{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874.json",
  "id": "ukpga/Vict/37-38/88",
  "title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874",
  "short_title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874",
  "long_title": "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England, and to consolidate the Law respecting the Registration of Births and Deaths at Sea.",
  "citation": "37 & 38 Vict. c. 88",
  "type": "ukpga",
  "year": "Vict/37-38",
  "number": "88",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "1874-08-07",
  "revised": true,
  "valid_from": "1993-11-05",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/15.",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "1—5",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-15.",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/6",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-6",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/716",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "7–16",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-716",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/burials",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Burials",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/17",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "17",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-17",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/18",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "18",
      "heading": "Burial of deceased children as still-born.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-18",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/19",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "19",
      "heading": "Notice where coffin contains more than one body.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-19",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/20",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "20",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-20",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/21",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "21",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-21",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/22",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "22",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-22",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/23",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "23",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-23",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/2427",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "24–27",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-2427",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/28",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "28",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-28",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/29",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "29",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-29",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/30",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "30",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-30",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3133",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "31–33",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-3133",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/34",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "34",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-34",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3536.",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "35, 36",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-3536.",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/37",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "37",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-37",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/burials"
    },
    {
      "path": "crossheading/miscellaneous",
      "kind": "crossheading",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Miscellaneous",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3844.",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "38—44",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-3844.",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/45",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "45",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-45",
      "extent": "E+W",
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/46",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "46",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-46",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/4749",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "47–49",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-4749",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/50",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "50",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-50",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/51",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "51",
      "heading": "Extent of Act.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-51",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/52",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "52",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-52",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/53",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "53",
      "heading": "Short title.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-53",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "section/54",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "54",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/section-54",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": "crossheading/miscellaneous"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "FIRST TO THIRD SCHEDULES",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/schedule-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/FOURTH",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "FOURTH",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/schedule-FOURTH",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/FIFTH",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "FIFTH",
      "heading": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/schedule-FIFTH",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2025-03-20",
      "size": 2147419,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/pdf/ukpga_18740088_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/37-38/88/pdfs/ukpga_18740088_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/37-38/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:49:07.345159+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}