Rule 5 - Powers and duties of Registrars - Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014

5. Powers and duties of Registrars.- (1) The Registrars shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties as are conferred on them by the Act or the rules made thereunder or delegated to them by the Central Government, wherever the power or duty has been conferred upon the Central Government by the Act or the rules made there under. (2) Whenever according to the Act, any function or duty is to be discharged by the Registrar, it shall, until the Central Government otherwise directs, be done by the Registrar , or in his absence, by such person as the Central Government may for the time being authorise: Provided that in the event of the Central Government altering the constitution of the existing registry offices or any of them, any such function or duty shall be discharged by such officer and at such place, with reference to the local situation of the registered offices of the companies concerned, as the Central Government may appoint.