Section 8. Persons required to register births and deaths

CHAPTER III REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS 8. Persons required to register births and deaths.— (1) It shall be the duty of the persons specified below to give or cause to be given, either[3] [orally or in writing with signature], according to the best of their knowledge and belief, within such time as may be prescribed, information to the Registrar of the several particulars[4] [including the Aadhaar number of parents and the informant, if available, in case of birth,] required to be entered in the forms prescribed by the State Government under sub-section (1) of — section 16, (a) in respect of births and deaths in a house, whether residential or non-residential, not being any place referred to in clauses (b) to (e), the head of the house or, in case more than one household live in the house, the head of the household, the head being the person, who is so recognised by the house or the household, and if he is not present in the house at any time during the period within which the birth or death has to be reported, the nearest relative of the head present in the house, and in the absence of any such person, the oldest adult[5] * person present therein during the said period; 4 [(aa) in respect of non-institutional adoption, the adoptive parents; (ab) in respect of birth of a child to a single parent or unwed mother from her womb, the parent; (ac) in respect of birth of a child through surrogacy, the biological parent;] 1. Ins. by Act 20 of 2023, s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-10-2023). 2. Subs. by s. 6, ibid ., for "appoint sub-Registrars and" (w.e.f. 1-10-2023). 3. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "orally or in writing" (w.e.f. 1-10-2023). 4. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-10-2023).