registrar appointed under the Act and includes a joint Sub-Registrar;\n(e) \"Registering\" means registration of a document under the Act;\n(f) \"Registration Officer\" included both the District Registrar and the sub-Registrar appointed under the Act;\n(g) \"Licensing Authority\" means the Registrar of a district in which the applicant for a licence desires to practise as a document writer;\n(h) \"Licence\" means a form appended to these Rules;\n(i) \"Form\" means a form appended to these Rules;\n(j) \"Document writer\" means and includes one who if engaged in the profession of preparing documents, namely, doing the work of conveyancing, including investigation of titles, preparation of draft deeds and engrossing and transcribing the deed, including copies, if any, for registration, or making searches and inspections under the Act;\n(k) \"Apprentice\" means one who assists a document writer in the preparation of documents and transcribed them (including copies, if any) to be presented for registration.",
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"content": "(ii) Nothing in these Rules prohibit an executant of a document to draw up a document to be presented for registration or to do any other act for himself for which a licensed document writer could have other wise been engaged.\n(iii) Provision of these Rules shall not apply to a document executed by or on behalf of the Government or local authorities and other corporate bodies.",
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"content": "(a) he is minor below the age of 18 years; or\n(b) he has been declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind; or\n(c) he has been convicted by a Criminal Court for an offence involving moral turpitude; or\n(d) he has been adjudged as insolvent by any court of competent jurisdiction, or\n(e) he is leper; or\n(f) this licence has at any time been cancelled under the orders of the District Registrar for misconduct.",
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"content": "(a) has passed the test prescribed under Rule 6;\n(b) is not disqualified under Rule 4 for the grant of a licence;\n(c) is of good moral character; or\n(d) is otherwise fit to be given a licence; may grant a document writer licence in Form \"C\" or apprentice licence in Form \"D\" as the case may be.",
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"content": "(a) that the licensee shall abide by the rules relating to the licensing document writers;\n(b) that he shall maintain the registers, receipt books and other records prescribed by these Rules to be maintained or required to be maintained by the licensing authority from time to time or by the Inspector-General of Registration;\n(c) that he shall not demand or receive any sum from parties in the name of any person connected with the registration office;\n(d) that he shall render true and correct account of the money that he receives from his employer;\n(e) that he shall write or cause to be written documents legibly and in accordance with the instructions that may be issued from time to time by the licensing authority or the inspector-General of Registration.\n(f) that he shall instruct the parties or their duly authorised agents or petition writers to pay the fees in person direct to the Registering Officers and not through any other agency;\n(g) that he shall write or cause to be written documents carefully, properly and in clean and unambiguous terms;\n(h) that he shall obey any direction that may from time to time be issued by the Licensing Authority or the Inspector-General of Registration regarding the preparation and transcription of documents or copies for registration;\n(i) that he shall sign his name on every document written by him or caused to be written by the apprentice attached to him and shall enter therein his name, licence number and serial number of document given in the register to be maintained by him under these Rules and the fees charged by him.\n(a) an apprentice shall write documents legibly, correctly and neatly;\n(b) he shall not act as a tout;\n(c) he shall not receive any money or fees direct from the parties;\n(d) he shall be attached to only one of the licensed document writers.\n(e) he shall attend the office of the document writer to which he is attached and shall carry out such duties in respect of transcribing deeds as may be given to him;\n(f) he shall be remunerated by the document writer in respect of the documents which he transcribes at the dictation or direction of the licensed document writer;\n(g) he shall attest the document in the following manner after the attestation of the document writer to whom he is attached-\"scribed by................. (full name and signature, apprentice licence no. .............. of the district, of............... sub-registration office\"...............\nNote. - In case the deed is scribed by the document writer himself, no attestation by the apprentice shall be necessary.\nNote.",
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"content": "(a) breach of any of these Rules or of the condition of the licence;\n(b) failure to attend the registration office for a period exceeding three months without the leave of the Licensing Authority or the registering officer within whose jurisdiction he has been practising;\n(c) for being guilty of participation in any illegal transaction or unfair dealing by a servant in the registration office to which he is attached;\n(d) any other sufficient cause to be recorded in writing by the Licensing Authority.",
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"content": "(a) to grant licence to document-writer and an apprentice;\n(b) to renew licence;\n(c) to issue to the document writer or apprentice such direction as may be necessary for carrying out effectively the purposes of these Rules.",
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"content": "(a)\nDocument writer's Licence\nFees Rs.\nFees Rs.\nFees for one sub-district\n25\nFees for one renewal\n5\n(b)\nApprentice Licence\nFees for one sub-district\n10\nFees for one whole district\n20\nFees for one renewal\n2",
