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

(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding
shall lie against the Government, the Registrar-General, any Registrar, or any person exercising any
power or performing any duty under this Act for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be
done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder.

(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government for any damage caused or likely
to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance, of this Act or
any rule or order made thereunder.

LAWGIST

# 28 Protection of action taken in good faith