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4.

Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

of section 9.

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(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of the words "fourteen days"

and the substitution therefor of the following-

"forty-two days";

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) by the deletion of the words "fourteen days" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"forty-two days"; and

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(ii) by the deletion of the words "one dollar" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"two dollars"; and

(c) in subsection (3), by the deletion of the words "ien dollars"

and the substitution therefor of the following-

"fifteen dollars".

5. Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the

of section 10. deletion of the words "fourteen days" and the substitution therefor of

the following-

"forty-two days".

Repeal of section 11.

6. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

7.

Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

of section 13.

(a)

in subsection (2), by the deletion of the words "one dollar" and the substitution therefor of the following-

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"two dollars"; and

(b) in subsection (3), by the deletion of the words "one dollar"

and the substitution therefor of the following-

"ive dollarsTM.

8. Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the of section 20. deletion, in paragraph (d), of the words "the nomenclature of diseases of the Royal College of Physicians of London" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"such classification as may be prescribed".

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9. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced Repest and by the following—

replacement of setcion 21. "Investigation 21. (1) In the case of the death of any person who has not been attended during his last illness by any registered medical practitioner it shall be the duty of the Registrar to institute, or cause to be instituted, inquiries with a view to ascertaining the true cause of death.

of cause of death and of correctness of death certificate.

(2) It shall be lawful for the Registrar in any case in which he wishes to verify the correctness of any certifi- cate of the cause of death of any person to institute, or cause to be instituted, inquiries with a view to verifying the correctness of such certificate.

(3) Any person who obstructs, resists, uses abusive language to, or refuses to answer without sufficient cause or wilfully makes a false answer to any reasonable inquiry put by any officer authorized by the Registrar for the purpose of carrying out any inquiry pursuant to this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary con- viction to a fine of one thousand dollars and three months* imprisonment.”.

10. Section 22 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(4) in subsection (1)—–—–

(0) by the insertion, after the words "one dollar", of the following-

"and fifty cents"; and

(b) by the deletion of the proviso thereto and the substitu- tion therefor of the following-

"Provided that a fee of three dollars shall be paid in respect of any such copy required to be posted by a registrar to an addressee outside the Colony, and, if the copy is required to be sent by airmail, an additional fee shall be paid of an amount equal to the airmail postage at the normal rate.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the deletion of the words "one dollar**

and the substitution therefor of the following-

"two dollars”; and

(e) in subsection (3), by the deletion of the words "five dollars"

and the substitution therefor of the following-

"twenty-five dollars".

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