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Under Section 47 of the Registration Act, 1908, a registered document operates from:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 47 of the Registration Act provides that a registered document operates from the time from which it would have commenced to operate if no registration had been required.
2. Practically, this means a document operates from the date of EXECUTION as between the parties.
3. As between two registered deeds executed by the same person in respect of the same property, the deed executed first prevails: K.J. Nathan v. S.V. Maruthi Reddy, AIR 1965 SC 430.
4. The certificate of registration itself is merely evidence and does not fix the effective date of operation.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 15: Registration Act, 1908, pp. 375-388._
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