The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act

Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is give

Persons authorised to give notice of birth

Persons authorised to give notice of death

Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice

Grant of certificate of registration of birth or death

Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General

Searches and copies of entries in register books

Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths


C.—Mode of registration


(1) Every Registrar of Births and Deaths
shall, on payment of the prescribed fees, at all reasonable times, allow searches to be made in the register
books kept by him, and give a copy of any entry in the same.

(2) Every copy of an entry in a register book given under this section shall be certified by the
Registrar of Births and Deaths, and shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the birth or
death to which the entry relates.

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