HONG KONG
LEGAL REPORT
Enclosure No. 2
THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND
ADOPTION (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS)
ORDINANCE 1979
(No. 38 of 1979)
Under section 3 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap. 174), as it stood, the responsibility for the registration of births and deaths rested with the Registrar General. It has been decided to transfer this responsibility (together with that of the registration of marriages) to the Director of Immigration, in his capacity as Commissioner for Registration under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177).
2. To enable the transfer to be effected, this Ordinance replaces section 3 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap. 174) with a new section which enables the Governor to appoint a person to be the Registrar of Births and Deaths, the necessary staff to deal with such registration and a general register office for keeping re- gisters of all births and deaths occurring in Hong Kong. The minor amendments made to the Births Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance, the Deaths Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance and the Adoption Ordinance are consequential. The transfer of responsibility for the registration of marriages will be dealt with under the Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 181).
3.
Before the Governor assented to the Bill in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I advised that he could properly do so.
13′′ June 1979.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
HONG KONG.
Joan Gruffat's
Attorney General.