6. Establishment of general registry offices and appointment of Registrars General.—(1) Each
State Government—
(a) shall establish a general registry office for keeping such certified copies of registers of births
and deaths registered under this Act, or marriages registered under Act 3 of 18721
(to provide a form
of marriage in certain cases) or the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 ( 15 of 1872), or, beyond the
local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay,
under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 18652
(15 of 1865), as may be sent to it under this Act, or
under any of the three last-mentioned Acts, as amended by this Act; and
(b) may appoint to the charge of that office an officer, to be called the Registrar General of Births,
Deaths and Marriages, for the territories under its administration:
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7. Indexes to be kept at general registry office.—Each Registrar General of Births, Deaths and
Marriages shall cause indexes of all the certified copies of registers sent to his office under this Act, or
under Act 3 of 18721
the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872), or the Parsi Marriage and
Divorce Act, 18652
(15 of 1865), as amended by this Act, to be made and kept in his office in the
prescribed form.
8. Indexes to be open to inspection.—Subject to the payment of the prescribed fees the indexes so
made shall be at all reasonable time open to inspection by any person applying to inspect them, and
copies of entries in the certified copies of the registers to which the indexes relate shall be given to all
persons applying for them.
9. Copies of entries to be admissible in evidence.—A copy of an entry given under the last
foregoing section shall be certified by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or by an
officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government and shall be admissible in evidence for the
purpose of proving the birth, death or marriage to which the entry relates.
10. Superintendence of Registrars by Registrar General.—Each Registrar General of Births,
Deaths and Marriages shall exercise a general superintendence over the Registrars of Births and Deaths in
the territories for which he is appointed.