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Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception irrespectiveof the duration of pregnancy; (d) "live-birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, and each product of such birth is considered live-born; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof; (g) "still-birth" means foetal death where a product of conception has attained at least the prescribed period of gestation. (2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.

Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 Section 2

Title: Definitions and Interpretation

State: Central

Year: 1969

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "birth" means live-birth or still-birth; (b) "death" means the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live-birth has taken place; (c) "foetal death" means absence of all evidence of life prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception irrespectiveof the duration of pregnancy; (d) "live-birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, and each product of such birth is considered live-born; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof; (g) "still-birth" means foetal death where a product of conception has attained at least the prescribed period of gestation. (2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.

Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....and West Bengal have separate legislation in regard lo registration of births and deaths, while others have enabling provisions in the Municipal Act, Panchayat Act. Chowkidai " Manual or Land Revenue Manual so that the matter is governed by executive orders or bye-laws setting out legal registra- tion procedure. Such situation by its very nature, leads to diversity in practices and inefficiency of performance. Various national committees and experts, who gave attention to the problem, have strongly recommended the need for a Central Legislation to regulate registration of births and deaths in the country. 2. The Central Government needs adequate and accurate countrywide registration data for purposes of national planning, organising public health and medical activities and developing family planning programmes. Population is one of the most dynamic factors in the present economy of the country but it is here that information on trends furnished by the registration data is very defective and unreliable. The national interest requires an acceptable level of performance by the States and technical uniformity of the methods and standards used in the collection and compilation of.....