Previous Year Question

Under the Civil Registration System (CRS) in India, vital events such as births, deaths and stillbirths are registered.

The normal statutory period for reporting a birth or death is 21 days from the date of occurrence of the event. Registration within this normal period generally does not attract a delayed-registration fee.

If a birth or death is not registered within 21 days, it can still be registered subsequently, but it comes under the provisions of Delayed Registration and the prescribed procedure has to be followed.

Under the CRS, births and deaths are registered at the place where the event actually occurred. Registrars/Sub-Registrars appointed at the local level carry out the registration.

Current status: Although the law relating to registration of births and deaths has subsequently been amended, the normal reporting period continues to be 21 days.