The gov­ern­ment has in­creased fees for births and deaths reg­is­tra­tion, with changes tak­ing ef­fect on Jan­u­ary 1, 2026. The ad­just­ments were made un­der Le­gal No­tice 480, pub­lished in the of­fi­cial Gazette on Christ­mas Day.

Un­der the amend­ed sched­ules of the Births and Deaths Reg­is­tra­tion Act, fees for reg­is­ter­ing a child have dou­bled in some cas­es. Reg­is­tra­tion for a child over three months but un­der 12 months is now $40, while reg­is­tra­tion of a child over 12 months with writ­ten au­thor­i­ty from the Reg­is­trar Gen­er­al will cost be­tween $100 and $150.

Oth­er changes in­clude: