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In the Principal Act, in section 35, after the sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- - 10 - Insertion of new sections 39 A and 39 B Amendment of . section 48 Insertion of new section 48 A "(4) The Gram Panchayat shall be endowed with the regulatory function of recording births and deaths taken place within their territorial limit and such information shall be communicated to the concerned authority immediately by the concerned near relations of the newly born or the deceased as the case may be".