Fees to register births and deaths increase

The gov­ern­ment has in­creased fees for births and deaths reg­is­tra­tion, with changes tak­ing ef­fect on Jan­u­ary 1, 2026. The ad­just­ments were made un­der Le­gal No­tice 480, pub­lished in the of­fi­cial Gazette on Christ­mas Day.

Un­der the amend­ed sched­ules of the Births and Deaths Reg­is­tra­tion Act, fees for reg­is­ter­ing a child have dou­bled in some cas­es. Reg­is­tra­tion for a child over three months but un­der 12 months is now $40, while reg­is­tra­tion of a child over 12 months with writ­ten au­thor­i­ty from the Reg­is­trar Gen­er­al will cost be­tween $100 and $150.

Oth­er changes in­clude:

● De­c­la­ra­tion of a birth in an­oth­er dis­trict: $20

● Cor­rect­ing er­rors in the reg­is­ter: $30

● Gen­er­al search fees: $20–$50, de­pend­ing on the type of search

● Cer­ti­fied copies of en­tries: $25–$30

● Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion of birth or death cer­tifi­cates is­sued by the Reg­is­trar or Su­per­in­ten­dent Reg­is­trar: $50

● Re-reg­is­tra­tion of a birth wrong­ly reg­is­tered: $100

The amend­ments up­date the Sec­ond and Third Sched­ules of the Act, af­fect­ing fees for search­es, cer­ti­fied copies, and reg­is­tra­tions across the coun­try.