Registration Act commencement and online registration notifications

What the notifications do

The Commercial Taxes and Registration Department notifications perform two separate functions. G.O. Ms. No. 130 appoints 12th September 2022 as the date on which the Registration (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2021 (Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 2022) comes into force. G.O. Ms. No. 132 specifies the documents that may be presented electronically for online registration from 12th September 2022.

Who may be affected

G.O. Ms. No. 132 may affect property buyers, owners, promoters, banks, financial institutions, government employees, authorised bank officers and parties dealing with the Government, local bodies, statutory bodies or boards. It is relevant only to the categories of documents listed in the notification.

Documents permitted for electronic presentation

The specified documents include:

• Agreements relating to deposit of title deeds in favour of banks and financial institutions.
• Cancellation deeds for powers of attorney.
• Sale certificates for property sold by public auction through a Civil Court, Revenue Court or Debt Recovery Tribunal.
• Sale deeds executed by authorised bank officers under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002.
• Gift deeds in favour of the Government, a local body, statutory body or board.
• Lease deeds, surrender of lease deeds and transfer of lease deeds executed by or in favour of those public bodies.
• Mortgage deeds in favour of banks or financial institutions, and mortgages by government employees in favour of the Government.
• Powers of attorney for sale of property executed outside India.
• Specified receipt deeds connected with previously registered trust deeds or mortgage deeds involving banks, financial institutions, the Government or government employees.
• Government reconveyance deeds for mortgaged property in favour of government employees.
• Residential leases, under leases, sub-leases and agreements to let or sub-let for periods up to five years.
• Sale deeds executed by promoters for the sale of an undivided share of land.
• Agreements or memoranda relating to building construction.

Conditions for online registration

Documents presented electronically must conform to the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Tamil Nadu e-Registration Rules, 2019, and the Tamil Nadu Online Registration Rules, 2022. The notification permits electronic presentation for the listed categories, subject to those requirements.