ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Births and Deaths Registration Rules
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Edition: 2024-10-01 · In force
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(1)Where no medical practitioner is available to certify the cause of death of a person, dying in a registration area, a registrar registering the death shall complete in duplicate death registration forms containing the particulars set out in Form No. 7 in the Schedule to these Rules.(2)The registrar shall peruse the form to ensure that it is complete in every detail and, if he is satisfied that the death was one from natural causes, may issue a written permit authorizing the interment or other disposal of the body in accordance with section 20(2) of the Act, but before so doing, unless a magistrate or police officer has certified that the death is not one to which Sections 386 or 387 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) applies, he shall cause such inquiry to be made as to the cause of death as he thinks fit, and for that purpose every registrar in a registration area is hereby specially empowered in that behalf pursuant to section 20(1) of the Act.(3)The registrar of deaths for the registration area in which the death occurred, shall retain the duplicate copy of the permit for disposal for his records.(4)The registrar shall forward to the sub-county Registrar of the registration area, both the original and duplicate copies of every entry registered by him every month or after such period as may be directed by the Principal Registrar.