LawgistThe Registration of Births and Deaths Act
12Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant
The Registrar shall, as soon as the registration of a birth or death has been completed, give, free of charge, to the person who gives information under section 8 or section 9 and extract of the prescribed particulars under his hand from the register relating to such birth or death.
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All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions and interpretation
- 3 Registrar-General, 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
- 12 Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant
- 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
- 17 Search of births and deaths registe
- 18 Inspection of registration office
- 19 Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation
- 20 Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India
- 21 Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or deat
- 22 Powers to give directions
- 23 Penalties
- 24 Power to compound offences
- 25 Sanction for prosecution
- 26 Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servant
- 27 Delegation of powers
- 28 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 29 Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 188
- 30 Power to make rules
- 31 Repeal and saving
- 32 Power to remove difficulty
