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The Births and Deaths Registration (Births and Deaths Occurring Outside Kenya) (Forms and Fees) Rules

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

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1.These Rules may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration (Births and Deaths Occurring Outside Kenya) (Forms and Fees) Rules.
2.In these Rules, except where the context otherwise requires—“registrar” means registrar of births and deaths occurring outside Kenya.
3.The register of births occurring outside Kenya and the register of deaths occurring outside Kenya, required to be kept under subsection 2 of section 7 of the Act by the Registrar shall contain the particulars set out in Forms I and II respectively in the First Schedule to these Rules.
4.A certificate of birth issued by the Registrar-General on payment of the appropriate fee specified in the Second Schedule to these Rules shall be in Form III in the First Schedule to these Rules.
5.A certificate of death issued by the Registrar-General on payment of the appropriate fee specified in the Second Schedule to these Rules shall be in Form IV in the First Schedule to these Rules.
6.Applications for the registration of a birth or death of a citizen of Kenya occurring outside Kenya shall be made to the registrar in Forms V and VI respectively in the First Schedule to these Rules and the duly completed form shall be submitted to the registrar by the informant either in person or by post.
7.The fees specified in the Second Schedule to these Rules shall be payable for the matters set out therein.
Source: Kenya Law · Imported 4 October 2026