Section 16. Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form

CHAPTER IV MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS AND STATISTICS 16. Registrars to keep registers in the prescribed form.-— (1) Every Registrar shall keep in the prescribed form a register of births and deaths[1] [,electronically or otherwise,] for the registration area or any part thereof in relation to which he exercises jurisdiction. (2) The Chief Registrar shall cause to be printed and supplied a sufficient number of register books for making entries of births and deaths according to such forms and instructions as may, from time to time, be prescribed; and a copy of such forms in the local language shall be posted in some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of the office of every Registrar.