Section 21
Persons authorised to give notice of death.
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
About this Act
An Act to provide for the voluntary Registration of certain Births and Deaths, for the establishment of General Registry Offices for keeping Registers of certain Births, Deaths and Marriages, and for certain other purposes.
Any of the following persons may give notice of a
death, namely:—
(a) any relative of the deceased having knowledge of any of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death;
(b) any person present at the death;
(c) any person occupying, at the time of the death, any part of the house wherein the death occurred and having knowledge of the deceased having died in the house;
(d) any person in attendance during the last illness of the deceased:
(e) any person who has seen the body of the deceased after death.
(a) any relative of the deceased having knowledge of any of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death;
(b) any person present at the death;
(c) any person occupying, at the time of the death, any part of the house wherein the death occurred and having knowledge of the deceased having died in the house;
(d) any person in attendance during the last illness of the deceased:
(e) any person who has seen the body of the deceased after death.