Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
Bare Act · 1886
An Act to provide for the voluntary Registration of certain Births and Deaths, for the establishment of General Registry Offices for keeping Registers of certain Births, Deaths and Marriages, and for certain other purposes.
- Act number
- 6 of 1886
- Enacted
- 8 March 1886
- Contents
- 38 sections · 7 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title and commencement
- Section 2 – Extent
- Section 3 – Definitions
- Section 4 – Saving of local laws
- Section 5 – Powers exercisable from time to time
Chapter II — General Registry Offices Of Births, Deaths And Marriages
- Section 6 – Establishment of general registry offices and appointment of Registrars General (preview)
- Section 7 – Indexes to be kept at general registry office (preview)
- Section 8 – Indexes to be open to inspection (preview)
- Section 9 – Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence (preview)
Sections
Chapter III — Registration Of Births And Deaths
- Section 11 – Persons whose births and deaths are registrable (preview)
- Section 12 – Power for State Government to appoint Registrars for its territories (preview)
- Section 13 – [Omitted.] (preview)
- Section 14 – Registrar to be deemed a public servant (preview)
- Section 15 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 16 – Office and attendance of Registrar (preview)
- Section 17 – Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office (preview)
- Section 18 – Register books to be supplied and preservation of records to be provided for (preview)
- Section 19 – Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is given (preview)
- Section 20 – Persons authorised to give notice of birth (preview)
- Section 21 – Persons authorised to give notice of death (preview)
- Section 22 – Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice (preview)
- Section 23 – Grant of certificate of registration of birth or death (preview)
- Section 24 – Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General (preview)
- Section 25 – Searches and copies of entries in register books (preview)
- Section 26 – Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths (preview)
- Section 27 – Penalty for willfully giving false information (preview)
- Section 28 – Correction of entry in register of births or deaths (preview)
Chapter IV — Amendment Of Marriage Acts
- Section 29 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 30 – [Repealed.] (preview)
- Section 31 – [Repealed.] (preview)
Chapter V — Special Provisions As To Certain Existing Registers
- Section 32 – Permission to persons having custody of certain records to send them within one year to Registrar General (preview)
- Section 33 – Appointment of Commissioners to examine registers (preview)
- Section 34 – Duties of Commissioners (preview)
- Section 35 – Searches of lists prepared by Commissioners and grant of certified copies of entries (preview)
- Section 35A – Constitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter (preview)
Chapter VI — Rules
- Section 36 – Rules (preview)
- Section 37 – [Repealed.] (preview)