Towns, Districts and Areas in Which Registration of Births and Deaths is Declared to Be Compulsory

Legal Notice 172 of 1963

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Legal Notice 172 of 1963
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LAWS OF KENYA

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT

TOWNS, DISTRICTS AND AREAS IN WHICH REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IS DECLARED TO BE COMPULSORY

LEGAL NOTICE 172 OF 1963

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXV—No. 12 on 12 March 1963
  • Commenced on 12 March 1963
  1. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act— Declaration (Legal Notice 174 of 1965) on 29 June 1965]
  2. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act— Declaration of Compulsory Registration (Legal Notice 262 of 1966) on 6 September 1966]
  3. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act—Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (Legal Notice 18 of 1967) on 17 January 1967]
  4. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act—Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (Legal Notice 56 of 1967) on 10 March 1967]
  5. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act—Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (Legal Notice 7 of 1968) on 5 January 1968]
  6. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act— Declaration of Compulsory Registration (Legal Notice 173 of 1968) on 14 June 1968]
  7. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act—Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (Legal Notice 29 of 1969) on 31 January 1969]
  8. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act—Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (Legal Notice 30 of 1969) on 31 January 1969]
  9. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act—Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (Legal Notice 207 of 1969) on 26 September 1969]
  10. [Amended by The Births and Deaths Registration Act-Compulsory Registration (Legal Notice 184 of 1971) on 3 September 1971]
  11. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of the Nyeri District and the City of Nairobi is compulsory, with effect from the 12th March, 1963.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of—
(a)the municipality of Mombasa;
(b)the municipality of Nakuru;
(c)the Bungoma District; and
(d)the Kwale District,
is compulsory, with effect from the 1st July, 1965.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of that part of the Nakuru District in respect of which the registration of births and deaths is not already compulsory is compulsory, with effect from the 1st October, 1966.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of the municipality of Kisumu is compulsory, with effect from the 1st January, 1967.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of that part of Kisumu District, in respect of which the registration of births and deaths is not already compulsory, is compulsory with effect from 1st January, 1968.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of the Eldoret Municipality and of the Kiambu, Kakamega, Kilifi, Kericho and Embu Districts, in respect of which the registration of births and deaths is not already compulsory, is compulsory with effect from 1st July, 1968.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of that part of the Uasin Gishu District, in respect of which the registration of births and deaths is not already compulsory, is compulsory with effect from 1st January, 1969.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of the Murang’a, Siaya, Machakos and Lamu Districts and the Kitale Municipality is compulsory with effect from 1st January, 1969.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of the Busia, Trans Nzoia, Elgeyo-Marakwet, South Nyanza, Nyandarua, Taita, Kirinyaga and Meru Districts, is compulsory with effect from 1st October, 1969.The registration of the births and deaths of all inhabitants of the remaining non-compulsory areas within the Republic is compulsory with effect from 1st September, 1971.
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