Section 3: Registrar of Civil Status

3. Registrar of Civil Status (1) (a) There shall be established, at such places as the Minister may determine, Civil Status Offices for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and other matters concerning the civil status of any person, in any register or computer system. (b) The Civil Status Offices shall be under the administrative control of the Registrar of Civil Status. (2) The Registrar of Civil Status shall be responsible for the registration of all births, deaths and marriages, and of every other matter relating to the civil status of persons in Mauritius. (3) The Registrar of Civil Status shall— (a) enforce this Act; (b) keep such documents and reports as the Minister may require; (c) report to the Attorney-General any irregularity in, or omission from, any register; (d) submit to the Minister, not later than 30 June in every year, a report on the statistics of Mauritius relating to civil status for the preceding year; (e) prepare such reports or returns as the Minister may require; (f) assist, where required, in the taking of any census; (g) where he considers it necessary, publish annually, in respect of entries recorded in registers, a general index arranged alphabetically to be kept at every office; and (h) perform such other duties appertaining or incidental to civil status as the Minister may require. (4) For the purpose of enabling the Registrar of Civil Status to perform his duties under this Act, every public officer and every local authority shall, at the request of the Registrar of Civil Status, furnish the Registrar of Civil Status with such particulars relating to civil status as he may require. [S. 3 amended by Act 9 of 1984; Act 8 of 1997.]