| 1.
| | This Act may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Act. |
| 2.
| | Appointment of Registrar- General and his duties. |
| 3.
| | Appointment of Assistant Registrars- General and their duties. |
| 4.
| | District Registrars. [8,22 of 1955] |
| 5.
| | Registration divisions. |
| 6.
| | Appointment of registrars, deputy registrars, & c. [2,1 of 1993] [2,37 of 2006] |
| 7.
| | Registrars deemed to be public officers. |
| 8.
| | Residence and office at registrar. |
| 9.
| | Annual list. |
| 10.
| | Duty of registrar to register births, deaths, and stillbirths |
| 11.
| | Transmission of duplicates to Registrar -General |
| 11A.
| | Issue of free copy of birth and death registration entry. [ 3, Law 41 of 1975] |
| 12.
| | Replacement of the original entry or duplicate entry in certain circumstances. |
| 13.
| | Replacement of an entry when both the original and duplicate are lost, damaged, or illegible. |
| 14.
| | Substituted filed and preserved. or duplicates, & c. |
| 15.
| | Obligation on certain individuals to give information about birth in person. |
| 16.
| | When and how information about birth may be given by written declaration. |
| 17.
| | information birth to be given by child. |
| 18.
| | Requisition by registrar of information concerning birth. |
| 19.
| | Duty of registrar to register births without fee or reward. |
| 20.
| | Information about, and registration of birth of, children born, or living newborn children found exposed, in estates. |
| 21.
| | Registration of illegitimate children. |
| 22.
| | Registrar may call for proof of marriage in certain circumstances. |
| 23.
| | Restriction on registration of birth after three months from occurrence. |
| 24.
| | Order for registration of birth, after three months from occurrence.[2, 25 of 2013] |
| 25.
| | Effect of order under section 24. |
| 26.
| | Application of section 24 to certain births occurring before the appointed date. |
| 27.
| | Insertion or alteration of the name of a person in the register.[ 3, Law 41 of 1975] [3, 25 of 2013] |
| 27A.
| | Amendment of birth registration entry by Registrar-General. [ 3, Law 41 of 1975] [4, 25 of 2013] |
| 28.
| | Amendment of birth registration entry relating to race of father.[ 3, Law 41 of 1975] [5, 25 of 2013] |
| 29.
| | When and by whom information concerning a death to be given. |
| 30.
| | When and how information about a death may be given by written declaration. |
| 31.
| | Certificate of medical practitioner as to cause of death. |
| 32.
| | Requisition by registrar of information concerning death. |
| 33.
| | Duty of registrar to register deaths without fee or reward. |
| 34.
| | Registration of death occurring in an estate. |
| 35.
| | Restriction on registration of death after three months from occurrence. |
| 36.
| | Order for registration of death after three months from occurrence.[6, 25 of 2013] |
| 37.
| | Effect of. |
| 38.
| | Application of section 36 to certain deaths occurring before the appointed date. |
| 39.
| | Certificate of inquirer into deaths. |
| 40.
| | Application of this Part to certain areas by Minister's Order. |
| 41.
| | Registration of deaths, and the burial, cremation or other disposal of the corpses, of persons dying within areas in which this Part applies. |
| 42.
| | Removal of corpses from areas in which this Part applies for burial, & c. |
| 43.
| | Registration of still-births in areas in. which this Part applies. |
| 44.
| | General duty of registration of registers and District Registrars in areas in which this Part applies, |
| 45.
| | Other provisions of Act to apply also to area in which this Part applies. |
| 46.
| | Duty of grama niladhari to give information about births and deaths. |
| 47.
| | Duty of certain. persons to give information relating to births and still-births occurring in certain areas to medical officers of health, & c. |
| 48.
| | Weekly returns or certificates be supplied by manager or other person in charge of a private hospital or a private maternity or nursing home. |
| 49.
| | Registration consequent on certain prosecutions. |
| 50.
| | Correction of registration entries. |
| 51.
| | Correction of clerical errors, & c. |
| 52.
| | Correction of errors other than clerical errors, Sec.[7, 25 of 2013] |
| 53.
| | Correction of a death registration entry on issue of a certificate by an inquirer into deaths. |
| 54.
| | Manner in which amendments to an entry to be made, & c. |
| 55.
| | Power of court to question the correctness of a registration or entry. |
| 56.
| | Issue of certified copies, e. [ 3, 15 of 1953] |
| 57.
| | Third copy, certified copy or extract to be prima facie evidence. [ 3, Law 41 of 1975] |
| 58.
| | Manner in which documents may be sent, & c. |
| 59.
| | District Books. |
| 60.
| | Registrar to surrender records on ceasing to hold office. |
| 61.
| | Declaration by nonresident persons, & c. [8, 25 of 2013] |
| 62.
| | Power of Registrar-General and District Registrars to examine witnesses and call for documents. |
| 63.
| | Government officers' declarations under sections 16 and 30. |
| 64.
| | Penalty, in cases of late registrations, for non-observance of provisions of Act, & c. |
| 65.
| | Penalty for failure to issue certificate under section 31, & c. [5, 12 of 2005] |
| 66.
| | Penalty for non-compliance with section 42. [5, 12 of 2005] |
| 67.
| | Penalty for destruction of documents and for giving false certificates, & c. |
| 68.
| | Penalty for false statement, & c. |
| 69.
| | Power to make rules. |
| 70.
| | Interpretation. |
| 71.
| | Savings and transitional provisions. |
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