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The REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT, 1969

chandigarh · 1969

  • S. 11st October, 1970, vide notification No
  • S. 2Definitions and interpretation
  • S. 3Registrar-General, India
  • S. 4Chief Registrar
  • S. 5Registration divisions
  • S. 6District Registrar
  • S. 7Registrars
  • S. 8Persons required to register births and deaths
  • S. 9Special provision regarding births and deaths in a plantation
  • S. 10Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death
  • S. 11Informant to sign the register
  • S. 12Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant
  • S. 13Delayed registration of births and deaths
  • S. 14Registration of name of child
  • S. 15Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths
  • S. 16Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form
  • S. 17Search of births and deaths register
  • S. 18Inspection of registration offices
  • S. 19Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation
  • S. 20Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India
  • S. 21Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death
  • S. 22Powers to give directions
  • S. 23Penalties
  • S. 24Power to compound offences
  • S. 25Sanction for prosecution
  • S. 26Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servants
  • S. 27Delegation of powers
  • S. 28Protection of action taken in good faith
  • S. 29Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886
  • S. 30Power to make rules
  • S. 31Repeal and saving
  • S. 32Power to remove difficulty
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