866 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH AUGUST, 1896.
(New)
Certified copies of district registers of births and deaths to be sent quarterly And the
register book4 when tiled to the Registrar General.
(7 of 1872, s. 13.)
Searches may be made and certificates giren.
(7 of 1972, s. 14.)
Indexes to be made at the Registrar General's Office, and persons allowed to search them). (Had, s. 15.)
(37
39 Vis.
6. N8, s. 43.)
CertiArd copies given at general register office
to be sealed.
17 of 1-73, 16,3
Pers under this Ordinanc» To be
accounted for by Registrar General to Treasury, (Ford, #717,)
Penalties for wilfully giving false information. (104, s. 19
(e). In case of the death of any person who has not 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 or to some other medical officer appointed by the Governor for that purpose who shall institute or canse 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 January, April, July and October on such days as shall from time to time be appointed by the Registrar General, every registrar shall make and send to the Registrar General on 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 Inst certificate, and the Registrar General shall verify the same, and if found to be correct shall certify the same under his hand to be a true copy, and if there shall have been no birth or death registered since the delivery of the last cortificate, the registrar shall certify the fact, and such certificate shall be delivered to the Registrar General as aforesaid, and countersigned by him; and each registrar shall keep safely such register books as shall be placed under his control, until each of the said register books shall be filled, and shall then deliver it to the Registrar General to be kept by him with the records of his office.
14. The Registrar General and every registrar, who shall have the keeping for the time being of any register book of births or deaths, shall in recognised office hours allow searches to be made of any register book in his keeping, and the Registrar General shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry or entries in the same on payment of the fees hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, for every search extending over a period not less than one year the sum of fifty cents, and twenty-five cents additional for every additional year, and the sum of one dollar for every single certificate.
15. The Registrar General shall cause indexes of the register books in his office to be made and kept with the other records of his office; and every person shall be entitled during recognised office bours to search the said indexes and to have a certified copy of any entry or entries in the said register books under the hand of the Registrar General on payment of the fees hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, for every general search the sum of two dollars, and for every partienlar search the sum of fifty cents, and for every such certified copy the sum of one dollar.
In this section the term "general search" shall mean a search during any number of successive hours not exceed- ing six, without stating the object of the search; and
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The term "particular search shall mean a search over any period not exceeding five years for any given entry.
16. The Registrar General shall cause to be made a seal of the said register office, and shall cause to be sealed or stamped therewith all certified copies of entries given in the said office; and all certified copies of entries purporting to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the said register office shall be received as evidence of the birth or death to which the same relates, without any further or other proof of such entry; and no certified copy purporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect which is not scaled or stamped as aforesaid.
17. Every su received under the provisions of this Ordinance by or on account of the Registrar General shall be accounted for by or to him and paid by him into the Colonial Treasury.
18. Every person who shall wilfully make or cause to be made, for the purpose of being inserted in any register of birth or death, any false statement touching any of the particulars herein required to be known and registered, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as if he were guilty of perjury.
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