Botswana: Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1968 (as amended to 1998)

Published: 1/Apr/1969

Laws of Botswana, Chapter 30:01: Act No. 48, 1968 (entered into force 1 April 1969), as amended by S.I. 19, 1974; S.I. 61, 1974; S.I. 95, 1974; S.I. 22, 1977; Act 3, 1978; Act 7, 1983; S.I. 17, 1992; and Act 16, 1998.

Link to Botswana elaws website:

Chapter: 30:01 – BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION – Introductory (ss 1-4)

Chapter: 30:01 – BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION – Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths (ss 5-8)

Chapter: 30:01 – BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION – General Provisions relating to Registration (ss 9-23)

Chapter: 30:01 – BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION – Supplementary (ss 24-25)

PDF of amended text: Botswana B+DR 1968 amended to 1998

Themes: Identity Documents, Birth Registration
Regions: Southern Africa, Botswana
Year: 1969, 1998