Section 26 of The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 View Chapter 3

Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths


   Notwithstanding anything in section 19, the 1[State Government] may make rules2 authorising Registrars of Births and Deaths, on conditions and in circumstances to be specified in the rules, to register births and deaths occurring outside the local areas or classes for which they are appointed.

1Subs. by Act 9 of 1911, s. 3 for "G.G. in C.".

2For rules made under section 26 conjointly with sections 28 and 36, see Gazette of India, 1888, Part. I, p. 336, and different local Rules and Orders. All rules made by the G.G. in C. under this Act, before 1911, shall be deemed to have been made by the State Governments, see section 6 of Act 9 of 1911.