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The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
(a) the forms of registers of births and (m) any other matter which has to
deaths required to be kept under be, or may
this Act;
be, prescribed.
(b) the period within which and the
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form and the manner in which [(3) Every rule made under this Act
information should be given to the shall be laid, as soon as may be
Registrar under section 8; after it is made, before the State
Legislature].
(c) the period within which and the
manner in which births and deaths 31. Repeal and saving—(1) Subject to the
shall be notified under sub-section provisions of section 29, as from the coming
(1) of section 10; into force of this Act in any State or part
thereof, so much of any law in force therein
(d) the person from whom and the as relates to the matters covered by this Act
form in which a certificate as to shall stand repealed in such State or part,
cause of death shall be as the case may be.
obtained;
(2) Notwithstanding such repeals,
(e) the particulars of which extract anything done or any action taken (including
may be given under section 12 any instruction or direction issued, any
regulation or rule or order made) under any
(f) the authority which may grant such law shall, in so far as such thing or
permission for registration of a action is not inconsistent with the provisions
birth or death under sub-section of this Act, be deemed to have been done or
(2) of section 13; taken under the provisions aforesaid, as if
they were in force when such thing was
(g) the fees payable for registration done or such action was taken, and shall
made under section 13; continue in force accordingly until
superseded by anything done or any action
(h) the submission of reports by the taken under this Act.
Chief Registrar under sub-
section (4) of section 4; 32. Power to remove difficulty—If
any difficulty arises in giving effect in a State
(i) the search of birth and death to the provisions of this Act in their
registers and the fees payable application to any areas, the State
for such search and for the Government may, with the approval of the
grant of extracts from the Central Government, by order make such
register; provisions or give such directions not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
(j) the forms in which and the as appears to the State Government to be
intervals at which the returns and necessary or expedient for removing the
the statistical report under difficulty :
section 19 shall be furnished and
published; Provided that no order shall be
made under this section in relation to any
(k) the custody, production and area in a State after the expiration of two
transfer of the registers and years from the date on which this Act comes
other records kept by into force in that area.
Registrars;