Births and Deaths Registration.
compiled, and the particulars which are to be contained therein, so, however, that no certificate issued under this section shall include any particulars except the name, surname, sex and date of birth and such other particulars, if any, as may be prescribed, not being particulars relating to parentage or adoption.
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24. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be made a seal of official seal. the general register office and shall cause to be sealed or stamped therewith all certified copies of entries given in the said office.
(2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in a registry book for the registration of births or of deaths shall be received as evidence of the birth or death to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry: Provided that no such entry in a post register book shall be deemed proof of the birth or death to which it relates without other or further evidence thereof: Provided, also, that no certified copy purporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect unless it is sealed or stamped as aforesaid, and unless the entry to which it relates either purports to have been signed by some person professing to be the informant and to be such person as required by this Ordinance to give information to a registrar concerning such birth or death, or purports to have been made upon a certificate from a magistrate or otherwise in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance, or, where more than twelve months have intervened between the day of a birth or death and the day of the registration of such birth or death, unless it purports to have been made with the consent and authority of the Registrar.
25. Any person who—
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(a) being charged with the duty of registering births or deaths, refuses or, without reasonable excuse, omits to register any birth or death of which he has had due notice as aforesaid; or,
(b) having the custody of any register book or certified copies thereof, or of any part thereof, carelessly loses or injures the same, or carelessly allows the same to be injured whilst in his keeping,
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Evidential entry or value of certificate.
Penalty for not duly registering deaths.
births and
:
Births and Deaths Registration.
compiled, and the particulars which are to be contained therein, so, however, that no certificate issued under this section shall include any particulars except the name, sur- name, sex and date of birth and such other particulars, if any, as may be prescribed, not being particulars relating to parentage or adoption.
[CAP. 174
24. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be made a seal of official seal. the general register office and shall cause to be sealed or stamped therewith all certified copies of entries given in the said office.
(2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in a registry book for the registration of births or of deaths shall be received as evidence of the birth or death to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry: Provided that no such entry in a post register book shall be deemed proof of the birth or death to which it relates without other or further evidence thereof: Provided, also, that no certified copy purporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect unless it is sealed or stamped as aforesaid, and unless the entry to which it relates either purports to have been signed by some person professing to be the informant and to be such person as required by this Ordinance to give information to a registrar concerning such birth or death, or purports to have been made upon a certi- ficate from a magistrate or otherwise in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance, or, where more than twelve months have intervened between the day of a birth or death and the day of the registration of such birth or death, unless it purports to have been made with the consent and authority of the Registrar.
25. Any person who—
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(a) being charged with the duty of registering births or deaths, refuses or, without reasonable excuse, omits to register any birth or death of which he has had due notice as aforesaid; or,
(b) having the custody of any register book or certified copies thereof, or of any part thereof, carelessly loses or injures the same, or carelessly allows the same to be injured whilst in his keeping,
323
Evidential entry or
value of
certificate.
Penalty for not duly
registering deaths.
births and
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