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"content": "Form \"A\"\nForm \"A\"\n(Rule 5)\nApplication for Document Writer's Licence\n1.\nFull Name with Father's name.\n2.\nAddress-Permanent home address and local\n address.\n3.\nAge and date of birth.\n4.\nNationality.\n5.\nEducational qualifications, if any, whether he\n has passed the Document Writer's Licensing Test.\n6.\nService as document writer with approximate\n number of documents prepared and presented for registration\n during the past one year.\n7.\nNature of licence applied for whether it is for\n a single office (to be named) or for a district (to be named).\n8.\nState here amount, number and date of challan\n receipt and the name of Treasury.\n9.\nHas an application for licence ever been\n refused? If so, when and for what reason give particulars.\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature\nNote. - The licence issued on the strength of this application is liable to be cancelled at any time, if it is found that any information or particulars furnished in the application are false or untrue or incorrect.\nNote.\nSub-Registry Office Date\nRecommendation\nRecommendation\nThe District Registrar..........\nSub-Registrar\nDated\nLicence No.\nOrder\nDistrict Registrar\nDated\nIssued on\nDistrict Registrar\nForm \"B\"\nForm \"B\"\n(Rule 5)\n1.\nFull Name with Father's name.\n2.\nAddress-Permanent home address and local\n address.\n3.\nAge and date of birth.\n4.\nNationality.\n5.\nEducational qualifications.\n6.\nService as apprentice to a document-writer to\n whom he is attached with approximate number of documents\n transcribed by him during the past one year.\n7.\nHas the applicant passed the Apprenticeship\n (give details of certificate).\n8.\nAmount, number, date and name of Treasury of the\n challan receipt enclosed.\n9.\nNature of licence applied for (District or\n Sub-District Licence).\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature\nNote. - The licence on the basis of this application is liable to be cancelled at any time if it is found that any information or particulars furnished in the application are false or incorrect.\nNote.\nSub-Registry Office Dated\nRecommendation\nRecommendation\nThe District Registrar..........\nLicence No.\nSub-Registrar\nDated\nDistrict Registrar\nDated\nIssued on\nDistrict Registrar\nForm \"C\"\nForm \"C\"\n(Rule 8)\nDocument Writer's Licence\nDistrict Registrar of............. Signature of Licence-holder\n(To be made as soon as the licence is received)\nConditions\nConditions\n(a) The licensee shall abide by the Rules relating to the Licensing of document writers.\n(b) He shall maintain the registers, receipt books and other record prescribed by the rules to be maintained or that may be required to be maintained by the Licensing Authority.\n(c) He shall not demand or accept any sum from parties in the name of any person or persons connected with the registration office.\n(d) He shall render true and correct accounts of the moneys he receives from the parties.\n(e) He shall write or cause to be written documents legibly and in accordance with the instructions that may be issued from time to time by the Inspector-General of Registration.\n(f) He shall instruct the parties or their duly authorised agents or holders of powers-of-attorney to present documents or petitions and to pay the fees themselves direct to the Registering Officer and not through any other agency.\n(g) He shall write or cause to be written documents, carefully, properly and in clear and unambiguous terms.\n(h) He shall obey any directions that may from time to time be issued by the Inspector-General of Registration regarding the preparation or transcription of documents for registration.\nNote. - The Licence shall be liable to suspension or cancellation for a breach of any above conditions.\nNote.\nForm \"D\"\nForm \"D\"\n(Rule 8)\nApprentice Licence\nDistrict Registrar of................. Signature of the Licence-holder.\n(To be made as soon as the licence is received)\nConditions\nConditions\n(a) The licensee shall abide by the Rules relating to the Licensing of Apprentice.\n(b) He shall not demand or accept any sum from parties in the name of any person or persons connected with the registration office.\n(c) He shall transcribe documents legibly, neatly and correctly and in accordance with the directions that may from time to time be issued by the Inspector-General of Registration.\n(d) He shall instruct the parties or their duly authorised agents or holders of powers-of-attorney to present documents or petitions and pay the fees themselves direct to the Registering Officer and not through any other agency.\nNote. - The licence will be liable to suspension or cancellation for a breach of any of the above conditions as well as for any other cause to be recorded.\nNote.\nForm \"E\"\nForm \"E\"\n(Rule 21)\nRegister of Document\nPrepared in the office of (Name of Document\n Writer) attached to the office, of........\nHolder of Licence No. ............\nSerial No.\nDate\nName of the party (executant) or claimant of the\n document\nNature of document\nValue of consideration\nFee of document writer\nName of the Sub-Registrar's office of\n registration\nDate of return of document by the Sub-Registrar\n if endorsed in document writer's name\nSignature of the party in token or receipt of\n document with date\nRemarks\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\nForm \"F\"\nForm \"F\"\n(Rule 21)\nStation........... Date..............\nRs. P.\n(a)\nValue of\n(a)\nstamp paper, if purchased\n(b)\nother paper through him\n(b)\nSearch Fee\n(1)\nPaid to the Department\n(2)\nDocument Writer's remuneration\n(c)\nFee for conveyancing\nTotal-\nDocument Writer\nForm \"G\"\nForm \"G\"\n(Rule 21)\nRegister of Document Writer's Licence\nLicence valid for-\nSerial no.\nLicence number\nDate\nName of Licensee\nAddress\nDistrict\nSub-district\nRemarks (posting of renewals with date)\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\nForm \"H\"\nForm \"H\"\n(Rule 21)\nRegister of Apprentice Licence\nLicence valid for........\nSerial no.\nLicence number\nDate\nName of Licensee\nAddress\nDistrict\nSub-district\nRemarks (posting of renewals with date)\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\nForm \"I\"\nForm \"I\"\n(Rule 5)\nApplication for renewal or Document Writers' Apprentices Licence\nDeclaration\nDeclaration\nSignature.\nNote. - The renewal made on the strength of this application is liable to cancellation at any time if it is found that any information or particulars furnished in the application are false or untrue or incorrect.\nNote.\nRecommendation\nRecommendation\nThe District Registrar\nRenewal to be in force till\nSub-Registrar\nRenewal to be in force til\nOrder\nDistrict Registrar.",
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"Act ID": "bh192",
"Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. G.S.R. 68, dated 12.5.1967 in Bihar Gazette Extraordinary issue of August, 1967",
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"Act Year": "1968",
"Short Title": "Bihar Documents Writers' Licensing Rules, 1968",
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