THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29 AUGUST, 1896.
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(i) a written certificate according to the form in schedule (L) to this Ordinance annexed that such child was not born alive, signed by a registered medical practitioner who was in attendance at the birth or has examined the body of such child; or (ii) a declaration according to the form in the sche- dule (M) to this Ordinance annexed signed by some person who would, if the child had been born alive, have been required by this Ordinance to give information concerning the birth, to the effect that no registered medical practitioner was pre- sent at the birth, or that his certificate cannot be obtained, or that the child was not born alive; or (iii) an order of any Magistrate appointed by the Governor to discharge the duties of Coroner. (c). Where there is in the coffin in which any deceased person is brought for burial the body of any other deceased person, or the body of any still-born child, the undertaker or other person who has charge of the funeral shall deliver to the person who buries or performs any funeral or religious service for the burial of such body or bodies notice in writ- ing signed by such undertaker or other person, and stating to the best of his knowledge and belief with respect to each such body the following particulars, according to the forms (N), (0), (P) în the schedule to this Ordinance annexed :-
(1) If the body is the body of a deceased person, the name, sex and place of abode of the said deceased person;
(ii) If the body has been found exposed, and the name and place of abode are unknown, the fact of the body having been so found and of the said parti- culars being unknown; and
(iii) If the body is that of a deceased child without a name, or a still-born child, the name and place of abode of the father, or, if it is illegitimate, of the mother of such child.
(d). With respect to certificates of the cause of death, the following provisions shall have effect:-
(i) The Registrar General shall on the application in writing of a registered medical practitioner furnish such practitioner with a book of printed forms of certificates of death according to the form of schedule (Q) to this Ordinance annexed. (ii) In case of the death of any person who has been attended during his last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner shall forth- with sign and give to some person required by this Ordinance to give information concerning the death a certificate in the form prescribed by this section stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the cause of death, and such person shall, upon giving information concerning the death, deliver that certificate to the Registrar General or a registrar; and the cause of death as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the register. (iii) Where an inquest is held on the body of any deceased person, a medical certificate of the cause of death need not be given to the Registrar General or registrar, but the certificate of the finding furuished by the Coroner shall be suffi- cient,
(iv) For the purpose of securing uniformity in the death returns, the cause of death certified to by any registered medical practitioner, or by any medical officer in any branch of Her Majesty's Service, or by the Magistrate discharging the duties of Coroner shall, so far as possible, be described in strict accordance with the nomencla- ture of diseases of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
If in any certificate the cause of death is not described in the terms of the said nomenclature, it shall be lawful for the Registrar General or a registrar, in his discretion, to refuse to register the cause of death as thus certified and to proceed in the manner provided by sub-section (e) of this section in cases in which the Registrar General or a registrar is not satisfied that the reported cause of death is the true cause.
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(37 & 34 Vic. C. AN, x. 30.)
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