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Birth Registration

Legislative and regulatory references :

 - Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27 of Law No. 3 of 1957 dated on August 1, 1957 relating to the regulation of the civil status, as completed and revised by subsequent texts.

- Prime Minister’s publication No. 15 dated on February 14, 1989 on simplifying procedures for civil status documents.

Conditions for having the service :

 - Informing for birth during the ten (10) days that follows the date of birth.

- If the informing of the birth does not occur within the legal time limit, the civil status officer cannot include it in his books except by virtue of a permit issued by the President of the Court of First Instance i where the baby was born.

- Informing of birth occurs by the father or the doctor,   the midwife, or other persons who witnessed the situation.

The required documents :

Submit a file containing the following documents:

Giving the required instructions (date of birth, place of birth, name of the newborn) and submitting a file containing the documents proving the identity of the father and mother of the newborn, including:

- The ID card of the father and the mother

- Or the family book

- Or a birth certificate of one of the children

- A birth certificate issued by a foreign civil status officer (for those born outside the country’s borders)

Filing placement :

- Civil Status service in the municipality or the municipal department

-  The embassy or the consulate for birth cases abroad

Placement for having the service :

- Civil Status service in the municipality or the municipal department

- The embassy or the consulate for birth cases abroad.

-The purpose of making the documents is to avoid falsehood and to ensure that the titles of the members of the same family are identical

- The agent charged with registration of the newborn must re-read the registration data with a clear voice to ensure that the data correspond to reality.

- The person making the permit must pass two copies of the birth registration book.