New birth certificates to be issued from 01 July

New birth certificates to be issued from 01 July

The Registrar General's Department has taken steps to issue a new National Birth Certificate to every person born in this country from July 01.

Registrar General W.M.M.B. Weerasekera stated that all data from birth until death will be computerized.

On the instructions of the Minister in charge of the subject Chamal Rajapaksa, the existing Birth Certificates will also be updated and a new National Birth Certificate will be issued, said the Registrar General