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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH AUGUST, 1896.

unless at the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such child, and such person sball in such case sign the register together with the mother. For the purposes of this Ordinance every child of every Chinese male shall be deemed to be a legitimate child, and such Chinese male shall be deemed to be the father of such child.

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(c). Any person, required by this Ordinauec 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 alterel, 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 sball, without any erasure of the previous entry, forthwith enter in the register book the name mentioned in the declaration aforesaid, and shall, upon the application of the said parent or guardian or other person procuring such name to be altered or given, forthwith deliver to such parent, or guardian or other person as aforesaid a certificate according to the form of schedules (E) and (F) to this Ordinance annexed for which a fee of $1 shall be charged. No such alteration or addition as that contem- plated in this section shall be made after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the registration of the birth except upon payment to the Registrar General or registrar of a fee of two dollars.

11. (a). When a person dies in a house after the com- mencement of this Ordinance, it shall be the duty of the nearest relatives of the deccased present at the death or in attendance during the last illuess of the deceased, and in default of such relatives, of each person present at the death or in attendance during the last illness, and of any occupier of the house in which to his knowledge the death took place, and, in default of the persons hereinbefore in this section mentioned of each inmate of such house, and of the person eausing the body of the deceased person to be buried, to give, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to the Registrar General or registrar, within the 48 hours (in which Sundays and Government holidays shall not be included) next following the time of such death, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such death, and in the presence of the Registrar General or registrar to sign the register.

(b). Where a person dies in a place which is not a house, or a dead body is found elsewhere than in a house, it shall be the duty of every relative of such deceased person having knowledge of any of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death, and in default of such relative, of every person present at the death, and of any person finding, and of any person taking charge of the body and of the person causing the body to be buried, to give to the Magistrate appointed by the Governor to dis- charge the duties of Coroner within the 48 hours (in which Sundays and Government holidays shall not be included) next after the death or the finding, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death as the informant possesses, and such particulars shall be forthwith forwarded by the said Magistrate to the Registrar General who shall duly register the same.

(c). After the expiration of 12 months next after any death or after the finding of any dead body elsewhere than in a house, that death shall not be registered except with the consent of the Registrar General, 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 death of any person after the expiration of 12 mouths next after any such death or after the finding of any dead body elsewhere than in a house.

Tegister of

births out of district in case of removal. (Ibid, 6, 6.)

Hagistration

of name of child or of alteration OF

1. (In, #3)

Information concerning death where deceased di•« in a house. (37 & 3 Vic, 6. 88, x. 10.)

Information entreerning death where decensed dies not in a honA. (Ebid, a. 11.)

Death not t be registere after twelve months. (Ibid. x. 15.

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