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Civil Status (Time for Making Declarations)

CIVIL STATUS (TIME FOR MAKING DECLARATIONS)

Joint Rules 39 of 1975

To prescribe the time within which civil status declarations shall be made.

Every civil status declaration shall be made to the Registrar or a Sub-Registrar of the place where it has occurred within the appropriate period thereafter as follows –

Deaths 7 clear days
Births 21 clear days
Marriages 21 clear days
Foetal deaths 21 clear days
Acknowledgements 30 clear days