The Registration Act,1908
Section 18. Document of which registration is optional
Any of the following document may be registered under this Act, namely:
(a) Instruments (other than instrument of gift and wills) which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of a value less than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;
(b) Instruments acknowledging the receipt or payment of any consideration of account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest;
(c) Leases of immovable property for any term not exceeding one year, and leases exempted under Section 17;
(cc) Instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a Court or any award when such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future any right title or interest, whether vested or contingent, or a value less than one hundred rupees, to or in immovable property;
(d) Instruments (other than wills) which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest to or in movable property;
(e) Wills; and
(f) All other documents not required by Section 17 to be registered.
