The Assam Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1935
## A SSA M A CT I I O F 1935.

[Published in the **_Assam Gazette of the 7th August 1935.]_**

T H E ASSAM B IR T H S A N D D E A T H S

## REGISTRATION ACT, 1935.

An Act for registering Births and Deaths in

Assam.

Preamble. W hereas it is expedient to provide the means

for a complete register of births and deaths in
Assam ;

It is hereby enacted as follows :—

**short title.** **!• (1 )** This Act may be called The Assam

Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1935.

**Commencement.** **(2 )** It shall come into force from the first day

of January 1936.

(3 ) Subject to the provisions of sub-section **(4)**

of this section it shall extend in the first instance
only to the areas in Assam in which the Bengal Ben(rol

**Power to direct B ir th s** and Deaths Registration Act, 1873, is, ’i w t

birth s and regirtrat ion 01 before the passing of this Act, in force but the
deaths and **to L ocal** Government may, at any time, by a
define area.

notification published in the Assa‘/‘ Ornette, direct

that all births and deaths, or all births, or all
deaths, occurring within the limits of any other
area after a certain date to be named in such

notification shall be registered, and, for that

purpose, may define the limits of such other area.

From and after Buch date this Act shall apply

to the whole of the area so defined.

(4 ) The Local Government may further, at

any time by notification published in the Assam

Qaz*tte, direct that, the principal local agents **of**

any employers of labour, **or** of any class of suoh
employers in Assam, shall after a certain date to

be named in such notification cause to be registered
all births and deaths or all births or all deaths,
or all births and deaths among a specified class
of labour, occurring upon laud in the occupation of
the employers.

**dw d’ mm Sto** 2. (1 ) The Magistrate of th e distrio t may, for

may1*' appoint P[u r] P[o e] 6 of [8U C]h registration, divide any such

Tegiatrw..' area into such and so inaDy circles as he msy think

fit, and may appoint one or more persons to be

registrars of births or of deaths, or of birth s and

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deaths, within such circle, and may, at any

time, for sullicient reason, dismiss any such

registrar and may fill up any vacancy in the
office of registrar,

(2 ) The Magistrate of the district shall also

notify to the principal local agents of all employers
of labour who may have been directed to cause
births or deaths occurring on land in their

occupation to he re istered. the designation of the
Registrar to whom such births or deaths should
be reported.

*nbh?hra n8t ot '^’’[e] ^ a S>strate of the district shall cause to

**registrars.** be published a Iist containing the name and place
of office of ever v registrar in the area, and speci­
fying the hours of the d»y during which such <
registrar shall attend at his office for the purpose
of registration.

**Every** **regie-** **4.** Every registrar shall have an office within

offlce°wioun the district, of which he is appointed registrar,

**dietrict.** and shall cause his name, with the addition **of**

registrar of births (or of deaths, or of births and
deaths, according to his appointment) for

the district for which he is so appointed, and
notice of the hours during which he will attend
for the purpose of registration, to be affixed in
some conspicuous place on or near the outer door
of his office,

?a«[lrt]” e’i3to^ ^h e Magistrate of the district shall cause to

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hooks **prepared** be prepared a sufficient uumbei of regiser-books for
ma numbered. m a j([ j]n [g ] e n [,,ries of all births or deaths or both, ]

according to such forms as the Local Government
may, from time to time, sanction ; and the pages

of such books shall be numbered progressively

from the beginning to the end j and every place
of entry shall be also numbered progressively

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from the beginning to the end of the the book, and »
every entry shall be divided from the following
entry by a line.

Begietr&r to Every registrar shall inform himself care-

**Ml0** **Md** eV ery birth, or of every death, or of both,

births »nd according io his appointment, which shall happen

**de»ti«.** **jn** jj 8 t r j0 t ( a n d shall register, as soon as con­

veniently may be after the event, without fee Or

reward the particulars required to be registered,
according to the forms mentioned in the last

preceding section, touching every such birth or

every such death, as the case may be, which shall
not have been already registered.

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Md"'deaths[rt]oD Every person who may be required to

padn"n?an ora’ [r e] P[o r] ^ births or deaths on land in the occupation

pioyar of labour, of an employer of labour shall report monthly

before the Nth of the month to the reg istrar all
Buch births and deaths as have occurred within
the preceding calendar month.

