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Section 20: Special provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India

The Registration of Births and Death Act 1969Union territory Act of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu · Act 18 of 1969

(1) The Registrar-General shall, subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, cause to be registered information as to births and deaths of citizens of India outside India received by him under the rules relating to the registration of such citizens at Indian Consulates made under the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), and every such registration shall also be deemed to have been duly made under this Act.

(2) In the case of any child born outside India in respect of whom information has not been received as provided in sub-section (1), if the parents of the child return to India with a view to settling therein, 8 they may, at any time within sixty days from the date of the arrival of the child in India, get the birth of the child registered under this Act in the same manner as if the child was born in India and the provisions of section 13 shall apply to the birth of such child after the expiry of the period of sixty days aforesaid.

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ActThe Registration of Births and Death Act 1969
Section20
Marginal noteSpecial provision as to registration of births and deaths of citizens outside India
JurisdictionUnion territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
StatusIn force as published by the source

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