Section 79 in The Employees' State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950
79. Issue of death certificate. -An Insurance Medical Officer attending the disabled person at the time of his death or the Insurance Medical Officer who examines the body after the death or the Medical Officer who attended the insured person in a hospital or other institution where such disabled person dies, shall issue free of charge a death certificate in 74 [Form 13] to the dependants of the deceased and shall send a report to the appropriate Regional Office.
