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Section 15: Designation of National Registration Authority and officers

The Citizenship (Registraiton of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003Central Rules · 1955

(1)On and from the date of commencement of these rules,'the Registrar General, India shall be designated as the Registrar General of Citizen RegWration, iham who shaH also function as such for the purposes of these rules. " " ' u :

(2) The Central Government may designate -

(a) one or more officers as Additional or Joint or Deputy Registrar General of Citizen Registration and such other officers and staff as may be required; and

(p) an officer as a Director, and one or mora officers as Joint Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director of Citizen Regfstrafion for each of the States and the Union territories along with requisite support 18 TOE GAZETTEOFINDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PARTII—SEC. 3(i)] staff, to assist the Registrar General of Citizen Registration in discharging the functions and responsibilities under these rules,

(3) The State Government shall notify a State Coordinator of National Registration not beiow the rank of a Secretary in the State Government or equivalent.

13. Supervision and Control of Registrar General of Citizen Registration over District. Sub-district or Taluk and Local Registrars of Citizen Registration. - (1) The State Governments shall designate an officer or a person as Local Registrar of Citizen Registration for each lowest geographical jurisdiction, that is to say, of a village or rural area or town, or ward or demarcated area (demarcated by the Registrar General of Citizen Registration) within a ward in a town or urban area who shall function as Local Registrar for the purpose of preparation of Local Register of Indian Citizens.

(2) Every Local Registrar of Citizen Registration shall function under the overall supervision of t r r Sub-district or Taluk Registrar of Citizen Registration.

(3) Every Sub-district or Taluk Registrar of Citizen Registration shall function under the overall supervision of the District Registrar of Citizen Registration.

(4) For the purposes of implementing and carrying out the provisions of these rules, the District Registrar, the Sub-district or Taluk Registrar and the Local Registrar of Citizen Registration shall be under the supervision and control of the Registrar General of Citizen Registration.

(5) The Registrar General of Citizen Registration or any officer authorized by him at any tjme may call for any records for examination, and issue directions regarding inclusion or exclusion of any individual or family particulars from the Population Register or Local Register of Indian Citizens, to the District Registrar, the Sub-district or Taluk Registrar and the Local Registrar of Citizen Registration.

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ActThe Citizenship (Registraiton of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003
Section15
Marginal noteDesignation of National Registration Authority and officers
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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