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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MARCH, 1896.

forms (N), (0), (P) in the schedule to this Ordinance annexed

If the body is the body of a deconsed person, the name, sex and place of abode of the said deceased person;

(ii) If the body has been found exposed, and the name and place of abode are unknown, the fact of the body having been so found and of the said parti- culars being unknown; and

(iii) If the body is that of a deceased child without a name, or a still-born child, the name and place of abode of the father, or, if it is illegitimate, of the mother of such child.

(d). With respect to certificutes of the cause of death, the following provisions shall have effect :---

(i) The Registrar General shall on the application in writing of a registered medical practitioner furnish such practitioner with a book of printed forms of certificates of death according to the form of schedule (Q) to this Ordinance annexed.

(ii) In case of the death of any person who has been attended during his last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner shall forth- with 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 such person shall, upou giving information concerning the death, deliver that certificate to the Registrar General or a registrar; and the cause of death as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the register. (iii) Where an inquest is held on the body of any deceased person, a medical certificate of the cause of death need not be given to the Registrar General or registrar, but the certificato of the finding furnished by the Coroner shall be suffi- cient.

(iv) For the purpose of securing uniformity in the death returns, the cause of death certified to by any registered medical practitioner, or by any medical officer in any branch of Her Majesty's Service, or by the Magistrate discharging the duties of Coroner shall, so far as possible, be described in strict accordance with the nomencla- ture of diseases of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

If in any certificate the cause of death is not described in the terms of the said nomenclature, it shall be lawful for the Registrar General or a registrar, in his discretion, to refuse to register the cause of death as thus certified and to proceed in the manner provided by sub-section (e) of this section in cases in which the Registrar General or a registrar is not satisfied that the reported cause of death is the true cause.

Provisions us to certificates of cause of death.

(37 38 Vic. c. B8, s. 20.)

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(e). In case of the death of any person who has not (New.) been attended during his last illness by any registered medical practitioner, it shall be the duty of the Registrar General or registrar, to whom information concerning the death is given, to satisfy himself that the cause of death stated by the person giving the information is the true cause, and in every case in which he is not satisfied in this regard, it shall be his duty to communicate the particulars of the information received to the Colonial Surgeon who shall institute or cause to be instituted immediate enquiries with a view to ascertaining the true cause of death, and shall as soon as possible report the result to the Registrar General or a registrar.

13. In the months of Jummary, April, July and October on such days as shall from time to time be appointed by the Registrar General, every registrar shall make and sond to the Registrar General ou durable materials, a true copy, certified by him under his hand, according to the form of schedule (D) to this Ordinance annexed, of all the entries of births and deaths in the register books kept by him since the last certificate, and the Registrar General shall verify

Certified copies of district registers of births and deaths to be cent quarterly and the register booka when filled to The Registre General. (7 of 1872, s. 13.)

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