The Registration of Births and Deaths Act,1969 (Bare Act)/ Universal Law Publishing

THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT, 1969
CONTENTS

Sections
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement .
2. Definitions and interpretation .
CHAPTER II
REGISTRATION-ESTABLISHMENT
3. Registrar-General, India
4. Chief Registrar .
5. Registration divisions .
6. District Registrar
7. Registrars
CHAPTER III
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
8. Persons required to register births and deaths
9. Special provision regarding births and deaths in a plantation
10. Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death .
11. Informant to sign the register .
12. Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant .
13. Delayed registration of births and deaths
14. Registration of name of child
15. Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths
CHAPTER IV
MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS
16. Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form .
17. Search of births and deaths register
18. Inspection of registration offices
19. Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
20. Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India .
21. Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death
22. Power to give directions
Sections
23. Penalties
24. Power to compound offences
25. Sanction for prosecution
26. Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servants
27. Delegation of powers
28. Protection of action taken in good faith
29. Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886
30. Power to make rules
31. Repeal and saving
32. Power to remove difficulty

THE BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT, 1886
Introduction
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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement
2. Extent
3. Definitions
4. Saving of local laws.
5. Power exercisable from time to time
CHAPTER II.
GENERAL REGISTRY OFFICES OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND ^RRIAGES Establishment of general registry offices and appointment of Registrars General Indexes to be kept at general registry office Indexes to be open to inspection
Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence
Superintendence of Registrars by Registrar General
CHAPTER III
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS A.—Application of this Chapter Persons whose births and deaths are registrable
R-—Registration Establishment 12. Power for State Government to appoint Registrars for its territories
13. [Repealed]

14. Registrar to be deemed a public servant
15. [Repealed]
16. Office and attendance of Registrar
17. Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
18. Register books to be supplied and preservation of records to be provided for
C.—Mode of Registration
19. Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is given
20. Persons authorized to give notice of birth .
21. Persons authorized to give notice of death
22. Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice .
23. Grant of certificate of Registration of Birth or Death .
24. Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General
25. Searches and copies of entries in register books .
26. Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths
D.—Penalty for False Information
27. Penalty for wilfully giving false information . . .
K—Correction of Errors
28. Correction of entry in register of births or deaths
CHAPTER IV '
AMENDMENT OF MARRIAGE ACTS
29-3l[Repealed] .
CHAPTER V
SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN EXISTING REGISTERS
32. Permission to persons having custody of certain records to send them within one year to Registrar General
33. Appointment of Commissioners to examine registers .
34. Duties of Commissioners
35. Searches of lists prepared by Commissioners and grant of certified copies of entries
35A. Constitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter
CHAPTER VI