Section 20:
Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India.
(1) The
Registrar-General shall, subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf,
cause to be registered information as to births and deaths of citizens of India outside India received by
him under the rules relating to the registration of such citizens at Indian Consulates made under the
Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), and every such registration shall also be deemed to have been duly
made under this Act.
(2) In the case of any child born outside India in respect of whom information has not been received
as provided in sub-section (1), if the parents of the child return to India with a view to settling therein, they may, at any time within sixty days from the date of the arrival of the child in India, get the birth of
the child registered under this Act in the same manner as if the child was born in India and the provisions
of section 13 shall apply to the birth of such child after the expiry of the period of sixty days aforesaid.