Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
3.Registrar General, India.-
(1)
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a
person to be known as the Registrar-General, India.
(2)
The Central Government may also appoint such other officers with such designations
as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and
direction of the Registrar-General, such functions of the Registrar-General
under this Act as he may, from time to time, authorise them to discharge.
(3) The Registrar-General may issue general directions regarding registration
of births and deaths in the territories to which this Act extends, and shall
take steps to co-ordinate and unify the activities of Chief registrar in the
matter of registration of births and deaths and submit to the Central
Government n annual report on the working of this Act in the said territories.