Section 16
Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form.
The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
About this Act
An Act to provide for the regulation of registration of births and deaths and for matters connected therewith.
(1) Every Registrar shall keep in the
prescribed form a register of births and deaths for the registration area or any part thereof in relation to
which he exercises jurisdiction.
(2) The Chief Registrar shall cause to be printed and supplied a sufficient number of register books for making entries of births and deaths according to such forms and instructions as may, from time to time, be prescribed; and a copy of such forms in the local language shall be posted in some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of the office of every Registrar.
(2) The Chief Registrar shall cause to be printed and supplied a sufficient number of register books for making entries of births and deaths according to such forms and instructions as may, from time to time, be prescribed; and a copy of such forms in the local language shall be posted in some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of the office of every Registrar.