322. Registration of births and deaths.-

In areas falling outside the limits of a municipality, a notified area, a town area or a cantonment it shall be the duty of a village chaukidar to report to the President or, in his absence, to the Vice President or the Secretary of the Gaon Sabha every birth or death, occurring in the area assigned to the Panchayat at the earliest opportunity. If the deceased was Government pensioner or a non-commissioned officer or private of the Indian Army on leave or a foreigner, the chaukidar shall immediately report the death to his station officer also.

323. [Omitted]

324. [Omitted]

325. Reports of death or disappearance of a pensioner should be entered in the general diary.-

The Officer-in-charge of a station, whether within or outside municipal limits, on receiving a report of the death or disappearance of a pensioner, shall enter the report in the general diary and shall report the fact, without delay, to the Tahsildar who will take steps to verify it.

326. On receiving information regarding the death of any Indian non-commissioned officer, S.O. shall immediately report to S.P.-

The Officerin-charge of a police station, on receiving information from a chaukidar or constable regarding the death of any Indian non-commissioned officer or private of the Indian Army while on leave shall immediately report the fact to the Superintendent of Police of his district. Such information shall be communicated without delay by the Superintendent of Police through the District Magistrate to the Officer commanding the regiment to which the deceased belonged. Any official papers given by the relatives of the deceased shall be forwarded at the same time.

327. On receiving information regarding the death of a foreigner, the S.O. shall immediately report to S.P.-

On receipt of information of the death of a foreigner, the Section Officer shall ascertain full particulars of the deceased,the cause of his death and his nationality and shall submit his report immediately to the Superintendent of Police who will pass this information on the Criminal Investigation Department. The Superintendent of Police should try to recover the deceased’s identity documents and registration papers and obtain full particulars of the deceased’s property and next-of-kin and pass on those documents and this information also to the Criminal Investigation Department.