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30. Before deciding the question referred to the Full Bench, it would be relevant to discuss some of the provisions of the Registration Act. The Registration Act was enacted in 1908. The object and purpose of the said Act inter alia is to provide a method of public registration of document so as to give information to the people regarding legal rights and obligations arising or affecting a particular property and to perpetuate documents which may afterwards be of legal importance and also to prevent fraud. In other words, the object of registering the document is to give notice to the public at large that the document has been executed to prevent fraud and forgery and to secure a reliable and complete amount of all the transactions affecting the title to the property.

"34-A. Person claiming under document for sale of property also to sign document.-Subject to the provisions of this Act, no document for sale of property shall be registered under this Act, unless the person claiming under the document has also signed such document".- Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 2000, S. 4.

40. From a reading of the aforesaid provision together with the amended provision, it is manifest that the purpose of amendment is to restrict or atleast minimize the forgery and fraud committed by the parties to the document, and to give legal sanctity once the document is registered according to the provisions of the Registration Act.

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47. In the case of Suraj Lamp & Industries (P) Ltd v. State of Harayana reported in 2009 (7) SCC 363, though the issue involved in that case is not relevant to the instant case, but while interpreting the different provisions of the Registration Act, the Supreme Court observed: - (pages 367-368) 15. The Registration Act, 1908 was enacted with the intention of providing orderliness, discipline and public notice in regard to transactions relating to immovable property and protection from fraud and forgery of documents of transfer. This is achieved by requiring compulsory registration of certain types of documents and providing for consequences of non-registration.

18. Registration provides safety and security to transactions relating to immovable property, even if the document is lost or destroyed. It gives publicity and public exposure to documents thereby preventing forgeries and frauds in regard to transactions and execution of documents. Registration provides information to people who may deal with a property, as to the nature and extent of the rights which persons may have, affecting that property. In other words, it enables people to find out whether any particular property with which they are concerned, has been subjected to any legal obligation or liability and who is or are the person(s) presently having right, title, and interest in the property. It gives solemnity of form and perpetuate documents which are of legal importance or relevance by recording them, where people may see the record and enquire and ascertain what the particulars are and as far as land is concerned what obligations exist with regard to them. It ensures that every person dealing with immovable property can rely with confidence upon the statements contained in the registers (maintained under the said Act) as a full and complete account of all transactions by which the title to the property may be affected and secure extracts/copies duly certified.