Act Info:
(1) Each State Government --
(a) shall establish a general registry office for keeping such certified copies of registers of births and deaths registered under this Act, or marriages registered under Act III of 18721(to provide a form of marriage in certain cases) or the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 ( 15 of 1872), or, beyond the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1865 (15 of 1865)2, as may be sent to it under this Act, or under any of the three last-mentioned Acts, as amended by this Act; and
(b) may appoint to the charge of that office an officer, to be called the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, for the territories under its administration:
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1. See now the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954).
2. See now the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936).
3. Sub-section (2) rep. by the A.O. 1937.
Section 7 - Indexes to be kept at general registry office
Each Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages shall cause indexes of all the certified copies of registers sent to his office under this Act or under Act III of 1872, or the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872), or the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1865 (15 of 1865), as amended by this Act, to be made and kept in his office in the prescribed form.
Section 8 - Indexes to be open to inspection
Subject to the payment of the prescribed fees the indexes so made shall be at all reasonable time open to inspection by any person applying to inspect them, and copies of entries in the certified copies of the registers to which the indexes relate shall be given to all persons applying for them.
Section 9 - Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence
A copy of an entry given under the last foregoing section shall be certified by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or by an officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government and shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving the birth, death or marriage to which the entry relates.
Section 10 - Superintendence of Registrars by Registrar General
Each Registrar General of Births, Deaths andMarriages shall exercise a general superintendence over the Registrars of Births and Deaths in the territories for which he isappointed.