20. Reasons of refusal to register to be recorded.
(1)The Registering Officer while refusing the registration of a document shall clearly state the reasons of refusal in his own hand and the same shall be recorded in the computer on the same day. The serial number of such refusals shall be numbered consecutively for a calendar year and shall be kept as Book no- II. A printout of the order shall also be taken from the computer to verify that it has been entered in the computer correctly.(2)The Registering Officer after recording the refusal in Book no- II shall immediately communicate the same to the presentient of the document either by post or by any other reliable means.(3)Records of refusal in Book no-II shall be in Form-5 in Appendix-A.
