The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969

Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to provide for the regulation of registration of births and deaths and for matters connected therewith.
Citation	Act No. 18 of 1969
Territorial extent	India
Enacted	31 May 1969
Assented to by	President
Amended by
Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1985 (4 of 1985) Registration of Birth and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 (20 of 2023)
Related legislation
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
Status: In force (amended)

The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (Act No. 18 of 1969)^[1] is an Act of the Parliament of India. It was enacted to promote uniformity and comparability in the registration of Births and Deaths across the country and compilation of vital statistics.

The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 has made amendments to this act that the Registrar General of India will maintain a national database of registered births and deaths. And the Chief Registrars (of states) and Registrars (appointed by states for local area jurisdiction) are obligated to share data of registered births and deaths to the national database.^[2][3]

This amendment was introduced in Lok Sabha on 26 July 2023 and passed on 1 August 2023. And by Rajya Sabha on 7 August 2023.^[4]