Shelf, by power
Tree
- Agriculture and cooperatives23
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution3
- Aviation10
- Banking and finance30
- Broadcasting, press and film12
- Citizenship, immigration and foreigners5
- Civil procedure and evidence50
- Companies and insolvency13
- Constitution and governance197
- Consumer protection6
- Contract and commerce18
- Criminal law & procedure3
- Criminal law and procedure32
- Currency, banking & enforcement of security1
- Defence and internal security38
- Direct tax10
- Disability, welfare and reservations16
- Disaster management and emergencies11
- Education76
- Elections6
- Energy (electricity, petroleum, atomic, renewables)19
- Environment and forests14
- Excise, liquor and prohibition (State field)21
- Family and personal law35
- Food8
- Foreign trade and investment14
- Forests, environment & land acquisition3
- Fundamental rights1
- Gratuity1
- GST1
- Health and drugs25
- Income tax1
- Indirect tax and customs26
- Information technology, data and cyber6
- Insurance8
- Intellectual property7
- Labour and industrial relations17
- Marriage, children & family1
- Mining and minerals6
- Municipal and urban development27
- Panchayats and rural local government17
- Pensions and provident funds5
- Prices, packaging & MRP1
- Property and land39
- Inheritance Act, 18392
- Boundary-marks, Bombay Act, 18464
- Bengal Land holders' Attendance Act, 18485
- Bombay Rent-free Estates Act, 18525
- Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act, 18531
- Bengal Embankment Act, 18555
- Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act, 18594
- Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act, 18635
- Waste-Lands (Claims) Act, 18632
- Sarais Act, 18673
- Oudh Estates Act, 18693
- Oudh Taluqdars’ Relief Act, 18700
- Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act, 18765
- Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act, 18777
- Transfer of Property Act0
- Indian Easements Act, 18824
- Land Improvement Loans Act, 18832
- Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 18862
- Deo Estate Act, 18864
- King of Oudh's Estate Act, 18872
- King of Oudh's Estate Act, 18883
- Easements (Extending Act V of 1882), 18915
- Partition Act, 18931
- Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 19043
- Registration Act0
- King of Oudh's Estate Validation Act, 19173
- Murshidabad Estate Administration Act, 19334
- Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act, 19481
- Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 19524
- Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 19582
- Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 196224
- Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 19624
- Kerala Land Reforms Act, 19643
- Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act, 19673
- Enemy Property Act, 19682
- Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 19715
- British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 19814
- Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act, 19938
- Land Acquisition Act 20130
- Provident fund1
- Public procurement and public finance20
- Railways and metro4
- Real estate and housing15
- Religious institutions, charities and trusts19
- Right to information and public accountability10
- Road transport12
- Securities and capital markets14
- Shipping, ports and inland waterways16
- Social security5
- Sports and gaming7
- Stamp duty5
- State revenue, land records and tenancy (State field)43
- Telecommunications4
- Telecommunications & interception1
- Tourism, hospitality and monuments8
- Water and irrigation23
- Women and children12
- Working conditions & protections at work3
- No power resolved40368
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886: sections with instruments beneath them (1)
Text
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 [A10-5BN]
As at 7 September 2026. In force from 8 June 1886.
Sections (30)
Chapter I. PRELIMINARY
Chapter II. COLLECTOR
Chapter III. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Chapter IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement [S14-583]
Section 2. Definitions [S14-591]
Section 3. Appointment of Collector [S14-5A7]
Section 4. Registration of persons interested [S14-5B5]
Section 5. Prohibition of the cultivation of land without licence [S14-5CB]
Section 6. Grant of licence [S14-5D9]
Section 7. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S14-5EF]
Section 8. Powers of Collector [S14-5FD]
Section 9. Power to issue directions [S14-5GP]
Section 10. Power to exempt [S14-5HM]
Section 11. Registration of owners [S14-5JJ]
Section 12. Prohibition of the occupation of land without licence [S14-5KG]
Section 13. Grant of licence [S14-5MY]
Section 14. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S14-5NW]
Section 15. Powers of Collector [S14-5PT]
Section 16. Power to issue directions [S14-5QR]
Section 17. Power to exempt [S14-5R6]
Section 18. Registration of transferees [S14-5S4]
Section 19. Prohibition of the claiming of compensation without licence [S14-5T2]
Section 20. Grant of licence [S14-5V0]
Section 21. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S14-5WE]
Section 22. Powers of Collector [S14-5XC]
Section 23. Power to issue directions [S14-5YA]
Section 24. Penalty for contravention [S14-5Z8]
Section 25. Offences by companies [S14-60Z]
Section 26. Appeal [S14-61X]
Section 27. Cognizance of offences [S14-62V]
Section 28. Protection of action taken in good faith [S14-63S]
Section 29. Power to make rules [S14-64Q]
Section 30. Power to remove difficulties [S14-65N]
Made under
No recital of a power is printed.
Acts on (0)
none
Acted on by (1)
Amends: Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act (Amendment) Act, 1965 [A10-KB7], 9 May 1965. "section 26 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 (6 of 1886)".
Not held (0)
none
Sort rules. Subjects by name. Acts by year, then number. Sections in the order of the arrangement. Instruments by date, then number. Amendments by date. An instrument stands under the section its recital names; where the register resolved no section, it stands under No power resolved. Counts are the rows beneath.