Section List

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 NumberTitleActions
1Short title and commencement.
2Extent.
3Definitions.
4Saving of local laws.
7Indexes to be kept at general registry office.
8Indexes to be open to inspection.
9Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence.
10Superintendence of Registrars by Registrar General.
13[Omitted.].
14Registrar to be deemed a public servant.
15[Repealed.].
16Office and attendance of Registrar.
17Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office.
18Register books to be supplied and preservation of records to be provided for.
20Persons authorised to give notice of birth.
21Persons authorised to give notice of death.
22Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice.
23Grant of certificate of registration of birth or death.
24Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General.
25Searches and copies of entries in register books.
26Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths.
29[Repealed.].
30[Repealed.].
31[Repealed.].
33Appointment of Commissioners to examine registers.
34Duties of Commissioners.
35Searches of lists prepared by Commissioners and grant of certified copies of entries.
35AConstitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter.
36Rules.
37[Repealed.].
5Powers exercisable from time to time
6 Establishment of general registry offices and appointment of Registrars General.
11Persons whose births and deaths are registrable.
12 Power for State Government to appoint Registrars for its territories.
19Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is given
27 Penalty for willfully giving false information
28 Correction of entry in register of births or deaths.
32Permission to persons having custody of certain records to send them within one year to Registrar General.
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