Section 26
Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths.
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.
Notwithstanding
anything in section 19, the 1
[State Government] may make rules2
authorising Registrars of Births and
Deaths, on conditions and in circumstances to be specified in the rules, to register births and deaths
occurring outside the local areas or classes for which they are appointed.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 9 of 1911, s. 3 for "G.G. in C.".
2. For rules made under section 26 conjointly with sections 28 and 36, see Gazette of India, 1888, Part. I, p. 336, and different local Rules and Orders. All rules made by the G.G. in C. under this Act, before 1911, shall be deemed to have been made by the State Governments, see section 6 of Act 9 of 1911.
2. For rules made under section 26 conjointly with sections 28 and 36, see Gazette of India, 1888, Part. I, p. 336, and different local Rules and Orders. All rules made by the G.G. in C. under this Act, before 1911, shall be deemed to have been made by the State Governments, see section 6 of Act 9 of 1911.