(1) If a son or daughter is
born to a couple, the mother or father shall file an application,
within three months of the birth of such a son or a daughter, before
the authority specified by the Government of Nepal by a
notification in the Nepal Gazette, for the birth registration.
(2) If one intends to file an application for the registration
of a son or a daughter after the expiry of the time-limit referred to
in sub-section (1), such fee as specified by the Government of
Nepal by a notification in the Nepal Gazette shall be charged.
(3) If an application is filed pursuant to sub-section (1) or
(2), the concerned authority shall, after entering the details in the
birth register maintained in the office, issue a certificate of birth
registration in the form as specified by the law to the applicant.
(4) The details to be entered in the register under subsection
(3) shall include the concerned person's name, surname,
date of birth (year, month, instant and day as well) and place of
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birth, and the name, surname and address of his or her mother,
father and grand-mother and grand-father, as well.
(5) The concerned authority shall forward the details
entered, pursuant to sub-section (3), in the register maintained in
the office up to the last day of every month to the District
Administration Office, within a period of fifteen days of the first
month thereafter and the said Office shall also enter such details up
to the end of every month in the birth register maintained in the
office for that purpose and forward the same in every three months
to the Ministry specified by the Government of Nepal by a
notification in the Nepal Gazette.
(6) The concerned Ministry shall enter the details received
pursuant to sub-section (5) in the birth register maintained for that
purpose and maintain up-dated details each year.