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Second Schedule.

Form No. 19.

Duty of registrar when deceased

not attended by medical

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(1) the Registrar General shall, on the application in writing of a registered medical practitioner, furnish him with a book of printed forms of certificates of death, according to Form No. 19 in the Second Schedule.

(2) in case of the death of any person who has been attended during his last illness by a registered medical practi- tioner, that practitioner shall forthwith sign and give to some person required by this Ordinance to give information concerning the death a certificate, in the form prescribed by this section, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief, the cause of death, and including a statement as to whether any, and if so what, anaesthetic was administered during the said illness and, if so, how long before death it was administered, and such person shall, on giving information concerning the death. deliver that certificate to a registrar; and the cause of death as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the register;

(3) where an inquiry is held on the body of any deceased person, or where a magistrate has issued a burial order, a medical certificate of the cause of death need not be given;

(4) for the purpose of securing uniformity in the death returns, the cause of death certified by a registered medical practitioner, or by any medical officer in any branch of His Majesty's service, or by any magistrate shall, so far as possible, be described in strict accordance with the nomen- clature of diseases of the Royal College of Physicians of London. If in any certificate the cause of death is not so described, it shall be lawful for a registrar to refuse to register the cause of death as thus certified, and to proceed in the manner provided by section 21 for cases in which that officer suspects that the reported cause of death is not the

true cause.

21. In case of the death of any person who has not been attended during his last illness by any registered medical practitioner, or in any case in which a registrar suspects that the reported cause of death is not the true cause, it shall be practitioner, the duty of the registrar to institute or cause to be instituted immediate inquiries with a view to ascertaining the true cause of death.

or where

in doubt

as to cause

of death.

Searches of books

and indexes

in General Register Office, certificates, fees, etc.

Particular search.

22.-(1) The Registrar General shall cause indexes of the register books in the General Register Office to be made, and any person shall be entitled on payment of the fee prescribed by sub- sections (2) or (3), as the case may be, to search during office hours such indexes and register books, and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register books, certified under the hand of a registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the General Register Office, for which a fee of one dollar shall be paid.

(2) A search, either in indexes or in district registers or in the register books of the General Register Office, for any given entry over any period not exceeding five years shall be deemed a particular search, and a fee of one dollar shall be paid in respect of every such particular search.

(3) A search either in the indexes or in district registers or in the register books of the General Register Office for information other than that concerning any given entry shall be deemed a general search the fee for which shall be $5 for any number of successive hours not exceeding six.