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10. Duty of certain persons to notify births and deaths and to certify causes of death

  1. It shall be the duty of-
    1. the midwife or any other medical or health attendant at a birth or death
    2. the keeper or the owner of a place set apart for the disposal of dead bodies or any person required by a local authority to be present at such place, or
    3. any other person whom the state Government may specify in this behalf by his designation, to notify every birth or death at which he or she attended or was present, or which occurred in such areas as may be prescribed, to the Registrar within such time and in such manner as may be presented, to the registrar within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed.
  2. In any area, the State Government, having regard to the facilities available therein in this behalf, may require that a certificate as to the cause of death shall be obtained by the Registrar from such person and in such form as may be prescribed.
  3. Where the State Government has required under sub-section (2) that a certificate as to the cause of death shall be obtained, in the event of the death of any person, who during his last illness, was attended by a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner shall after the death of that person, forth with, issue without charging any fee, to the person required under this Act to give information concerning the death, a certificate in the prescribed form standing the best of his knowledge and behalf the cause of death, and the certificate shall be received and delivered by such person to the Registrar at the time of giving information concerning the death as required by this Act.