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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH AUGUST, 1896.
Registrar to register births and deaths, (Ibid, #. 5.)
Information respecting finding new born child in be given to registrar.
(37 & 38 Vie d. 88, u. 3.)
Convent or Institution admitting new-born child to make enquiries.
(New)
Parent or occupier required to give partieu- lars of birth. (7 of 1872, a. 7, and 37 & 38 Vic. 6. 88, a. 1.)
As to registra- tion after
expiration of forty-two days after birth. (7 of 1872, s. 8.)
Saving for father of illegitimate child.
(37 & 38 Vie. e. 88, c. 7.)
6. The Registrar General shall cause himself to be pro- vided with, and shall furnish to every registrar, a sufficient number of register books of births and of register books of deaths; and the Registrar General and every registrar shall be authorized, and is hereby required, to inform him- self carefully of every birth and every death which shall happen within his district or districts, or place or village after this Ordinance shall have come into operation, and to learn and register as soon after the event as conveniently may be done, without fee or reward, save as hereafter mentioned, in one of the said books, the particulars required to be registered according to the forms in the said schedules (A) and (B) respectively touching every such birth or every such death, as the case may be, which shall not have been already registered, every such entry being made in order from the beginning to the end of the book.
7 (). In case any living new born child is found exposed it shall be the duty of any person finding such child and of any person in whose charge such child may be placed, to report such finding to the Registrar General or a registrar, and to give, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to the Registrar General or registrar within 7 days after the finding of such child such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as the informant possesses, and in the presence of the Registrar General or registrar to sign the register.
(b). In case any living new born child is brought to and admitted into any convent or public or charitable or religions institution, it shall be the duty of the person admitting such child or having charge of the convent or institution to which such child is admitted to ascertain, at the time of admission, from the person bringing such child for admission, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as can be elicited, and if such child has been born in the Colony, then, within 7 days after admission, to give to the Registrar General or registrar such information.
8. The father of every child born alive in the Colony of Hongkong after this Ordinance shall have come into operation or in case of death, illness, absence or inability of the father, the mother of such child, or in case of the death, iliness, absence, or inability of the father and mother, the occupier of the house, in which such child shall have been born, or any person present at the birth, shall within forty- two days after the day of every such birth give informa- tion to the Registrar General or registrar of the district or place within which such birth may have occurred, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several particulars hereby required to be known or registered, and shall in the presence of the Registrar General or registrar sign the register.
9 (a). In all cases where the information required by this Ordinance shall be given to the Registrar General or any registrar within forty-two days of the birth of any child, exclusive of the day of birth, no fee shall be required or paid for registering the said birth; but when such informa- tion shall be given after the expiration of the said forty-two days and within twelve months after the said birth, exclusive of the day of birth, a fee of one dollar shall be required of and paid by the person who by virtue of this Ordinance is charged with the duty of giving information concerning such birth. If no such information as aforesaid be given within three months after the said birth, the person charged with the duty of giving such information shall be liable upon summary conviction before a Police Magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty- five dollars and in default of payment thereof to imprison- ment for a term not exceeding one month with or without hard labour. After the expiration of 12 months next after the birth of any child, that birth shall not be registered except with the consent of the Registrar General and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in the register. A fee of $5 shall be paid to the Registrar General in the ease of the registration of the birth of a child after the expiration of 12 months next after the birth of such child.
(b). In the case of an illegitimate child no person shall, as father of such child, be required to give information under this Ordinance concerning the birth of such child, and the Registrar General or registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of such child,