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Act 18 of 1969

Preamble

The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (Act No. 18 of 1969) [31St May 1969] An Act to provide for the regulation of registration of births and deaths and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Sections

Type to filter. 32 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. 2Definitions and interpretation
3. 3Registrar General, India
4. 4Chief Registrar
5. 5
6. 6District Registrar
7. 7Registrars
8. 8Persons required to register births and deaths
9. 9
10. 10Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death
11. 11
12. 12Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant
13. 13Delayed registration of births and deaths
14. 14Registration of name of child
15. 15Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths
16. 16Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form
17. 17Search of births and deaths register
18. 18
19. 19Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation
20. 20Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India
21. 21
22. 22
23. 23Penalties
24. 24Power to compound offences
25. 25
26. 26
27. 27
28. 28Protection of action taken in good faith
29. 29
30. 30Power to make rules
31. 31Repeal and saving
32. 32

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