1947-HKRS29-8-14_Part06 — Page 1

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 birthe 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- Stort title tion (Special Registers) Ordinance, 1947.

2. In this Ordinance--

Inter-

pretation.

(a) "Birth Certificate (1873)" means a certified Birth and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to Certificate section 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 (1K). section 21 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1896.

Certificate

(c) "Birth Certificate (1934) moans a certified and Birth sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given pursuant to section (1034). 23 of Ordinance No. 21 of 1934,

(d) "General Register Office" means the office of Deus! the Registrar General.

Register

Qice.

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

(1972). Ordinance No. 7 of 1872 and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost.

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

(1596).

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

(1034). 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).