Preliminary

1. In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context.

(a) "the Act" means the Registration Act, 1908.

(b) "Section" means a section of the Act.

(c) "Rule" means rule made under the Act for the time being in force.

(d) "Appendix" means an appendix annexed to these rules.

(e) "Registering Officer" includes both a Registrar and a Sub-Registrar.

(f) "Government" means the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

[(g) "Document writer" means and includes one who is engaged in the profession of
preparing and writing of documents to be presented for registration.

(h) "Licence" means a licence granted to a document writer under these rules.

(i) "Licensing authority" means the licensing authority specified in Rule 206.]

2. All such documents and maps shall, for the purposes of Sections 43 and 48, be
deemed to have been and to be registered in accordance with the provisions of
this Act.