Section 23
Grant of certificate of registration of birth or 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.
The Registrar of Births and Deaths
shall, on application made at the time of registering any birth or death by the person giving notice of the
birth or death, and on payment by him of the prescribed fee, give to the applicant a certificate in the
prescribed form signed by the Registrar, of having registered the birth or death.