"التشريعات البريطانية السارية في الولايات المحلية، المجلد V: أوامر تتعلق بالسكك الحديدية في الولايات المحلية" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٢٤٦/٢٠٨)

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iV<?. 510-C. 1269, dated the 29th hlafch 1913 .—In exercise of th6 Rules in Railway
powers conferred on him by notifications of the Government of India in the Lands in Ra;ipufcana -
Foreign Department 1 Nos. 244-1.B. and 2 262-I.B., dated respectively the
25th January 1912 and 10th February 1913, the xigent to the Governor
General in Rajputana is pleased to issue the following rules under section
69 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908), in respect of the
Railway areas mentioned opposite his name in column 1 of the Schedule of
the aforesaid notification ^o. 241-LB., dated the 25th January 1912, with
the exception of the Agra-Delhi Chord Railway which has been affiliated to
the Muttra District by the like notification 3 No. 1947-1. B., dated 16th
September 1912.
These rules will have effect in the aforesaid areas from and after the 1st
of April 1913.
Regarding safe custody of records and their destruction.
The office of every Registrar and Sub-Registrar will be supplied with a
strong tin-lined box with a Chubb's lock. In this box the Register Books
and all papers and instruments connected therewith shall be kept. No
money or valuables of any kind shall be deposited in it. The box shall be
placed in the room where the Registering Officer transacts his public business,
and shall be opened by that officer himself, or in his presence. When locked
the key shall be retained in his own possession. He shall be responsible for
the preservation and safe custody of all registration records, including those
of previous years, which have accumulated in his office or been transferred
to it.
2. Every Registrar shall supply himself with a fire-proof safe. In the
safe shall be kept sealed covers of Wills, which may be presented for deposit
under section 43, and Wills which may be opened and redeposited under
section 45 of Act XVI of 1908. Save as provided in ruled, it shall not be
used for any other purpose whatever. The key of the safe shall remain in
the personal custody of the Registrar, who alone shall open or close the safe.
The safe shall be kept where it cannot be affected by damp, and it shall be
opened once a weejr at least with the view of ascertaining that its contents
(if any) are safe, and that the lock is in order.
3. All documents other than those deposited under sections 42 and 43 of
Act XVI of 1908, and authorities to adopt, which subsequent to registration
in a Registrar's office arc not claimed by the persons who presented them for
registration, shall, after the expiry of one month, be deposited in the fire-proof
safe of the Registrar's office for safe custody and shall be surrendered only
1 Printed supra p. 180.
2 Prin.2 d supra p. 11.
3 Printed supra p. 88 .