Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

Year: 1886

Enactment Date: 1886-03-08

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section 1: Short title and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886; and
     (2) It shall come into force on such day1as the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, directs.
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Notes:
1. The 1st October, 1888, see Gazette of India, 1888, Part I, p. 336.
2. Sub-section (3) rep. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and the First Schedule.
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