Section 17
Oral reports
of Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance, 1958
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 18 of 30
Section 17
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(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding provisions of this Ordinance, a Registrar may receive oral reports under any of such provisions or direct or permit any Deputy Registrar to do so, either generally or from such classes of persons as he may specify, if he is satisfied that the making of such reports in the prescribed forms would be unduly difficult or inconvenient, and shall thereupon forward particulars of such reports in the prescribed form to a Senior Registrar.
(2)
When a Registrar directs or permits a Deputy Registrar to receive oral reports under this section, he shall specify the manner in which the Deputy Registrar is to record such reports.