Divisional Secretariat - Ingiriya

Adoption of a Child

• Age of the adoptee child should not be more than 14years.

• Requirements to be met by the applicant
  
     - He / She should be more than 25 years of age
    - The age gap between the applicant and the adoptee child should be at least 21 years
    - This will not apply if the child concerned is a descendant of the applicant / his brother or sister / any of their married partners

• Child's consent is required if he / she is over 10 years old

• Spouses (husband and wife) should produce an application

• Order of adoption is issued by the District Court

• This order should be registered at the Registrar General's Department

• Birth of the adoption child can be re-registered

• Following documents should be submitted for re-registration of such birth
  
    - application for re-registration of birth
    - Parents' marriage certificate
    - parents' birth certificates
    - Adoption certificate

• The application for re-registration of a birth should be produced to the Zonal Office of the Registrar General's Department to which the area where the child is born belongs to.

Alteration of Information in a Birth Register

01. 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       wwchanged after the registration of the birth, it is not possible under this ffff    111provision)
      Information in cage 09 (Informant's information) may be altered

02. Produce the declaration to the Additional District Registrar of the Divisional 111Secretariat of the area where birth occurred.

03. 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   111birth register

04.Stamps to be affixed to the declaration is Rs. 10/-
05.A certified copy of the birth register to be amended should be essentially 11attached to the declaration.

06.Following are some written evidences which may be produced to substantiate 11the 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, 111birth certificate of a elder or younger child of the subject
     Certified copies of records available in hospitals, maternity homes or 111midwife'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 111included
     If father is deceased, his death certificate

Registration of Past Births

• 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

• Stamps to be affixed to the declaration
  
   - within 12 months of occurrence - Rs. 1.00
   - more than 12 months of occurrence - Rs. 5.00

• 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.

Obtain a Certified Copy of the Certificate of Birth

• 
  Refer the application to the Divisional Secretariat of the area in which the place of birth is occurred.
• Application can be obtained from any Divisional Secretariat.
• Fees chargeable If the number of the certificate of birth & the registered date is known Rs.100.00
  If don't know the number of the certificate of birth or the registered date, for search of birth registers for period of 03 months Rs.200.00, for search of birth registers for period of 02 years Rs.200.00
• Required fee should be affixed in the application form by stamps.
• Duly filled application should be submit to the Divisional Secretariat.
  
• f you like to obtain the birth certificate by post, submit a stamped envelope 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.