Regulation 85 — Inspection of documents

(1) The registrar concerned or an officer authorized by him
shall permit members of the public to inspect such registers and records of documents as under the
Act they are entitled to inspect subject to such payment of fee as provided in the Seventh Schedule to
the Act.
(2) The inspection of documents permitted under sub -regulation (1), shall be carried out
in the presence of the registrar concerned or an official authorized by him in this behalf and shall be
completed by the applicant during the time specified for the transaction of business with the public .
(3) The registrar concerned or other authorized official supervising the inspection, may
permit notes of the inspected documents to be taken, but verbatim copy or snap shot or electronic
image of the document inspected may not be allowed to be taken.
(4) No person inspecting the document shall make any entry, mark, addition, deletion or
alteration in the document maintained by the registrar and in case of violation, the registrar concerned
or the authorized official may r efuse further inspection and initiate appropriate legal action against
such person.