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Act 18 of 1969 Cited by 1 provision

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Punjab's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, which is the record this site keeps current.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

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Referred to by 1

1. s. 31 Repeal and saving

Questions about Section 29

How do I find court cases under Section 29 of the Birth and Death Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Birth Death Act 1969 29, section 29 Birth Death Act 1969, section 29 of the Birth and Death Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 29 of the Birth and Death Act, and has it changed?

1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

When was the Birth and Death Act enacted?

Birth and Death Act was enacted in 1969 as Act 18 of 1969. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

• 8. Persons required to register births and deaths429 words
• 30. Power to make rules300 words
• 10. Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death288 words
• 7. Registrars270 words
• 23. Penalties258 words
• 13. Delayed registration of births and deaths210 words

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