THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT, 1969

(1) This Act may be called the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969.     (2) It extends to the whole of India.     (3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the Central Governme...

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires :- 01[(a) “Aadhaar number” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in *clause (a) of section 2 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of  Fi...

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person to be known as the 01[Registrar General of India] 2) The Central Government may also appoint such other of...

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Chief Registrar for the State.  (2) The State Government may also appoint such other officers with such designation...

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette divide the territory within the State into such registration divisions as it may think fit and prescribe different rules for differ...

(1) The State Government may appoint a District Registrar for each revenue district and such number of Additional District Registrars as it thinks fit who shall, subject to the general control and ...

(1) The State Government may appoint a Registrar for each local area comprising the area within the jurisdiction of a municipality, panchayat or other local authority or any other area or a combina...

(1) It shall be the duty of the persons specified below to give or cause to be given, either 01[orally or in writing with signature], according to the best of their knowledge and belief, within suc...

In the case of births and deaths in a plantation, the superintendent of the plantion shall give or cause to be given to the Registrar the information referred to in section 8 :  Provided that the ...

(1) It shall be the duty of (i) the midwife or any other medical or health attendant at a birth or  a death,  (ii) the keeper or the owner of a place set apart for the disposal of dead bodies or ...

Every person who has orally given to the Registrar any information required under this Act shall write in the register maintained in this behalf ,his name, description and 07[place of abode and put...

The Registrar shall, as soon as the registration of a birth or death has been completed, but not later than seven days, give, free of charge, electronically or otherwise under his signature, to the...

(1) Any birth or death of which information is given to the Registrar after the expiry of the period specified therefor, but within thirty days of its occurrence, shall be registered on payment of ...

Where the birth of any child has been registered without a name the parent or guardian of such child shall within the prescribed period give information regarding the name of the child to the Regis...

If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar that any entry of a birth or death in any register kept by him under this Act is erroneous in form or substance, or has been fraudulently or imp...

(1) Every Registrar shall keep in the prescribed form a register of births and deaths 01[electronically or otherwise,] for the registration area or any part thereof in relation to which he exercise...

(1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, including rules relating to the payment of fees and postal charges, any person may  (a) cause a search to be made by the Regis...

The registration offices shall be inspected and the manner and by such authority as may be specified by the 05[in general or special order by the Chief Registrar] District Registrar.  05. Substi...

(1) Every Registrar shall send to the Chief Registrar or to any Officer specified by him, at such intervals and in such form as may be prescribed, , a return regarding the entries of births and dea...

(1) The 01[Registrar-General of India] shall, subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, cause to be registered information as to births and deaths of citizens o...

The Registrar may either orally or in writing require any person to furnish any information with in his knowledge in connection with in the Locality within which such person resides and that person...

The Central Government may give such directions to any State Government as may appear to be necessary for carrying into execution in the State any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or or...

(1) 02[Any person, except the person specified in sub-section (1A),] who  (a) fails without reasonable cause to give any information which it is his duty to give under any of the provisions of sec...

(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, any officer authorized by the Chief Registrar by a general or special order in this behalf; may, either before or after the institution of crimi...

No prosecution for an offence punishable under this Act shall be instituted except by an officer authorized by the Chief Registrar by general or special order in this behalf.

(1) Any person aggrieved by any action or order of,— (i) the Registrar, may prefer an appeal to the District Registrar; or (ii) the District Registrar, may prefer an appeal to the Chief     Regis...

All Registrars and Sub-Registrars shall, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made there under, be deemed to be pubic servants within th...

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act (except the power to make rules under section 30) or the rules made there u...

(1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government, the 14[Registrar-General of India], any Registrar, or any person exercising any power or performing any duty und...

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886.

(1) The State Government may, with the approval of the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.  (2) In particular, and withou...

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 29, as from the coming into force of this Act in any State or part thereof, so much of any law in force therein as relates to the matters covered by this Ac...

If any difficulty arises in giving effect in a State to the provisions of this Act in their application to any area, the State Government may, with the approval of the Central Government, by order ...