Registration of Unregistered Birth
Registration of Past Birth
- If a birth has not been registered with 03 months since its occurrence it may be registered.
- Declaration should be produced to the Additional District Registrar of the Divisional Secretariat where birth occurred.
- Persons eligible for this
- Any party having interest of
- One of the parents
- Fee chargeable is Rs. 50.00
- Only the following documents should be submitted with the declarations produced within one year since the occurrences of the birth.
- Marriage certificate of parents if they are married
- One of following documents in proof of the date and place of birth of the subject.
- Hospital birth report or certified copy
- Grama Niladhari birth report or certified copy
- Estate birth report or certified copy
- Public Health Officer's certificate
- Following documents should be produced with the declaration produced after one year since occurrence of the birth.
- Marriage certificate of parents if they are married
- Nil result sheet
- One of the following documents indicating date and place of birth of the person
- Hospital report of certified copy
- Grama Niladhari report or certified copy
- Estate birth report or certified copy
- Copy of the Midwife's birth register
- In case of non-possession of any of the above documents,
- Health development record
- Certificate of baptism
- Certified copy of the school admission register / pupil's record sheet
- Estate welfare officer's report
- Horoscope of the record of time prepared on a proximate date to the day on which the birth occurred
- If any of these documents are not available, declaration including details having knowledge of and an affidavit.
Issue of Probable Age Certificates
- Certificates of probable age are issued to children under 14 yrs. of age whose birth cannot be registered.
- Certificates of probable age are issued to,
- Resident children of a children's home approved by the government.
- Children who are under the guardianship of persons other than children's homes approved by the government
- Documents to be submitted by the resident children of a children's home approved by the government.
- Affidavit of the matron of the children's home
- Medical certificate issued by a government medical officer determining the age of the child
- Other documents containing information of the child (if any)
- Documents to be submitted by the children other than residents of a children's home approved by the government together with the declaration;
- Affidavit of the guardian
- Documents in proof of the guardianship of the guardians regarding the child concerned
- Grama Niladhari certificate or
- Certificate of the probation and Childcare Service Officer
- Certificate from the Social Services Department
- Certificate issued by the Inspector of Police
- Medical certificate issued by a government medical officer determining the age of the child
- Health Development Record
- Copy of the school admission register if the child attends school
- Contact Additional District Registrar of the Divisional Secretariat at your nearest for further information.
Alteration of information in a birth register
- In a Birth certificate,
- Information in cage 01 (Date & place of birth)
- Information in cage 03 (Sex)
- Information in cage 05 (Information of mother - if mother's name has been changed after the registration of the birth, it is not possible under this provision)
- Information in cage 09 (Informant's information) may be altered
- Produce the declaration to the Additional District Registrar of the Divisional Secretariat of the area where birth occurred.
- The declaration should be produced by
- Owner of the birth certificate
- Father or Mother
- Legal guardian
- A person who is dissatisfied with any of the information appearing in the birth register
- Fee chargeable is Rs. 50.00
- A certified copy of the birth register to be amended should be essentially attached to the declaration.
- Following are some written evidences which may be produced to substantiate the request made in the declaration,
- Parents' marriage certificate
- List of children/ brothers and sisters
- Birth certificate of father/ mother
- Birth certificate of a child born after the registration of parents' marriage
- In case there is no child born after the registration of the marriage of parents, birth certificate of a elder or younger child of the subject
- Certified copies of records available in hospitals, maternity homes or midwife's records
- Student's record sheet, extract of the school admission register
- Copy of the electoral register where names of the subject and parents are included
- If father is deceased, his death certificate
Obtain Certified Copies and Translations
Obtain a certified copy of the certificate of birth
- Refer the application to the Divisional Secretariat relevant to the area where the birth occurred.
- Application can obtain from any Divisional Secretariat.
- Fees chargeable
- Where the date of registration or the no. of the entry is given the fee for one copy of the certificate is Rs. 100.00
- Where the date of registration or the no. of the entry is not given and a search of registers not exceeding two years is involved fee for one copy of the certificate is Rs. 200.00
- Required fee should pay to the Divisional Secretariat.
- Duly filled application should submit to the Divisional Secretariat.
- If you like to obtain the certificate of birth by post, submit a stamped envelop with the application.
- If the birth is registered a birth certificate will be send and if the birth is not registered a letter to the effect will be send.
Translate certificate of birth
- Offices of the Department where service of sworn translators can be received are given below.
- Translations which can be obtained,
- Sinhala - English
- Tamil - English
- English - Sinhala
- English - Tamil
- Time of receiving applications
From 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Applications may be obtained from the offices where sworn translators are available.
- Documents to be submitted
- Duly completed application.
- Original or certified copy of birth certificate obtained from a Divisional Secretariat of the document to be translated.
- Stamped envelope if translations are to be received by post.
- Fee for translations
Rs. 500.00 for one copy payable to the Registrar General's Department
