Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
12.
Extracts of registration entries to be given to informant.-
The
Register shall, as soon as the registration of a birth or death has been
completed, give, free of charge, to the person who gives information under
section 8 or section 9 an extract of the prescribed particulars under his hand
from the register relating to such birth or death.
Comment: The entry in the birth or death extract cannot be a document to prove
the paternity of a person. 1995 AIHC 5416 (Kant.)