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Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1886

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT, 1886 BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT, 1886 [Act No. 6 of 1886 dated 8th. March, 1886]1 An Act to provide for the voluntary registration of certain births and deaths, for the establishment of General Registry Offices for keeping registers of certain births, deaths and marriages, and for certain other purposes. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the voluntary registration of births and deaths among certain classes of persons, for the more effectual registration of those births and deaths and of the marriages registered under Act 3 of 18722 or the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872), and of certain marriages registered under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 18653 (15 of 1865), and for the establishment of general registry offices for keeping registers of those births, deaths and marriages; And Whereas it is also expedient to provide for the authentication and custody of certain existing registers made otherwise than in the performance of a duty specially enjoined by the law of the country in which the registers were kept, and to declare that copies of the entries in those registers shall be.....

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Preamble 1

Title: Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

State: Central

Year: 1886

.....and for certain other purposes. whereas it is expedient to provide for the voluntary registration of births and deaths among certain classes of persons, for the more effectual registration of those births and deaths and of the marriages registered under Act III of 18721, or the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872) and of certain marriages registered under Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1865 (15 of 1865)2, and for the establishment of general registry offices for keeping registers of those births, deaths and marriages; And whereas it is also expedient to provide for the authentication and custody of certain existing registers made otherwise than in the performance of a duty specially enjoined by the law of the country in which the registers were kept, and to declare that copies of the entries in those registers shall be admissible in evidence; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- ______________________ 1. See now the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954). 2. See now the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936).

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Chapter II

Title: General Registry Offices of Births, Deaths and Marriages

State: Central

Year: 1886

..... 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.....

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Section 6

Title: Establishment of General Registry Offices and Appointment of Registrars General

State: Central

Year: 1886

(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: 3[* * * * *]. ____________________________ 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.

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Chapter V

Title: Special Provisions as to Certainexisting Registers

State: Central

Year: 1886

.....purposes of section 33, each such Commission consisting of so many and such members, and having its functions restricted to the disposal, under this Act and the rules there under, of such registers and records sent under section 32 to the Registrar General, as may be specified in the notification. (2) If more Commissions than one are appointed in exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1), then references in this Act to the Commissioners shall be construed as references to the members constituting a Commission so appoint ed.] _______________________ 1. Section 35A was added by the Births, Death and Marriages Registration Act, (1886) Amendment Act, 1890 (16 of 1890), sec. 2, which was repealed by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), sec. 3 and Sch. II. The present sub-section (1) was Substituted for the original sub-section by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), sec. 2, Sch. I, and sub-section (2), was inserted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1934 (24 of 1934) sec. 2 and Sch. I. 2. The words "The Central Government or" rep. by the A.O. 1950. 3. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "if he or it thinks fit, may by notification in the Gazette of India or the.....

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Section 32

Title: Permission to Persons Having Custody of Certain Records to Send Them Within One Year to Registrar General

State: Central

Year: 1886

.....time being the custody of any register or record of birth, baptism, naming, dedication, death or burial of any persons of the classes referred to in section 11,subsection (1), or, of any register or record of marriage of any persons of the classes to which Act III of 18722or the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872(15of 1872) or the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1865 (15 of 1865)3applies, and if such register or record has been made otherwise than in performance of a duly specially enjoined by the law of the country in which the register or record was kept, he may,4[at any time before the first day April, 1891,] send the register or record to the office of the Registrar General or Births, Deaths and Marriages for the territories within which he resides,5[***] _________________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956, for "a Part A State or a Part C State." 2. See, now the Special Maggiage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954). 3. See, now the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936). 4. Substituted by Act 16 of 1890, sec. 1, for "within one year from the date on which this Act coms into force". 5. Certain words including the proviso which was ins. by Act 38.....

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Chapter III

Title: Registration of Births and Deaths

State: Central

Year: 1886

.....the members of every race, sect or tribe to which the Indian Succession Act, 1865 (10 of 1865)2 applies, and in respect of which an order under section 332 of that Act is not for the time being in force, and all persons professing the Christian religion; 3[***] (2) But the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, may 4[***] extend the operation of this Chapter to any other class of persons either generally or in any local area. __________________________________ 1. Substitution by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956, for "a Part A State or a Part C State". 2. See now the Indian Succesion Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), section 3. 3. Clause (b) rep. by the A.O. 1950. 4. The words "with the previous approval of the G.G. in C" were omitted by the Act 38 of 1920, sec. 2 and Sch. I. Section 12 to 18 - B.--Registration Establishment Section 12 - Power for State Government to appoint Registrars for its territories The State Government may appoint, either by name or by virtue of their office, so many persons as it thinks necessary to be Registrars of Births and Deaths for such local areas within the territories under its.....

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 Section 11

Title: Persons Whose Births and Deaths Are Registrable

State: Central

Year: 1886

A.--Application of this Chapter (1) The persons whose births and deaths shall, in the first instance, be registrable under this Chapter are the following, namely:-- (a) in1[the territories to which this Act extends] the members of every race, sect or tribe to which the Indian Succession Act, 1865 (10 of 1865)2 applies, and in respect of which an order under section 332 of that Act is not for the time being in force, and all persons professing the Christian religion; 3[***] (2) But the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, may 4[***] extend the operation of this Chapter to any other class of persons either generally or in any local area. __________________________________ 1. Substitution by the A.O. (No. 2) 1956, for "a Part A State or a Part C State". 2. See now the Indian Succesion Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), section 3. 3. Clause (b) rep. by the A.O. 1950. 4. The words "with the previous approval of the G.G. in C" were omitted by the Act 38 of 1920, sec. 2 and Sch. I.