Section 11: Persons whose births and deaths are registrable.

The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886Central Act · Act 6 of 1886

(1) The persons whose births and deaths shall, in the first instance, be registrable under this Chapter are the following, namely:--

(a) in [the territories to which this Act extends] the members of every race, sect or tribe to which the Indian Succession Act, 1865 (10 of 1865) applies, and in respect of which an order under section 332 of that Act is not for the time being in force, and all persons professing the Christian religion;

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(2) But the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, may *** extend the operation of this Chapter to any other class of persons either generally or in any local area.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
Section	11
Marginal note	Persons whose births and deaths are registrable.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2), Order 1956, for "a Part A State or a Part C State".
other. . See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 3.
omitted. . Clause (@i/i@) omitted by the A.O. 1950.
omitted, Act 38 of 1920. . The words with the previous approval of the G. G. in C., omitted by the Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and the First Schedule.

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