Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
It shall be the duty of the father or the mother of every child born in the municipal area and in default of the father or the mother of any relation of the child living in the same premises and in defaults of such relation of the person having charge of the child to give to the best of his or her knowledge and belief to the Registrar of the area concerned within eight days after such birth, Duties of Registrar. Registrar's books to be maintained. Registration of births and deaths. Registration of name of child or of alteration of name. Correction of errors in registers of births or deaths. Information of births. information containing such particulars as may be prescribed in this behalf. Provided that (a) in the case of an illegitimate child no person shall as father of such child be required to give information under this Act concerning the birth of such child and the Registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of such child except at the joint request of the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such child and such person shall in such case, sign the register together with the mother. (b) a person required to give information only in default of some other person shall not be bound to give such information if he believed and had reasonable grounds for believing that such information had been given and (c) When a child is born in a hospital or a nursing home or a maternity home, none but the officer-in-charge thereof shall be bound to forward forthwith to the Registrar a report of such birth in such time and in such form as the Chief Registrar may from time to time specify.