Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874

Residence, office, and station of registrar and deputy registrar in sub-district.

26. Every registrar and deputy registrar shall either dwell in or have a known office within the sub-district of which he is registrar or deputy registrar.

Every registrar shall, if so directed by the Registrar General, appoint within or contiguous to his sub-district a station or stations as may be directed by the Registrar General. Every such station shall, for the purposes of the provisions of this Act with respect to the attendance of persons and registration of births and deaths at the office of the registrar, be deemed to be his office.

Every registrar and deputy registrar shall attend at his dwelling-house or office and at each such station, on the days and at the hours approved by the Registrar General, for the purpose of registering births and deaths.

Every registrar shall cause to be placed in some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of the dwelling-house or office which he has within his sub-district his name, with the addition of registrar for the sub-district for which he is registrar, and the hours of his attendance as approved by the Registrar General; and a list of such registrars in any union, with their residences, shall be kept at the workhouse of such union, and at each police station within such union.