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The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
Act ID: 1969
The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
"An Act to provide for the regulation of registration of births and deaths."
Table of Contents
33 Sections
Ch. 1
Full Text
S.1
Short title, extent and commencement
S.2
Definitions and interpretation
S.3
Registrar General of India , India
S.4
Chief Registrar
S.5
Registration divisions
S.6
District Registrar
S.7
Registrars
S.8
Persons required to register births and deaths
S.9
Special provision regarding births and deaths in a plantation
S.10
Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death
S.11
Informant to sign the registrar
S.12
Certificate of registration of births or deaths
S.13
Delayed registration of births and deaths
S.14
Registration of name of child
S.15
Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths
S.16
Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form
S.17
Search of births and deaths register
S.18
Inspection of registration offices
S.19
Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation
S.20
Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India
S.21
Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death
S.22
Power to give directions
S.23
Penalties
S.24
Power to compound offences
S.25
Sanction for prosecution
S.25A
Section 25A
S.26
Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servants
S.27
Delegation of powers
S.28
Protection of action taken in good faith
S.29
Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886
S.30
Power to make rules
S.31
Repeal and saving
S.32
Power to remove difficulty