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 25: Searches and copies of entries in register books.
    (1) Every Registrar of Births and Deaths shall, on payment of the prescribed fees, at all reasonable times, allow searches to be made in the register books kept by him, and give a copy of any entry in the same.
     (2) Every copy of an entry in a register book given under this section shall be certified by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, and shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the birth or death to which the entry relates.
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