Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
12. Power for State Government to appoint
Registrars for its territories
The
State Government may appoint, either by name or by virtue of their office, so
many person as it thinks necessary to be Registrars of Births and Deaths for
such local areas within the territories under its administration as it may define
and, if it sees fit, for any class of persons within any part of those
territories.