BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
PART I
INTERPRETATION.
PART II
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.
2. Births and deaths registration districts.
3. Appointment of Registrar General.
PART III
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.
9. Registration of a child, not a child by marriage.
11. Extended period for registration.
PART IV
CHANGE OF NAME OR SEX.
PART V
REGISTRATION OF DEATHS.
18. Extended period for registration.
PART VI
GENERAL.
19. Registrar General's duties.
24. Power to waive or reduce fees.
28. No fee for late registration.
29. Gombolola headquarters records.
CHAPTER 309
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT.
Commencement: 1 October, 1973.
An Act to consolidate the law relating to the registration of births and deaths.
PART I
INTERPRETATION.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) "child by marriage" means a child of a lawful marriage;
(b) "register" means a births register book or a deaths register book kept under this Act;
(c) "Registrar General" means a person appointed by the Attorney General under section 3 to be the registrar general of births and deaths for Uganda;
(d) "registrar" means a person appointed by the Attorney General under section 4 to be a registrar of a births and deaths registration district and includes a deputy registrar.
PART II
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.
2. Births and deaths registration districts.
(1) The Attorney General shall by statutory instrument divide Uganda into births and deaths registration districts for the purpose of registering births and deaths under this Act.
(2) The Attorney General may by statutory instrument alter, amalgamate or subdivide such districts as he or she may think fit.
3. Appointment of Registrar General.
The Attorney General shall by notice in the Gazette appoint a registrar general of births and deaths for Uganda.
(1) The Attorney General shall by notice in the Gazette appoint a registrar for each births and deaths registration district.
(2) The
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