Bill On Delayed Registration Of Births & Deaths Introduced
Bill to make delayed registration of Births and Deaths more stringent introduced in Lok Sabha. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai introduced, amid protest by the opposition.
New Delhi: A Bill to make provisions for delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent to " encourage timely reporting by citizens" was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Home affairs Nityanand rai introduced the Registartion of Births and Deaths(Amendment) Bill 2026, amid protests by the Opposition, which sought the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in the House during the ongoing debate on the anti-paper leak Bill.
According to procedure, Speaker Om Birla called some oppositon members to oppose the introduction of the Registration of Births and Deaths(Amendment) Bill 2026. After none spoke, Nityanand rai introduced the proposed legislation.
The Bill, which was cleared for introduction by the Union Cabinet on July 20, seeks to further amend section 13(3) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (as amended in 2023), "to make provisions of delayed registration more stringent".
"This will encourage timely reporting of events of birth and death", the Bill said.
Under the current provisions of the Act, registrations delayed by more than one year require an order from the district magistrate (DM), sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), or an executive magistrate before they can be recorded. The proposed legislation introduces a two-tier approval mechanism based on the duration of the delay.
