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Details pertaining to Marriage and Ethnicity to be removed from Birth Certificates

22 Jul 2020

Details pertaining to Marriage and Ethnic Group are to be removed from all new Birth Certificates going forward, according to Registrar General’s Department. Accordingly, 'Sri Lankan' will be mentioned in the birth certificate instead of the ethnicity. Further, the Birth Certificate will not mention whether the parents of the child are married or not. Moreover, the much awaited Digital Birth Certificate is to be issued following the conclusion of the 2020 Parliamentary Election.    


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