law: Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
  
  3.Registrar General, India.-
  (1)
  
  The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a
  
  person to be known as the Registrar-General, India.
  (2)
  
  The Central Government may also appoint such other officers with such designations
  
  as it thinks fit for the purpose of discharging, under the superintendence and
  
  direction of the Registrar-General, such functions of the Registrar-General
  
  under this Act as he may, from time to time, authorise them to discharge.
  (3) The Registrar-General may issue general directions regarding registration
  
  of births and deaths in the territories to which this Act extends, and shall
  
  take steps to co-ordinate and unify the activities of Chief registrar in the
  
  matter of registration of births and deaths and submit to the Central
  
  Government n annual report on the working of this Act in the said territories.