Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

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SECTIONS:
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Local extent.
3. Definition.
4. Saving of local laws.
5. Powers exercisable from time to time.
6. Establishment of general registry offices and appointment of Registrars General.
7. Indexes to be kept at general registry office.
8. Indexes to be open to inspection.
9. Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence.
10. Superintendence of Registrars by Registrar General.
11. Persons whose births and deaths are registerable.
12. Power for Provincial Government to appoint Registrars for its territories.
13. Power for Federal Government to appoint Registrars for Acceding States.
14. Registrar to be deemed a public servant.
15. [Repealed.]
16. Office and attendance of Registrar.
17. Absence of Registrar or vacancy in his office.
18. Registrar books to be supplied and preservation of records to be provided for.
19. Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is given.
20. Persons authorized to give notice of birth.
21. Persons authorised to give of notice death.
22. Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice.
23. Grant of certificate of registration of birth or death.
24. Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General.
25. Searches and copies of entries in register books.
26. Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths.
27. Penalty for wilfully given false information.
28. Correction of entry in register of births or deaths.
29-31. [Repealed.]
32. Permission to persons having custody of certain records to send them within one year to Registrar General.
33. Appointment of Commissioners to examine registers.
34. Duties of Commissioners.
35. Searches of lists prepared by Commissioners and grant of certified copies of entries.
35 A. Constitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter.
36. Rules.
37. [Repealed.]







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