ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Births and Deaths Registration Act
19. Registrars to issues burial permits
Edition: 2026-03-10 · In force
19. Registrars to issues burial permits
(1)A registrar shall, upon production to him at the time of registering a death occurring in Kenya, of—(a)a medical certificate in the prescribed form as to the cause of death; or(b)a notice in writing in the prescribed form signed by a medical practitioner stating that a medical certificate as aforesaid has been signed by him; or(c)a death report in the prescribed form upon which a magistrate or police officer has certified that the death is not one to which section 386 or section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) applies, issue a written permit authorizing the interment or other disposal of the body of the deceased person.(2)Where a person registering a death does not produce to the registrar any of the instruments mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, the registrar shall forthwith fill up, so far as the particulars thereby required are ascertainable by him, the form of death report referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection and forward the same to the nearest magistrate or police officer, who shall, if after making the inquiries required by section 20(1) of this Act he is satisfied that the case is not one to which section 386 or section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) applies, make in the prescribed form the report required by section 20(2) of this Act.