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 7: Indexes to be kept at general registry office.
    Each Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages shall cause indexes of all the certified copies of registers sent to his office under this Act, or under Act 3 of 18721 the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872), or the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 18652 (15 of 1865), as amended by this Act, to be made and kept in his office in the prescribed form.
Notes:
1. See now the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954).
2. See now the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936).
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