Appointment of Chief Registrar, Registrar, etc. of births and deaths

(1) The State Government may, by notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, appoint such officer of that Government as that Government may think fit to be the Chief Registrar of births and deaths for the State of Sikkim (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the Chief Registrar of births and deaths). (2) The State Government may, for each municipal area, appoint a Registrar of births and deaths occurring in that municipal area: Provided that in respect of the area within the jurisdiction of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation, the State Government may appoint the Health Officer of the said Municipal Corporation to be the Registrar of births and deaths occurring in that area: Provided further that if the State Government considers any municipal area to be large, that Government may appoint for that municipal area a Sub-Registrar of births and deaths for the purpose of discharging under the superintendence of, and direction by, the Chief Registrar of births and deaths such of the functions of the Chief Registrar of births and deaths as the Chief Registrar of births and deaths may, from time to time, authorize him to discharge.