394. Appointment of Chief Registrar and registrars.—(1) The Municipal Health Officer shall be the
Chief Registrar of births and deaths for 1
[
2
[Delhi]] and shall keep in such form as may be prescribed by
bye-laws a register of all births and deaths occurring in 1
[
2
[Delhi]].
(2) The Commissioner shall for the purposes of this Chapter appoint such number of persons to be
registrars of births and deaths as he deems necessary and define the respective areas which shall be under
the charge of such registrars.
395. Duties of registrar.—The registrar shall keep himself informed of every birth or death occurring
within the area under his charge and shall ascertain and register as soon as conveniently may be after the
event, and without fee or reward such particulars in respect of every birth or death as may be prescribed by
bye-laws made in this behalf.
396. Information of births and deaths.—(1) It shall be the duty of the father or mother of every child
born in Delhi and in default of the father or mother, of any relation of the child living in the same premises,
and in default of such relation, of the person having charge of the child, to give to the best of his knowledge
and belief to the registrar of the area concerned within eight days after such birth, information containing
such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
(2) It shall be the duty of the nearest relation present at the time of the death or in attendance during the
last illness of any person dying in Delhi and in default of such relation, of any person present or in
attendance at the time of the death, and of the occupier of the premises in which to his knowledge the death
took place and in default of the person hereinbefore mentioned, of each inmate of such premises and of the
undertaker or other person causing the corpse of the deceased person to be disposed of, to give to the best
of his knowledge and belief to the registrar of the area within which the death took place information
containing such particulars as may be prescribed by bye-laws made in this behalf.
(3) If a birth or death occurs in the hospital, none of the persons mentioned in sub-section (1) or, as the
case may be, in sub-section (2) shall be bound to give information required by that sub-section, but it shall
be the duty of the medical officer in charge of the hospital within twenty-four hours after the birth or death,
to send to the Municipal Health Officer a notice containing such particulars as may be prescribed by byelaws made in this behalf.