Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992

The Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992 intends:

• to regulate the registration of births and deaths; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Amends

• Marriage Act 25 of 1961
• Marriages, Births and Deaths Amendment Act 41 of 1986

Commencement

1 October 1992 (Gazette 14182 of 9 September 1992)

Amendments

The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/badra1992301/ [Updated to 1 March 2014]

• Amended by Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 18 of 2010
• Amended by Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act 49 of 2003
• Amended by Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1 of 2002
• Amended by Adoption Matters Amendment Act 56 of 1998
• Amended by Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 43 of 1998
• Amended by Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 67 of 1997
• Amended by Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 40 of 1996
• Amended by Home Affairs Laws Rationalisation Act 41 of 1995
• Amended by General Law Third Amendment Act 129 of 1993