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Uganda Births and Deaths Registration Act No 28 of 1970

Published: 1/Jan/1970

Chapter 309, Laws of Uganda. Entry into force 1 October 1973. Repealed and replaced by the Registration of Persons Act 2015.

Made registration of the births of all children compulsory for the first time.

Download: Uganda Births and Deaths Registration Act 1970

 

Themes: Birth Registration
Regions: Uganda
Year: 1970

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    • Deportation and Mass Expulsions
      ▼
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      • Mass Expulsions
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    • Statelessness
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      • Gabon
      • Republic of Congo
      • São Tomé & Príncipe
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      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
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      • Seychelles
      • Somalia
      • South Sudan
      • Sudan
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • International
    • North Africa
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      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Mauritania
      • Morocco
      • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara)
      • Tunisia
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      • Botswana
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      • Lesotho
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      • Burkina Faso
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