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The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act

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.
1886
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title and commencement
  3. 2
     Extent
  4. 3
     Definitions
  5. 4
     Saving of local laws
  6. 5
     Powers exercisable from time to tim

  • GENERAL REGISTRY OFFICES OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

  • 6
     Establishment of general registry offices and appointment of Registrars General
  • 7
     Indexes to be kept at general registry office
  • 8
     Indexes to be open to inspection
  • 9
     Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence
  • 10
     Superintendence of Registrars by Registrar General

  • A.—Application of this Chapter

  • 11
     Persons whose births and deaths are registrable

  • B.—Registration Establishment

  • 12
     Power for State Government to appoint Registrars for its territories
  • 13
     [Omitted.]
  • 14
     Registrar to be deemed a public servant
  • 15
     [Repealed.]
  • 16
     Office and attendance of Registrar
  • 17
     Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office
  • 18
     Register books to be supplied and preservation of records to be provided for

  • C.—Mode of registration

  • 19
     Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is give
  • 20
     Persons authorised to give notice of birth
  • 21
     Persons authorised to give notice of death
  • 22
     Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice
  • 23
     Grant of certificate of registration of birth or death
  • 24
     Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General
  • 25
     Searches and copies of entries in register books
  • 26
     Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths

  • D.—Penalty for False Information

  • 27
     Penalty for willfully giving false informatio

  • E.—Correction of Errors

  • 28
     Correction of entry in register of births or deaths

  • AMENDMENT OF MARRIAGE ACTS

  • 29
     [Repealed.]
  • 30
     [Repealed.]
  • 31
     [Repealed.]

  • SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN EXISTING REGISTERS

  • 32
     Permission to persons having custody of certain records to send them within one year to Registrar General
  • 33
     Appointment of Commissioners to examine registers
  • 34
     Duties of Commissioners
  • 35
     Searches of lists prepared by Commissioners and grant of certified copies of entries
  • 35A
     Constitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter

  • RULES

  • 36
     Rules
  • 37
     [Repealed.]