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Section 82: Penalty for making false statements, delivering false copies or translations, false personation, and abetment

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Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 82

Section 82 prescribes criminal penalties of imprisonment up to seven years or fine for making false statements, delivering false copies, false personation, and abetting offences under the Registration Act.

  • Statutory Offences Covered: Whoever: (a) intentionally makes any false statement, whether on oath or not, before any officer acting under this Act, (b) intentionally delivers a false copy or translation, (c) falsely personates another and presents, admits execution, or makes statements, or (d) abets anything made punishable by this Act.
  • Seven-Year Imprisonment: Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with both.
  • Impersonation & Forgery Target: Directly targets dummy sellers, forged powers of attorney, fabricated revenue extracts, and conspiring witnesses.
Key Landmark Precedents:
  • Asset Reconstruction Co. (India) Ltd. v. S.P. Velayutham, (2022) 8 SCC 210: The Supreme Court authoritatively analyzed Section 82, holding that any person who procures registration through false personation, fabricated deeds, or false statements commits a grave statutory crime punishable under Section 82.
  • Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Haryana, (2012) 1 SCC 656: The Supreme Court emphasized that fraudulent power of attorney transactions and false declarations before the Sub-Registrar invite immediate criminal prosecution under Section 82.
Courtroom Practice & Strategic Litigation Guidance:

If a fraudulent deed has been registered over your land by an impersonator, file an FIR immediately invoking Section 82 of the Registration Act alongside Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, and 471 IPC.

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