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Under Sections 23 and 25 of the Registration Act, 1908, a document other than a will executed in India must ordinarily be presented for registration within:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The "Time Limit for Presentation" section in Lesson 15 states the four-month rule.
2. Where there is urgent necessity or unavoidable accident, Section 25 allows the Registrar to register up to eight months on payment of a higher fee.
3. These limits are mandatory: Ram Singh v. Jasmer Singh, AIR 1963 Punj. 100.
4. The four-month period runs from the date of execution and is not extendable except as the Act allows.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 15: Registration Act, 1908, pp. 375-388._
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