The Registration of Births and Deaths Act

Short title, extent and commencement

Definitions and interpretation

Registrar-General, India

Chief Registrar

Registration divisions

District Registrar

Registrars

Persons required to register births and deaths

Special provisions regarding births and deaths in a plantation

Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify cause of death

Informant to sign the register

Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant

Delayed registration of births and deaths

Registration of name of child

Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths

Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form

Search of births and deaths registe

Inspection of registration office

Registrars to send periodical returns to the Chief Registrar for compilation

Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India

Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or deat

Powers to give directions

Penalties

Power to compound offences

Sanction for prosecution

Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servant

Delegation of powers

Protection of action taken in good faith

Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 188

Power to make rules

Repeal and saving

Power to remove difficulty

All sections

The Registrar may either
orally or in writing require any person to furnish any information within his knowledge in connection
with a birth or death in the locality within which such person resides and that person shall be bound to
comply with such requisition.

LAWGIST

# 21 Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or deat