BIRTH REGISTRATION IN INDIA

THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT, 1969
“REGISTRATION OF BIRTH IS A RIGHT OF EVERY CHILD. IT IS THE FIRST LEGAL DOCUMENT CONFIRMING IDENTITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL”

      The documentation of births is a practice widely held throughout human civilization, specially in China, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Persia. The original purpose of birth registration was for tax purposes and for the determination of available military manpower. Births were initially registered with churches, who maintained registers of births. This practice continued into the 19th century. The compulsory registration of births with governmental agencies is a practice that originated in the United Kingdom in 1853.

      The Indian Civil Registration System was first introduced in the last century as an aid to the Public Health Administration. Registration under this system was voluntary and the various provinces and states had different legislations and there was lack of standardization of concepts, definitions and classifications. After the enactment of RBD Act in 1969, a uniform piece of legislation, replaced all the diverse laws. 

BIRTH REGISTRATION IN KERALA
Kerala Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 1999

How to register birth:

• In Kerala the time limit prescribed for reporting the birth and Death events is within twenty one days of its occurrence.
• Persons required to register births and deaths: In respect of births and deaths in a house, the head of the house and  in the absence of any such person, the oldest adult male person present therein during the said period.
• In respect of births and deaths in a hospital the medical officer in charge or any person authorized by him in his behalf
• In respect of a birth or death in a moving vehicle, the person in charge of the vehicle shall give  information at the first place of halt.
• Delayed Registration:Any birth or death of which information is given to the Registrar after the expiry of 21 days but within thirty days of its occurrence, shall be registered on payment of  late fee Rs.2/-
•  Any births or deaths which delayed information is given to the Registrar after 30 days but within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only with the written permission of the District registrar and on payment of the prescribed late fee Rs.5/-  and the production of an affidavit made before a notary public or gazetted officer
•  Any birth or death which has not been registered within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only on an order made by a magistrate of the first class or Presidency Magistrate after verifying the correctness of the birth or death and on payment of the late fee Rs.10/-
• Registration of name of child:Where the birth of any child has been registered without a name, the parent or guardian of such child shall give information within one year regarding the name of the child to the registrar.

How to get birth certificate:

• Application affixed with court fee stamp worth Rs.5/-  has to be submitted in the local body institution (panchayat/municipality/corporation/cantonment office) where the event took place. Father and mother should sign in the application  form for registering  name of the child. 
• Fee for birth certificate is Rs.5/-. Late fee for regestering name  after one year of birth registration is Rs.5/-  and search fee for one year is Rs.2 ( total Rs.12/-)

Documents needed:

• Attested copy of SSLC book/ extract of school admission register.
• Affidavit signed by parents showing order of birth of all children.
• If the difference of date of birth in school certificate and actual date of birth is more than ten months, documents to prove date of birth of all the children should be attached.
• Stamp paper of Rs.10/-  in the name of applicant.
• ID proof of parents.

There is on line facility for getting birth certificate (http://cr.lsgkerala.gov.in/). Online Birth Certificates are permitted as a valid age proof document for School admission procedures (G.O(M.S) No. 173/10/ Dated 02/09/2010) But for name inclusion application has to be submitted in local body offices as described above.

 

FEES CHARGEABLE FOR VARIOUS SERVICES
Transaction	Fees
Registration of events reported to the Registrar within 21 days from the Date of Occurrence of that event	:NIL
Registration of events reported to the Registrar after 21 days but within 30 days from the Date of Occurrence of that event	: 2
Registration of events reported to the Registrar after 30 days but within one year from the Date of Occurrence of that event	: 5
Registration of events that are not registered within one year from the Date of Occurrence of that event	: 10
Name inclusion of the Child in the Birth Register after 12 months from the Date of Registration of birth (without recording child’s name)	: 5
Search for a single entry in the first year for the search is made	: 2
For every additional year for which the search is continued	: 2
For granting extract relating to each birth or death under Section 17 of the RBD Act,1969	: 5
For granting NAC( non-availability certificate) of birth or death	: 2

APPLICATION FORMS