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Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969

Year: 1969

Enactment Date: 1969-05-31

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation of registration of births and deaths and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions and interpretation.
3Registrar General of India.
4 Chief Registrar.
5 Registration divisions.
6 District Registrar.
7 Registrars.
8 Persons required to register births and deaths.
9 Special provisions regarding births and deaths in a plantation.
10 Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death.
11 Informant to sign the register.
12Certificate of registration of births or deaths
13 Delayed registration of births and deaths.
14 Registration of name of child.
15 Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths.
16 Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form.
17Search of births and deaths register
18Inspection of registration offices
19 Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation.
20Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India.
21Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death
22Powers to give directions.
23 Penalties.
24Power to compound offences.
25Sanction for prosecution.
26Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servants
27Delegation of powers.
28Protection of action taken in good faith.
29Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886
30 Power to make rules.
31Repeal and saving.
32Power to remove difficulty.
25AAppeal.
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