Section 9

In cases of death, the Registrar or Deputy Registrar, or some other officer authorized by a Registrar for the purpose of this subsection, shall, if practicable, personally inspect the corpse and make inquiries among the persons present at the death, unless the fact and cause of death is certified by a medical practitioner in the prescribed form.

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Every Deputy Registrar shall forward to the Registrar at intervals of not more than one month, or such longer period as the

Registrar may with respect to any particular area permit, reports of births, still-births and deaths registered within his area, setting forth, when possible, the name, residence, age, sex, nationality, race and occupation of each deceased person, the period of continuous residence in the District and last place of residence before arrival in the District of such deceased person, as well as the duration of illness, the date and cause of death, the name and qualification of the medical practitioner certifying the same and such other particulars as may be prescribed.

A Registrar may direct either generally or specially that, in lieu of all or any of the reports required by this section being forwarded to him, they shall be delivered to such person and at such place as he may specify.

Occupier and relatives to report live births