Chaukidar to 8. Every chaukidar or other village-watchman

ur'^nd to[r t]'re-’ >n a n y a r e a t o which this Act shall apply, or,

S [t0 ] regi9 r e ®r e ' s n o c'baukidar or other village watch­

man, such person as the Magistrate of the district
may appoint, shall be required to report every
birth or death occurring within his beat to such
registrar and at such periods as the Magistrate
may direct.

He shall obtain in writing, if possible, and if

it is impossible for him to obtain in writing, he

            - shall obtain verbally, from any person who is

hound to give information of the birth or death,
all particulars which are required to be known
and registered, and he shall report such particu­
lar,, to the registrar.

to give miorma- PorsoM bound . . . . 9. The f, a th- t or. mother of every child . _ , born

tion of birth , withi . such area, or in case of the death, illness,
absence or inability of the father and mother, the
midwife assisting at the birth of such child, shall,
within eigh t days next after the day of every
such birth, give information, either personally
or in writing, to the registrar of the district, or
by means of the chaukidar or other village-
watchman or other person as provided in the last
preceding section, according to the best of his or
her knowledge and belief, of the several partic­
ulars hereby required to be known and register­
ed, touching the birth oi such child.

penons bound io , fh e nearest male relati ve of the deceased
to give informa- , , .

tion of death, present at the death, or in attendance during[1] the

last illness of any person dying within such area,
or, in the absence of any such relative, the ocon-
pier o! the house, or, if the occupier be the person
who shall have died, some male inm ate of the
house in which such death shall have happened,
shall, within eight days next after the day of
such death, give information, either personally
or in writing, to the registrar of the district, or
by means of the chaukidar or other village-watch­

man or other person as provided in section 8,

according to the best of his knowledge and belief,
of the several particulars hereby required to be
known and registered, touching th e death of such
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Provided that no person shall be hound to giv e

the name o f any female relative.

Sections 8, » 11. The provisions of sections 8, 9 and 10 shall

S”piTIOton"births not [a] Pply to births and deaths which are required

“ ponedh8mdw t° reported under section _7._

section **7.**

Pennity for 12. (1) Any chaukidar or other village-watch­

man or other person so appointed under section 8
of this Act who, wilfully or negligently, refuses
or omits to produce such writing, if any, or to

report such birth or death, shill be punishable at
the discretion of the Magistrate of the district with
fine which may extend to two rupees.

(2) Any person who refuses or neglects to give

any information which it is his duty to give under
section 9 or 10, shall be punishable, with fine

which may extend to five rupees :

Provided that not more than one person shall be

punishable for such refusal or neglect to give
information.

Municipality 13. In any place to which section 259 of the

Act" otA’S Assam Municipal Act, 19;t3, shall have been ex-

teep!p»'«!s*tt«r^e n ( ' e<^’ ^ ie Municipal Boarder Town Committee

of birth s or shall, if so required by the Local Government,

eat « or . a r r a n g e f o r ke e pjn <, a register of all births or of

all deaths or of all births and deaths, occurring
within the municipality. The Municipal Board

or Town Committee shall, in such case, be autho­

rised to provide out of the municipal or town fund
for the employment of a sufficient number of
registrars, and for the expenditure necessary for
the maintenance of such registers; and all the

provisions of this Act 6hall he deemed to apply to
such place as if such place were a district, and
the Municipal Board or Town Committee shall
exercise all the powers of a Magistrate under sec­
tions 2, 3 and 6 of this Ac t.

pccRity for re- 14. An y registrar who refuses or neglects to

tortregrisu^“ ing a gister any birth or death occurring within his

district which he is bound to register, within a rea­
sonable time after he shall have been duly inform­
ed thereof, or demands or accepts any fee or

reward or other gratification as a consideration for
making such registry, shall be punishable, with
fine which may extend to fifty rupees for each
such offence.


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Penalty for wii- w k°ever wilfully makes **op causes to ba**

lolly giving made, for the purpose of being inserted in any

tfon! [ln orn,tt] register of birth-; or deaths, any false statement

touching any of the particulars required to be
known and registered, shall be punishable with a
fine not exceeding fifty rupees.

ma” dcpute^-ub6 16- aui*trate of a district may depute

ordinate Magis-any subordinate Magistrate to exercise the powers

XXe [10] hu and to perform the duties vested in the Magis-

functiona. trate by this Ac t within such district or any part
thereof.

Repeal. 17, The enactment, the Bengal Births and

Deaths Registration Act, 1878, is hereby repealed nroT'iwx

in its application to Assam.

**A. G. P. (Leg-)** **No, 101- 600—3-10-1936.**


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