Name of the Organization : eServices Portal for Citizens/Residents of Ghana
Type of Facility : Death Registration Procedure
Country : Ghana
Website : http://www.eservices.gov.gh/BDR/SitePages/bdr-home.aspx
Related : eServices Portal Ghana Online Application For Finger Print Check/ Nominal Vetting : www.statusin.org/2842.html
Procedure For Registration Of Deaths :
Between First (1) Day To Twelve (12) Months :
1. Informant reports death to the nearest Registry Office in the locality where death occurred with any one of the following
** Medical Certificate of cause of Death issued by a Medical Practitioner who was last in attendance.
Death Certificate Is Not A Burial Permit
** Coroner’s Certificate
2. Registration Assistant interviews Informant and completes Death Registration Report Form ‘B’.
3. Informant signs Form ‘B’ certifying information recorded is correct.
4. Registration Assistant enters information into the Register of Deaths and Informant signs appropriate column of the Register of Death.
5. Registration Assistant issues :
** Burial Permit where burial is in the district of death or
** Death Certificate (for a prescribed fee) where burial is outside the district where death occurred.
6. Informant delivers Burial Permit to the Sexton/Manager of the cemetery where deceased is to be buried.
7. In the case of Death Certificate, Informant delivers the certificate to the Registry Office nearest where deceased is to be buried for burial permit. This is then delivered to the Sexton/Manager of the cemetery for burial.
Procedure For Registration Of Death After Twelve Months :
1. Informant reports death to the nearest Registry Office in the locality where death occurred.
2. Registration Assistant interviews Informant and if satisfied with information, partially completes Death Registration Report Form ‘B’ and a Declaration Form and Informant pays the appropriate penalty.
3. Informant declarers partially completed documents before a Commissioner of Oaths, court Registrar or Notary Public, supported by any one of the following :
** Medical certificate of Cause of death
** Coroner’s Certificate together with Police Report
** An affidavit from a High court sworn jointly by head and two(2) principal members of the family of the deceased
4. Informant returns declared documents to the Registration Assistant who forwards application to the Registrar of Births and Deaths for approval or otherwise
5. Registrar of Births and Deaths returns the declared documents together with his authority to the Registration Assistant.
6. Registration Assistant enters the information in the Register of Deaths and issues Extracts to the Informant.
Procedure For The Registration Of Death After Burial :
1. Informant reports death to the nearest Registry Office in the locality where death occurred.
2. Registration Assistant interviews Informant and if satisfied with information, partially completes Death Registration Report Form ‘B’ and a Declaration Form and Informant pay the appropriate penalty.
3. Informant declarers partially completed documents before a Commissioner of Oaths, court Registrar or Notary Public, supported by any one of the following :
** Medical certificate of Cause of death
** Coroner’s Certificate together with Police Report
** Affidavits from a High court sworn by the next of Kin and another sworn jointly by head and two(2) principal members of the family of the deceased
4. Informant must present a declaration from the owner/manager/sexton of the cemetery where deceased was buried.
5. Informant returns declared documents to the Registration Assistant who forwards application to the Registrar of Births and Deaths for approval or otherwise
6. Registrar of Births and Deaths returns the declared documents together with his authority to the Registration Assistant.
7. Registration Assistant enters the information in the Register of Deaths and issues Extracts to the Informant.