Chapter V : MISCELLANEOUS
20. Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens out side India
(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...
21. Power of Registrar to obtain information regarding birth or death
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...
22. Power to give direction
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...
23. Penalties
(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...
24. Power to compound offences
(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...
25. Sanction for prosecution
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.
13[25A. Appeal
(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...
26. Registrars and Sub-Registrars to be deemed public servants
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...
27. Delegation of Powers
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...
28. Protection of Action taken in good faith
(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...
29. Act not to be in derogation of Act 6 of 1886
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886.
30. Power to make rules
(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...
31. Repeal and saving
(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...
32. Power to remove difficulties
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 ...