For children delivered at outside of a hospital or birthing centre, the birth must be registered as follows:
An informant must attend the nearest Local District Registrar (LDR) to register the birth. This person can be either parent, person present at birth, an occupier of the house in which the birth occurred or any other adult who is aware of the birth of the child.
The LDR office must be attended soon after the event of the birth: within three months or at least within one year after birth. After one year, as mentioned above, late registration will be required
As in hospital birth registration, if parents are not married, the mother and father must attend the LDR so the father’s particulars can be added at time of registration, that is, an “A and B registration” is done
The birth registration form is completed by the LDR and all relevant signatures are affixed
The original registration is transmitted to the Head Office of the Registrar General's Department within six weeks of the registration