Procedure for the Dispute Resolution Board on Civil Registration

At the headquarters of each civil registry office, a board called the "Dispute Resolution Board" has been formed to deal with the errors in the personal status documents and make a decision to fix them and deal with the correction, completion, change and cancellation of the personal status documents mentioned in Article 3 of the Civil Registration Act.The proceeding in the Board is conducted by submission of the application by the holders of the personal status documents or the beneficiaries or the registrars.The Dispute Resolution Board occupied a better position than other specialized administrative authorities in terms of observing the principles of a fair trial due to having a special procedure under the title of "Rules of Procedure of the Dispute Resolution Boards on Civil Registry" In this article, we will examine the organization, territorial and subject matter jurisdiction, the principles governing the proceeding in Dispute Resolution Board and its procedure.