Lawgist13Delayed registration of births and deaths
(1) Any birth or death of which information is given to the Registrar after the expiry of the period specified therefor, but within thirty days of its occurrence, shall be registered on payment of such late fee as may be prescribed.
(2) Any birth or death of which delayed information is given to the Registrar after thirty days but within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only with the written permission of the prescribed authority and on payment of the prescribed fee and the production of an affidavit made before a notary public or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government.
(3) Any birth or death which has not been registered within one year of its occurrence, shall be registered only on an order made by a magistrate of the first class or a Presidency Magistrate after varifying the correctness of the birth or death and on payment of the prescribed fee.
(4) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any action that may be taken against a person for failure on his part to register any birth or death within the time specified therefor and any such birth or death may be registered during the pendency of any such action.
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- 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
