Central Act
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
An Act to provide for the voluntary Registration of certain Births and Deaths, for the establishment of General Registry Offices for keeping Registers of certain Births, Deaths and Marriages, and for certain other purposes.
| Act number | 06 of 1886 |
|---|---|
| Enacted | 1886-03-08 |
| In force from | 1888-10-01 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Department | Department of Home |
| Sections | 38 |
| Section text held | Registry entry; certified PDF held |
Other Acts of the Ministry of Home Affairs
- The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025
- The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
- The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022
- The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020.
- The National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020
- The Rashtriya Raksha University Act, 2020.
Questions this page answers
When did the The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 come into force?
It came into force on 1888-10-01, having been enacted on 1886-03-08.
Which ministry administers it?
The Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Home).
Trijya holds a hash-verified copy of the official PDF of this Act; retrieval is available to API customers. Document archive.
Official data, Open data · as of 2026-07-21 · every row this page summarises carries its source, capture date and licence through the API.