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4. (1) The Registrar General shall cause to be Register printed and supplied to all Register Offices set out in the First Schedule register books of births and register books of First deaths which shall be, respectively, in the Forms Nos. 1 and Second

2 in the Second Schedule.

Schedule.

Schedule.

Forms

(2) The particulars required to be registered concerning Nos. 1 and any birth or death shall be the particulars specified in the 2. said Forms.

(3) Four separate register books shall be kept at each of the said registry offices.

(i) a birth register book for the normal registration of births.

(ii) a death register book for the normal registration of deaths.

(iii) a post register book of births for the late registration of births.

(iv) a post register book of deaths for the late registration of deaths.

Entries of births and deaths shall, in the case of non- Chinese, be in the English language and, in the case of Chinese. shall be both in the English and the Chinese languages.

entries in

5.-(1) The registrar at every Register Office, other than Certified the General Register Office, shall cause to be sent to the copies of General Register Office, once in each month or as directed by district the Registrar General, certified copies of all entries made in his register book during the preceding month.

registers

to be sent to General Register Office for

(2) The Registrar General shall cause the said certified record. copies to be bound, from time to time, and preserved for record at the General Register Office together with the Register Books at that Office.

6. From time to time and as often as may be necessary Inspection. the Registrar General or a deputy registrar shall visit each district registry office to inspect the registry books and confer with the assistant registrar as to the facts regarding registra- tion in his district.

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7. The father of every child born alive in the Colony, Duty of or, in case of death, illness, absence, or inability of the father, cepier to the mother of such child, or in case of the death, illness, register absence, or inability of the father and mother, the occupier within of the house in which such child has been born, or any person 14 days. present at the birth, shall, within fourteen days after the day of such birth, give information to a registrar according to the c. 88, s. 1. best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several parti- culars required to be registered, and shall, in the presence of such registrar, sign the register.

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8.-(1) In case any child is born in, or any new-born Informa- child is admitted to, any public institution, convent or other tion respect-

ing living charitable or religious institution, it shall be the duty of the new-born person having charge of such institution or convent to ascertain child to

be given from the mother of such child or person bringing such child to a such information of the particulars required to be registered registrar. concerning the birth of such child as can be elicited and to Vict. cause such information to be given to a registrar within 14 88, days.

s. 3.

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