New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2026, came into effect on Thursday, making provisions of delayed registration more stringent with separate procedures for registering births and deaths reported after one year and after two years of their occurrence.

From now onwards, as the amended Act has come into force, any birth or death of which delayed information is given to the Registrar after one year but within two years of its occurrence, shall be registered only on an order made by a District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate or by an Executive Magistrate authorised by the District Magistrate, having jurisdiction over the area where the birth or death has taken place, after verifying the correc...