Part IX of the Indian Registration Act provides the facility of depositing the will with the Registrar for safe custody. The provisions are contained in sections 42 to 46 of the Registration Act, 1908. It is open to any testator, either personally or by a duly authorized agent, to deposit the Will with the Registrar of Assurance in a sealed cover superscribed with the name of the testator and that of his agent (if any) and with the statement of the nature of the document.

In case the testator wishes to withdraw it from the Registrar, he or his duly authorized agent may apply and, on being satisfied about the identity of the applicant as the testator or his agent, the envelope shall be returned to him.

However, submitting the Will to the Registrar is not a legal mandate. It is a permitted optional course of action. The only purpose of the provision is safe custody and secrecy. Neither does it confer any additional benefit to the Wills nor does it prevent the testator from making any subsequent Will or withdrawing the same.