Section 37: Quarterly returns by Chief Registrars

Every Chief Registrar shall four times in every year on such dates as may be appointed by the Registrar-General send to the Registrar-General all certified copies of entries in the register of births and deaths which he has received during the three months preceding the days so appointed respectively and if the copy of any part of any register has not been duly delivered to him, the Chief Registrar shall procure as soon as is possibly consistent with the provisions of this Act that the deficiency be remedied.