Registration Act, 1908 (Act XVI of 1908).

This Act, consisting of 91 sections divided into nineteen Parts, aims to consolidate the enactments to the registration of documents related to: land, buildings, benefits to arise out of land, things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries and fishing vessels, but does not include: standing timber, growing crops or grass whether immediate severance thereof is intended or not; fruit upon and juice in trees whether in existence or to grow in future; and machinery embedded in or attached to the earth, when dealt with apart from the land. The Government shall appoint an officer to be the Inspector-General of Registration for the Punjab.