The Government of Gujarat on December 18, 2023, issued the Gujarat Registration (Identity Verification for the Registration of Documents), Rules, 2023.
The following provisions have been stated:
• Validity of Consent based Aadhaar Authentication Service:
Any person appearing before the registering officer for the purpose of clause (b) of sub-section (3) section 34 or being examined under sub-section (2) of section 35 of the Act may utilize the facility of Consent-based Aadhaar Authentication Service to fulfil requirements of the aforementioned sections of the Act under these rules.
• Power of Registering Officer to examine:
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules,
(a) In case of the party appearing for admitting execution, whose identity has been verified through the Consent based Aadhaar Authentication Service, the registering officer to satisfy himself about the identity of the said party, shall not examine any other persons;
(b) In any other cases, the registering officer, to satisfy himself about the identity of the party, may examine persons whose identity has been verified through the Consent-based Aadhaar Authentication Service and verify the same from the system of UIDAI.
This notification will come into force from December 18, 2023.
[Notification No GM-2023-299-M-RGN-122023-0647-H.1]
