GIFT DEED BETWEEN SPOUSES
Deed date: __________
Donor: __________, __________. Donee: __________, __________. Relationship: __________.
Property: __________; __________. Regime: __________. Donor title: __________ under __________. Assessment value: __________.
NATURE AND ACCEPTANCE
Transfer basis: __________. Donor capacity: __________. Acceptance: __________.
TITLE, DUES AND POSSESSION
Encumbrances: __________. Dues: __________. Possession: __________.
AUTHORITY AND REGISTRATION
Authority status: __________. Registration office: __________.
PROPERTY SCHEDULE
__________
SPOUSAL DIRECTION
Direction: __________. Marriage evidence/context: __________. Donor title position: __________.
FAMILY AND RESIDENCE
Residence after gift: __________. Family context: __________. This context explains the voluntary gift and is not monetary consideration. Continued shared residence does not by itself undo the registered transfer.
SEPARATE VOLUNTARY TRANSFER
The marital relationship explains the family context but is not consideration. The transfer is intended to operate as a completed gift of the donor recorded title or share and not as a revocable promise between spouses.
CONTINUING FAMILY RESIDENCE
If both spouses continue to occupy the home after registration, that living arrangement is consistent with the family relationship and does not by itself reserve ownership in the donor or defeat the donee acceptance.
NO IMPLIED MATRIMONIAL SET-OFF
This deed does not state that the gift is payment of maintenance, settlement of matrimonial claims or consideration for any reciprocal promise unless a separate instrument expressly records such an arrangement.
DONOR TITLE LIMIT
The donor transfers only the title or undivided share actually held. Property standing partly in another co-owner name is not enlarged by describing the spouses family relationship.
SUCCESSION EFFECT
Once validly completed and accepted, the gifted interest forms part of the donee property record for future succession and transaction purposes, subject to any lawful authority or title restrictions stated in this deed.
MARRIAGE IS CONTEXT NOT CONSIDERATION
The spouses relationship explains the family setting but does not become monetary consideration. The deed remains a voluntary gift, and reciprocal matrimonial promises are not implied unless recorded in a different lawful instrument.
CONTINUED RESIDENCE
If both spouses continue to live in the property, that domestic arrangement does not by itself reserve ownership in the donor. The title consequence follows the completed registered gift and the exact interest the donor had power to transfer.
LEGAL BASIS
Punjab: Sections 122 and 123 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 define a gift and require a gift of immovable property to be made by a registered instrument signed by or for the donor and attested by at least two witnesses. The jurisdictional Sub-Registrar receives a registrable property instrument under section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908; section 23 gives four months for presentation and section 25 contains the limited further-period route. Punjab development-authority allotment requires prior permission under section 43(7). A refusal to register follows sections 72 or 73 of the Registration Act, 1908 according to the ground of refusal.
Chandigarh: Sections 122 and 123 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 define a gift and require a gift of immovable property to be made by a registered instrument signed by or for the donor and attested by at least two witnesses. The Sub-Registrar, UT Chandigarh receives a registrable property instrument under the Registration Act, 1908. For a sector/estate property, the registered result must also be reflected in the Estate Office file under the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 and Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007. The Chandigarh Estate Office post-gift processing fee was not confirmed. A refusal to register follows sections 72 or 73 of the Registration Act, 1908 according to the ground of refusal.
PERSONAL DATA NOTICE
This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
The purpose of collecting personal data in this gift deed between spouses is to identify the donor and donee, establish the title and property being transferred, record acceptance and support registration and consequential property-record action.
The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with the donor, donee, Sub-Registrar, relevant development, estate or revenue authority, advocate and professional handling registration or record update.
If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.
A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.
Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.
Personal-data instruction: __________.
SIGNATURE
Donor: __________
Donee/Accepting Party: __________
Witness 1: __________, __________
Witness 2: __________, __________