Section 113: Birth of son, daughter to be registered

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 according to law, 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 a fee as specified according to prevailing laws 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 sub-section (3) shall include the concerned person’s name, surname, date of birth (year, month, instant and day as well) and place of birth, and the name, surname and address of his or her mother, father and grandmother and grandfather, 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 updated details each year.