Birth Registration Based on Place of Occurrence

Should be informed to the Grama Niladhari within 07 days of the birth occurred.

For every birth , report prepared as per Form B23 relating to the aforesaid birth , should be sent by the Grama Niladhari to the Births and Deaths Registrar relevant to the place which the birth occurred.

The birth is registered by the Registrar who is appointed to the Births and Deaths division which the birth occurred.

Duly filled registration - Form CR01 should be submitted to the Births and Deaths Registrar relevant to the birth place. The same registration – Form CR01 can be obtained from the Registrar relevant to the birth place or downloaded from the web-site. 

Eligible persons to inform a birth 

• Father
• Mother 
• Persons who were present at the time of the birth of the child 
• Guardians

The document to be submitted by the persons who are eligible to inform a birth

• Duly filled registration-Form CR01
• A photocopy of the marriage certificate of the parents (if not so, see No.7)
• Photocopies of the birth certificates of the parents
• Original copy and photocopies of National Identity Card       

If the parents are unmarried, both of the parents should meet the Births and Deaths Registrar relevant to the place which the birth occurred for enter the information of the father.

Birth can be registered free of charge within 03 months from the birth occurred. Birth can be registered after 03 months elapse from the birth and refer the details on past birth registration for that purpose.

A copy of the register of birth is issued free of charge to the informer after registration of a birth.

Even if an ability to register a birth only on the information of date of birth and place of birth the information known by the mother (although including information less than that occasionally). In that occasion, birth register is issued by completing only the columns which were relevant to information provided .

*When you received the birth certificate, please be kind enough to acknowledge it after going through and checking it.

(Provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance No.17 of 1951 is applicable)

A birth is registered by the Registrar of Births and Deaths who is relevant to the place of birth .(List of Births and Deaths Registrars) If the birth occurred in a hospital, it should be informed to the registrar relevant to that place or appointed to the hospital, for registration of the birth.

Eligible persons to inform a birth

• Father
• Mother
• Persons who were present at the time of the birth of the child, guardians of the child
• Medical officer of the hospital

If the parents are unmarried, both of the parents should meet the Births and Deaths Registrar relevant to the hospitalwhich the birth occurred for enter the information of the father.

Required registration for inform the birth- Form CR 01, can be obtained from Births and Deaths registrar and can be download from the web-site also. 

The document to be submitted for registration of a birth by the persons who are eligible to inform a birth

• Duly filled registration - Form CR01
• Report issued by the hospital to confirm the birth
• A photocopy of the marriage certificate of the parents
• Photocopies of the birth certificates of the parents
• Original copy and photocopies of National Identity Card

A copy of the register of birth is issued free of charge to the informer

*When you received the birth certificate, please be kind enough to acknowledge it after going through and checking it.

(Provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance No.17 of 1951 is applicable)

The birth should be informed within 07 days of a birth occurred, to the superintendent of the Estate (if a superintendent is not available or the superintendent not accept to inform , to the Grama Niladhari who is appointed relevant to the birth place ) by the following persons who are eligible to inform a birth .

If a superintendent is not available, if the birth is inform to the Grama Niladhari, see the details of registration of a birth occurred at a home.

Eligible persons to inform a birth

• Father
• Mother
• Persons who were present at the time of the birth of the child
•  Guardians

The estate birth report is certified by the Superintendent of the Estate and submitted to the Additional District Registrar of the Divisional Secretariat through the District Medical Officer with Form CR01 which forwarded by the persons who register the birth.

The birth certificate is forwarded to the relevant Estate Superintendent after registration of the birth by the Additional District registrar.

The birth certificate can be obtained free of charge by the informer from the superintendent of the estate.

*When you received the birth certificate, please be kind enough to acknowledge it after going through and checking it.

(Provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance No.17 of 1951 is applicable)

Births of the children who are born in a foreign country begotten to Sri Lankan parents (at least one party should be Sri Lankan) can be registered in foreign countries.

Birth is registered by the office of Sri Lankan ambassador /High Commissioner of Sri Lanka of the country which the birth occurred.

The required declaration to inform the birth, can be obtained from the office of the ambassador of Sri Lanka/High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.

Eligible persons to inform for registration of the birth

• Father
• Mother
• Guardian

Documents to be forwarded ( original copy and a set of photocopied should be submitted)

• Duly completed declaration
• Relevant documents for the confirmation of the birth (Birth certificate issued by the country which the birth occurred or hospital report)
• A photocopy of the marriage certificate of the parents
• Photocopies of the birth certificates of the parents
• Passport and Visa used at the birth of the child
• If mother and father are citizens of a foreign country, the same certificate.

The amount prescribed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as government charges should be paid by the valid currency of the relevant country.

If a birth could not be registered through the office of the Ambassador /High Commissioner of the relevant country which the birth occurred within the period of one year by paying government fees, the following documents can be submitted to the office of the Ambassador /High Commissioner of the country which the birth occurred to register the same birth as a past birth. The said documents will be forwarded to the central record room at Maligawatta through the relevant office of Ambassador for the approval.

The documents to be forwarded ( original copy and a set of photocopied should be submitted)

Documents Required:

• Duly completed declaration
• Relevant documents for the confirmation of the birth (Birth certificate issued by the country which the birth occurred or hospital report)
• Marriage certificate of the parents (Certified copies)
• Birth certificates of the parents(Certified copies)
• Passport and Visa used by the mother at the birth of the child
• If mother and /or father are citizens of a foreign country, the same certificate.

Similarly, any period before/after one year of the birth of a child occurred, if it is not registered by the relevant office of Ambassador/ High Commissioner of the relevant foreign country, birth can be registered by forwarding to the central record room at Maligawatta.

The declaration required for inform the birth can be obtained from the Consular Division of Central Record Room at Maligawatta.

Eligible persons to inform for registration of the birth:

• Father
• Mother
• Guardian

A receipt received by paying a sum of Rs.13,755.00 as registration fees to the Consular Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be forwarded.

*The required information can be obtained from the Assistant Registrar General, Consular Divison, Registrar General's Department, 15th floor, "Suhurupaya", Battaramulla. Telephone No. +94112796127 or 071 4425143.