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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 256. The following Bill was read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 26th July,

1934

[No. 1.-8.6.34.—7.]

C.S.O. 1566/11/II.

A BILL

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

General Register Office and

INTITULED

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to

the registration of births and deaths.

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1934.

2. In this Ordinance,

(a) "House" includes any building, structure, or vessel;

(b) "Occupier" includes the warden, keeper, master, manager, director, matron, superintendent, superior, or other chief resident officer of every convent or public or charitable or religious or educational institution, and, where a house is let or sub-let in separate floors or rooms or compartments, includes any person residing in such house who either receives or pays rent for such separate floors or rooms or compartments. In cases where a whole house is occupied by any person without being let or sub-let as aforesaid, such person shall, whether he is the owner or not, be deemed to be the "occupier";

(c) "Public institution" includes a prison, lock-up, reformatory school, certified industrial school, house of deten- tion, lunatic asylum and hospital;

(d) "Registrar General" means the Registrar General of Births and Deaths.

(e) "Registrar" includes the Registrar General, any De- puty Registrar of Births and Deaths and, where the reference is to registration in a district, includes also any assistant re- gistrar of births or deaths, as the case may be, for the district in question.

3.--(1) The office of the Medical Department shall be the General Register Office for keeping a register of all births staff thereof and deaths occurring in the Colony.

First Schedule,

(2) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall be the Registrar General of Births and Deaths.

(3) The Governor may appoint such Deputy Registrars, assistant registrars, clerks and subordinate officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance: Provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Governor, the Inspector or other officer in charge at each Police Station and Disinfecting Station and the principal clerk at each Public Dispensary mentioned in the First Schedule shall be assistant registrars of births or deaths, as the case may be, for their respective