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29. Under Section 48 of the Act the Registrar or the Assistant Registrar, exercising the powers of a Registrar, decides the civil liability of persons or body contemplated under that Act and but for that Act the dispute would have been decided by a civil court. Thus the dispute before the Registrar is a civil dispute.

30. The various provisions of the Act clearly show that notice of reference has to be given to the opposite parties, evidence of the parties has to be taken, attendance of witnesses has to be procured, documents have to be called for, guardians for minors have to be made; in case of death of any party substitution of his heirs has to be made; in case of mortgage award preliminary decree and final decree have to be prepared in the terms of such decrees as prepared in a civil court and the decree passed under the Act is executable as a civil court decree. Thus, the proceeding under the Act in deciding a dispute under Section 48 of the Act is a judicial proceeding.