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The Authority wants to open a branch office of the Registry in Hyderabad and decides which districts it will serve. Which statement correctly describes the Authority's power under the Act?

The Authority may set up branch offices of the Registry wherever it thinks fit to facilitate registration, and may define each branch's territorial limits by notification in the Official Gazette. No prior Central Government or parliamentary approval is mentioned in the provisions.

  1. AIt may establish branch offices where it thinks fit and define their territorial limits by notification in the Official GazetteCorrect
  2. BIt may establish branch offices only after the Central Government fixes their territorial limits
  3. CIt may define territorial limits only by regulations made with Parliament's approval
  4. DIt cannot establish branch offices because the Registry has only one head office

Explanation

Section 12(2) lets the Authority establish branch offices at such places as it thinks fit to facilitate registration. Section 12(6) lets it define by Official Gazette notification the territorial limits within which a branch office exercises its functions. The other options add approvals the Act does not require.

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