Section 25: Armed forces

(1) The President shall make the regulations and appoint registering officers for recording-
(a) births, deaths and marriages occurring outside the Federal Republic of Nigeria among-
(i) members of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force;
(ii) persons employed in a civilian capacity in such forces and their families;
(b) deaths occurring outside Nigeria among the families of persons in the service of specified welfare organisations who are employed with or are accompanying the armed forces abroad;
(c) births and deaths occurring in any part of the world on board any ship or aircraft of the armed forces or any other ship or aircraft not registered in Nigeria but for the time being employed for the purposes of the armed forces;
(d) death outside Nigeria of any person who, being a traveller on such an aircraft is killed on the journey in consequence of an accident;
(e) such births and deaths as are registrable by any person authorised by the President.
(2) Any person appointed as a registering officer pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, shall be provided by the Registrar-General with registers and also with forms for making certified entries thereto.
(3) A registering officer shall not make entries in the register unless information as to the particulars to be registered is given either orally or in writing by qualified informants who are specified in the regulations.