law: Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
  10.
  
  Duty of certain persons to notify or death births and deaths and to certify
  
  cause of death.-
  (1)
  
  It shall be the duty of ---
  (i) the midwife or any other medical or heath attendant at a birth
  (ii) the keeper or the owner of a place set apart for the disposal of
  
  dead bodies or any person required by a local authority to be present at such
  
  place, or
  
  
  (iii) any other person whom the State Government may specify in this behalf by
  
  his designation, to notify every birth or death or both at which he or she
  
  attended or was present, or was present, or which occurred in such areas as may
  
  be prescribed, to the Registrar within such time and in such manner as may be
  
  prescribed.
  (2)
  
  In any area, the State Government, having regard to the facilities available
  
  therein in this behalf, may require that a certificate as to the cause of death
  
  shall be obtained by the Registrar from such person and in such form as may be
  
  prescribed.
  (3) Where the State Government has required under sub-section (2) that a
  
  certificate as to the cause of death shall be obtained, in the event of the
  
  death of any person who, during his last illness, was attended by a medical
  
  practitioner, the medical practitioner shall, after the death of that person,
  
  forthwith, issue without charging any fee, to the person required under this
  
  Act to give information concerning the death, a certificate in the prescribed
  
  form stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the cause of death ; and
  
  the certificate shall be received and delivered by such person to the Registrar
  
  at the time of giving information concerning the death as required by this Act.