A new amended law will from October 1 facilitate the use of the birth certificate as a single document for a host of works and services like admission to educational institutes, issuance of driving licences, applying for Aadhaar card or passport and registration of marriage.

Parliament passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023, in the monsoon session and President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on August 11.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023, the central government hereby appoints the 1st day of October, 2023, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force,” according to a notification issued by Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, registrar-general and census commissioner.

The law will provide for use of the birth certificate as a single document to prove the date and place of birth of a person born on or after the date of commencement of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023, for admission to an educational institution, issuance of driving licence, preparation of voter list, marriage registration, appointment to a post in central or state government or a local body or public sector undertaking or in any statutory or autonomous body under the central or state government.