1950_BIRTH_CERTIFICATE_(SHORTENED_FORM)_REGULATIONS — Page 2

CAP. 174]

[r. 4 cont.]

Manner of compilation

of short

Births and Deaths Registration.

(d) the name, surname and maiden surname of his

mother:

Provided that the registrar at the general register office may dispense with the furnishing of any of the said parti- culars which in his opinion it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish.

5. (1) A short birth certificate to which these regula- tions apply shall be compiled in accordance with and shall particulars to contain the particulars required by paragraphs (2) to (4)

certificate and

be contained

therein.

of this regulation.

(2) Opposite the words "Name and Surname" in the form of short birth certificate there shall be inserted the registered person's name as recorded in the entry, and immediately thereafter there shall be inserted—

(a) where it appears from the entry that the registered person is legitimate, the surname of his father as recorded therein, or if more than one such sur- name is so recorded, then such one of them as the applicant may request; (b) where it appears from the entry that the registered person is illegitimate, the surname of his mother as recorded therein, or, if more than one surname is so recorded, or if the birth is registered on the joint information of his mother and father, then the surname to be inserted in the short birth certificate shall be such one of the surnames recorded in the entry as the applicant may request; so however that no such surname shall

be so inserted which appears from the entry not to have been in use at the time when the birth was regis- tered.

(3) Opposite the words "Sex" and "Date of Birth" respectively shall be inserted the particulars thereof in the entry.

(4) Opposite the words "Place of Birth" there shall be inserted the name of the registration district and register office in Hong Kong in which the birth was registered.

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