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Birth and Death Act, 1969

Registrar General, India

In force Act 18 of 1969 As on 18 Oct 2026

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Act 18 of 1969

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.

Section 3 of Birth and Death Act, 1969 deals with registrar General, India. The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar-General, India.

Registrar General, India-(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar-General, India.

(2) The Central Government may also appoint such other officers with such designations as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and direction of the Registrar-General, such functions of the Registrar-General under this Act as he may, from time to time, authorize them to discharge.

(3) The Registrar-General may issue general directions regarding registration of births and deaths in the territories to which this Act extends, and shall take steps to co- ordinate and unify the activities of Chief Registrars in the matter of registration of births and deaths and submit to the Central Government an annual report on the working of this Act in the said territories.

Section 3, Birth and Death Act, 1969 (Act 18 of 1969).

Questions about Section 3

What does Section 3 of the Birth and Death Act deal with?

Section 3 of the Birth and Death Act is headed "Registrar General, India". The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the Registrar-General, India.

How do I find court cases under Section 3 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 3, section 3 Birth Death Act 1969, section 3 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.

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

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