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What is the procedure to get the birth certificate
19-Jul-2023 (In Documentation Law)
Hi, I was born in a home in Mumbai on 15 April 1989. My parents are illiterate so that time they not aware about birth registration. I have applied for birth certificate in Andheri East Municipal Office and followed all the necessary procedure. I have also received order from Add. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate on my application which is submitted in municipal office with necessary documents. But after following this procedure, in the municipal office nobody is providing information about the next step to get birth certificate. My father visited many times in municipal office still nobody is
Every Birth has to be reported and registered within 21 days at the place of its occurrence. After one year, births can be registered by the order of a first class magistrate only.
Eligibility
When the Birth has taken place in a house - the head of the house or the nearest relative of the head of the house, or the oldest person in the family.
When the Birth has taken place outside the house:
(I) In a Hospital/Health Centre, Maternity Home or other similar institutions Medical Officer In-charge or any officer authorized by him/her
(ii) In a Jail Jail In-charge
(iii) In a Hospital, Dharamshala, Boarding House, etc. Person In-charge
(iv) In a Moving Vehicle Person In-charge of the Vehicle
(v) Found deserted in a public place Headman of the Village/In-charge of the local police station
Procedure
a Birth Certificate can be obtained by applying through the prescribed proforma with fee as fixed by local body authorities. The certificates are issued from the registration centers/offices of the local bodies in the zone under which the parents of the child were living at the time of birth.
Concerned Authority
Municipal Corporation
Nagar Palika
Nagar Palika Parishad
Necessary documents/papers
Application form with fee.
Proof of Birth of the person for whom the certificate is required.
Affidavit, if birth is being registered after one year of its occurrence.
Eligibility
When the Birth has taken place in a house - the head of the house or the nearest relative of the head of the house, or the oldest person in the family.
When the Birth has taken place outside the house:
(I) In a Hospital/Health Centre, Maternity Home or other similar institutions Medical Officer In-charge or any officer authorized by him/her
(ii) In a Jail Jail In-charge
(iii) In a Hospital, Dharamshala, Boarding House, etc. Person In-charge
(iv) In a Moving Vehicle Person In-charge of the Vehicle
(v) Found deserted in a public place Headman of the Village/In-charge of the local police station
Procedure
a Birth Certificate can be obtained by applying through the prescribed proforma with fee as fixed by local body authorities. The certificates are issued from the registration centers/offices of the local bodies in the zone under which the parents of the child were living at the time of birth.
Concerned Authority
Municipal Corporation
Nagar Palika
Nagar Palika Parishad
Necessary documents/papers
Application form with fee.
Proof of Birth of the person for whom the certificate is required.
Affidavit, if birth is being registered after one year of its occurrence.
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