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