Section 9: Persons to give information concerning a birth

It shall be the duty of-(a) the doctor, midwife or any other medical attendant, village maternity assistant, nurse, traditional birth attendant, other than a person in or attached to the institutions referred to in section 8 of this Act; or
(b) the village head, tax collector, health inspector, forest ranger or any other local functionary as may be notified; or
(c) every religious minister, imam or other persons officiating religious services connected with births, naming ceremonies including baptism; or
(d) such other persons as may be notified of any birth;
to give information concerning a birth to the registrar in the area in which the child was born.