CAP. 174]
[8. 25 cont.]
Penalty for destroying
register book.
Births and Deaths Registration.
shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the provisions of this Ordinance.
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26. Any person who wilfully destroys or injures, or causes to be destroyed or injured, any such register book or any part or certified copy of any part thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily and liable to imprisonment for two years.
Correction
of errors
in register.
37 & 38 Vict.
c. 88, s. 36.
Second Schedule.
Form 20.
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27. With regard to the correction of errors in registers of births or deaths, the following provisions shall have effect-
(a) no alteration in any such register shall be made except as authorized by this Ordinance;
(b) any clerical error which may be discovered in any such register shall, as soon as possible, be corrected by a registrar, who shall place his initials in the margin opposite the entry in which such error has been discovered;
(c) an error of fact or substance in any such register may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by a registrar on payment of the fee of one dollar and on production to him by the person requiring such error to be corrected of a declaration in the prescribed form setting forth the nature of the error and the true facts of the case, and made by two persons required by this Ordinance to give information concerning the birth or death with reference to which the error has been made, or, in default of such persons, then by two credible persons to the satisfaction of the registrar having knowledge of the truth of the case, and the registrar shall initial such marginal entry and shall add thereto the day and month and year when such correction is made; and
(d) where an error of fact or substance (other than an error relating to the cause of death) occurs in the information given to the Registrar by a magistrate concerning a dead body upon which he has held an inquiry, or in respect of which he has issued a burial order, he may, if satisfied by evidence upon oath or
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リ
CAP. 174]
[8. 25 cont.]
Penalty for destroying
register book.
Births and Deaths Registration.
shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the provi- sions of this Ordinance.
[24]
26. Any person who wilfully destroys or injures, or causes to be destroyed or injured, any such register book or any part or certified copy of any part thereof, shall be 22 of 1950, 8.3. guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily and liable to
imprisonment for two years.
Correction
of errors
in register.
37 & 38 Vict.
c. 88, s. 36.
Second Schedule.
Form 20.
[25]
27. With regard to the correction of errors in registers of births or deaths, the following provisions shall have effect-
(a) no alteration in any such register shall be made
except as authorized by this Ordinance;
(b) any clerical error which may be discovered in any such register shall, as soon as possible, be corrected by a registrar, who shall place his initials in the margin opposite the entry in which such error has been discovered;
(c) an error of fact or substance in any such register may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by a registrar on payment of the fee of one dollar and on produc- tion to him by the person requiring such error to be corrected of a declaration in the prescribed form setting forth the nature of the error and the true facts of the case, and made by two persons required by this Ordinance to give information concerning the birth or death with reference to which the error has been made, or, in default of such persons, then by two credible persons to the satisfaction of the registrar having knowledge of the truth of the case, and the registrar shall initial such marginal entry and shall add thereto the day and month and year when such correction is made; and
(d) where an error of fact or substance (other than an error relating to the cause of death) occurs in the information given to the Registrar by a magistrate concerning a dead body upon which he has held an inquiry, or in respect of which he has issued a burial order, he may, if satisfied by evidence upon oath or
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