(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 3 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, 18652 (15 of 1865), 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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(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 3 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, 18652 (15 of 1865), 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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Source footnotes
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.
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Section 1 · Short title and commencement.Section 2 · Extent.Section 3 · Definitions.Section 4 · Saving of local laws.Section 5 · Powers exercisable from time to timeSection 7 · Indexes to be kept at general registry office.Section 8 · Indexes to be open to inspection.Section 9 · Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 17 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.