The role of the Civil Status service includes;
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Recording specific information regarding vital events according to established methods and procedures
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Ensuring compliance with registration law
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Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of each record
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Adopting such measures as are required to enable the to be informed of the necessity, procedures and requirements of registration, and the value of vital statistics
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Taking custody of records
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Ensuring the completion of a statistical report for each registered vital event and its transmission according to a regular time schedule to the compiling agency, for data processing and dissemination
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Issuing certificates or copies of the vital records upon request
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Providing customer services
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In the case of death registration, ensuring that the certification of the cause of death is part of the documentation.