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HONG KONG

No. 50 or 1947.

1 assent.

Governor,

18th December, 1947.

An Ordinance to authorise the Registrar General 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 General of Births and Deaths.

[18th December, 1947.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

PART 1.

PRELIMINARY,

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Births Registra- Short title tion (Special Registers) Ordinance, 1947.

2. In this Ordinance-

Inter-

protation.

(a) "Birth Certificate (1873)" means a certified Birth and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to Certificate sention 16 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1872.

(1872).

Certificate

(b) Birth Certificate (1896)" means a certified Birth and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to (1896). section 21 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1896.

Certificate

(e) Birth Certificate (1934)" means a certified and Birth nealed

copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to section (1934). 23 of Ordinance No. 21 of 1934,

(d) "General Register Office" means the office of Geuerst the Begistrar General.

Register Olicn.

(e) "Lost Register (1872)" means any register book Lost of births formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of Register

[79). Ordinance No. 7 of 1872 and which, under section 8 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost.

(f) "Lost Register (1896)" means any register book no of births formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of Regist (1596). Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost.

(g) Lost Register (1934)" means any register book out of births formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of gir

(1934). Ordinance No. 21 of 1934 and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost.

Register

(b) "No. 1 Register (1872)" means a special No. 1 register of births kept under the provisions of this Ordinance (1872). for the purpose of registering Birth Certificates (1872).