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The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

Chapter III — REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS A.—Application of this Chapter

Section 26Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths

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Section 26: Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths

26. Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths

Notwithstanding anything in section 19, the [State Government] may make rules 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.

Amendment notes (2)
  1. Subs . Subs. by Act 9 of 1911, s. 3 for "G.G. in C.".
  2. . For 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.