India, March 11 -- LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Registration Act to incorporate provisions to check fraudulent registration of properties in Uttar Pradesh. No property will now be registered without checking documents about the property being sold and identification of the owners, etc.

The amended provisions will empower the sub-registrar to examine documents of ownership, identification, legal possession and transfer of property, etc. The registration may be refused if the required documents, as may be notified in the official gazette, are not enclosed with the sale deeds.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that approved the amendment as there have ...