The law modifies the law No. 84-10 relative à l’état civil and regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.
The law regulates all the aspects regarding civil status matters.
The Act consolidates the laws relating to the registration of births and deaths in Lesotho. It makes compulsory the registration of the birth of a child, whether born alive or still-born, and of the death of any person dying after the commencement of the Act (section 3). The office of the Registrar General is the general register office for keeping the register of all births and deaths occurring in Lesotho (section 4).