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Second Schedule. Form 3.
Duty of registrar to procure registration of births.
Notice as to necessity for vaccination.
Second Schedule. Form 4.
Saving for father of illegitimate child.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 88, s. 7.
Registration of name of child or of alteration of name. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 88, s. 8.
Second Schedule. Forms 5 and 6.
Births and Deaths Registration.
of a fee of ten dollars, and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in the post register book of births in which such birth is registered.
(4) Any person obtaining registration of any birth under any subsection of this section shall be entitled at the time of registration to receive free a certificate of such registration in the prescribed form.
10. Notwithstanding the omission to report or furnish information as to any birth within fourteen days it shall be the duty of every registrar to procure by all means in his power the best and most accurate information respecting any birth which may have occurred within his district and to cause the same to be registered as prescribed by section 9.
11. (1) Every registrar shall, immediately after the registration with him of the birth of any child, give a notice, in the prescribed form, to the parent or person reporting the birth, drawing attention to the requirements of any enactment relating to vaccination.
(2) Every registrar shall keep a book in which he shall enter, in such form as the Registrar directs, minutes of the notices of vaccination given by him.
12. In the case of an illegitimate child, no person shall, as father of such child, be required to give information concerning the birth of such child, and there shall not be entered in the register the name of any person as father of such child, except at the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father, and such person shall in such case sign the register together with the mother. For the purposes of this Ordinance every child of every Chinese male shall be deemed to be a legitimate child, and such Chinese male shall be deemed to be the father of such child.
13. (1) In every case where it is desired after registration to alter or add to the name of any child whose birth has been registered with a name, or to give a name or names to any child whose birth has been registered without a name, the parent or guardian of such child may make a declaration in writing before a registrar in the prescribed form: Provided that whenever it is shown to the satisfaction of the
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