Section 394: Appointment of Chief Registrar and registrars.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957Central Act · Act 66 of 1957

(1) The Municipal Health Officer shall be the Chief Registrar of births and deaths for [[Delhi]] and shall keep in such form as may be prescribed by bye-laws a register of all births and deaths occurring in [[Delhi]].

(2) The Commissioner shall for the purposes of this Chapter appoint such number of persons to be registrars of births and deaths as he deems necessary and define the respective areas which shall be under the charge of such registrars.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Section	394
Marginal note	Appointment of Chief Registrar and registrars.
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, Delhi Act 12 of 2011. . Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “Delhi” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
substituted, Act 10 of 2022. . Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “the area of the Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).

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