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The Civil Status Division is mainly responsible for the registration of births, deaths,marriages and other matters relating to the civil status of persons in Mauritius and for the issue of civil status certificates.
Legislation
The main legislation which provides for the functioning of civil status offices is the Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 1981, which came into force on the 1 January 1982 and the Code Civil Mauritian which lays down the conditions which have to be satisfied before a person under 18 years, can contract marriage. With the introduction of computerized operations, it is compulsory to produce the National Identity Card for every civil status transaction.
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