# The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022, Section 296

- Act: The Assam Municipal Corporation Act, 2022 (Act 8 of 2022)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/assam-municipal-corporation-act-2022/section/296/

## Text

It shall be the duty of the father or the mother of every child born in the Municipal Corporation area and, in default of the father or the mother, of any relation, of the child living in the same premises and, in default of such relation, of the person having charge of the child, to give, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, to the Registrar of the area concerned within eight days after such birth, information containing such particulars as may be prescribed in this behalf: Provided that in the case of an illegitimate child, no person shall, as father of such child, be required to give information under this Act concerning the birth of such child, and the Registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of such child, except at the joint request of the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such child, and such person shall, in such case, sign the register together with the mother. Information respecting finding of newborn child.

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