Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
17.Search
of Births and deaths.-
(1)
Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, including
rules relating to the payment of fees and postal charges, any person may-
(a) cause a search to be made by the Registrar for any entry in a
register of births and deaths ; and
(b) obtain an extract from such register relating to any birth or death:
Provided that no extract relating to any
death, issued to any person, shall disclose the particulars regarding the cause
of death as entered in the register.
(2) All extracts given under this section shall be certified by the Registrar or
any other officer authorised by the State Government to give such extracts as
provided in section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872(1 of 1872.), and shall
be admissible in evidence for the purpose of providing the birth or death to
which the entry relates.