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India's Late Birth and Death Registration Rules
A bill before the Lok Sabha would make it much harder to enter a birth or death in the register long after it happened, routing every late entry through a magistrate.
Last updated 29 July 20263 min read
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A new bill would send every late birth or death entry past a magistrate — executive clearance up to two years, a judicial order after that.
- Registration of Births and Deaths Act
- births deaths registration bill 2026
- Nityanand Rai
- delayed registration
- Judicial Magistrate First Class
- civil registration
- Lok Sabha
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