.....ACT, 1873 4 of 1873 Preamble.functions.Whereas it is expedient to provide the means for a complete register of births and deaths It is hereby enacted as follows; Section 1 Power to direct registration of births and deaths and define area The 11. Words subs, by the Government India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State Government] may at any time, by a notification published in the 22. Words subs, by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order. 1937. [Official Gazette], direct that all births and deaths, or all births, or all deaths, occuring within the limits o any area after a certain date to be named in such notification shall be registered, and for that purpose may define the limits of such area. From and after such date this Act shall apply to the whole of the area so defined. Section 2 Magistrate may divide area into districts and may appoint registrars The Magistrate of the District may, for the purpose of such registration, divide any such area into such and so many districts as he may think fit, and may appoint one or more persons to be registrars of births or of deaths, or of births and deaths,.....
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