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Section 35A: Constitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter.

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

[ 35A. Constitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter.--(1) *** The State Government [may by notification in the Official Gazette] appoint more Commissions than one for the purposes of section 33, each such Commission consisting of so many and such members, and having its functions restricted to the disposal, under this Act and the rules there under, of such registers and records sent under section 32 to the Registrar General, as may be specified in the notification.

(2) If more Commissions than one are appointed in exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1), then references in this Act to the Commissioners shall be construed as references to the members constituting a Commission so appointed.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
Section35A
Marginal noteConstitution of additional Commissions for purposes of this Chapter.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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. . Section 35A was added by the Births, Death and Marriages Registration Act, (1886) Amendment Act, 1890 (16 of 1890), s. 2, which was repealed by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), s. 3 and the Second Schedule. The present sub-section (1) was subs. for the original sub-section by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), s. 2 and the First Schedule, and sub-section (2), was inserted by the Repea…
  • omitted. . The words "The Central Government or" omitted by the A.O. 1950.
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "if he or it thinks fit, may by notification in the Gazette of India or the local Official Gazette, as the case may be".
  • other. . For Commissioners appointed under this section, see Gazette of India, 1890, Pt. I, p. 744.

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