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50 of 1947.
26 of 1949. 22 of 1950.
Short title.
Interpretation.
(7 of 1872).
(7 of 1896).
Births Registration (Special Registers).
CHAPTER 175.
BIRTHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS).
To authorize the Registrar of Births and Deaths to keep special registers of births for the purpose of registering births previously registered in specified lost registers of births formerly kept by the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
[18th December, 1947.]
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Births Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance---
"birth certificate (1872)" means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to section 16 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1872; "birth certificate (1896)" means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to section 21 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896; "birth certificate (1934)" means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to section 24 of the principal Ordinance;
"general register office" means the office of the Registrar;
"lost register (1872)" means any register book of births formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1872 and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost;
"lost register (1896)" means any register book of births formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896 and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost;
"lost register (1934)" means any register book of births formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of the principal Ordinance and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost;
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