Section 16:
Office and attendance of Registrar.
(1) Every Registrar of Births and Deaths shall have an
office in the local area, or within the part of the territories or dominions for which he is appointed.
(2) Every Registrar of Births and Deaths to whom the State Government may direct this sub-section
to apply shall attend at his office for the purpose of registering births and deaths on such days and at such
hours as the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages may direct, and shall cause to be placed in
some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of his office his name, with the addition of Registrar of
Births and Deaths for the local area or class for which he is appointed, and the days and hours of his
attendance.