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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MARCH, 1896.
Convent or Institution admitting new-born child to make enquiries.
(New.)
Purent or Occupier required to give particu- Tars of birth. (7 of 1872, s. 7. and 37 & 38 Vic. c. 88, n. 1.)
As to registra- tion after expiration of forty-two days after birth, (7 of 1879, s. 8.)
Saving for father of illegitimate child.
(37 & 38 Vis. g. 68, n. 7.)
Register of births out of district in case of removal. (Ibid, 3. 6.)
Registration
of name of child or of alteration of name. (Ibid, s. 8.)
(b). In case any living new born child is brought to and admitted into any convent or public or charitable or religious institution, it shall be the duty of the person admitting such child or having charge of the convent or institution to which such child is admitted to ascertain, at the time of admission, from the person bringing such child for admission, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as can be elicited, and if such child has been born in the Colony, then, within 7 days after admission, to give to the Registrar General or registrar such information.
8. The father of every child born alive in the Colony of Hongkong after this Ordinance shall have come into operation or in case of death, illness, absence or inability of the father, the mother of such child, or in case of the death, illness, absence, or inability of the father and mother, the occupier of the house, in which such child shall have been born, shall within forty-two days after the day of every such birth give information to the Registrar General or registrar of the district or place within which such birth may have occurred, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several particulars hereby required to be known or registered, and shall in the presence of the Registrar General or registrar sign the register.
9(a). In all cases where the information required by this Ordinance shall be given to tho Registrar General or any registrar within forty-two days of the birth of any child, exclusive of the day of birth, no fee shall be required or paid for registering the said birth; but when such informa tion shall be given after the expiration of the said forty-two days and within twelve months after the said birth, exclusive of the day of birth, a fee of one dollar shall be required of and paid by the person who by virtue of this Ordinance is charged with the duty of giving information concerning such birth. If no such information as aforesaid be given within three months after the said birth, the person charged with the duty of giving such information shall be liable upon summary conviction before a Police Magistrate to a fine not exceeding twenty- five dollars and in default of payment thereof to imprison- ment for a term not exceeding one month with or without hard labour. After the expiration of 12 months next after the birth of any child, that birth shall not be registered except with the consent of the Governor and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in the register. A fee of $5 shall be paid to the Registrar General in the case of the registration of the birth of a child after the expiration of 12 months next after the birth of such child.
(b). In the case of an illegitimate child no person shall, as father of such child, be required to give information under this Ordinance concerning the birth of such child, and the Registrar General or registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of such child, unless at the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such child, and such person shall in such case sign the register together with the mother.
(c). Any person, required by this Ordinance to give in- formation concerning a birth, who removes, before such birth is registered, out of the district in which such birth has taken place, may, within forty-two days after such birth, give the information to the Registrar General or to the registrar of the district in which he resides, and shall, at the time of giving such information, sign the register in the presence of such Registrar General or registrar.
10. When the birth of any child has been registered and the name, if any, by which it was registered is altered, or if it was registered without a name, when a name is given to it, the parent or guardian of such child or other person procuring such name to be altered or given, may within twelve months next after the registration of the birth make a declaration in writing before the Registrar General or registrar according to the form of schedules (C) and (D) to this Ordinance annexed whereupon such Registrar General or registrar shall, without any erasure of the previous entry, forthwith enter in the register book in the space reserved for that purpose the name mentioned in the declaration aforesaid, and shall, upon the application of the said parent
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