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CAP. 176]

51 of 1947.

22 of 1950.

Short title.

Interpretation.

(7 of 1896).

Deaths Registration (Special Registers).

CHAPTER 176.

DEATHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS). To authorize the Registrar of Births and Deaths to keep special registers of deaths for the purpose of registering deaths previously registered in specified lost registers of deaths formerly kept by the Registrar of Births and Deaths.

1.

[31st December, 1947.]

PART I.

PRELIMINARY.

as

This Ordinance may be cited the Deaths Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance—

"death certificate (1896)” means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a death, given pursuant to section 21 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896;

"death certificate (1934)" means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a death, given pursuant to section 23 of the principal Ordinance;

"general register office" means the office of the Registrar; "lost register (1896)" means any register book of deaths

formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896 and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance is deemed to have been lost;

"lost register (1934)" means any register book of deaths formerly kept in accordance with the provisions of the principal Ordinance and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost; "No. 1 register (1896)" means a special register of deaths kept under the provisions of this Ordinance for the purpose of registering death certificates (1896); "No. 2 register (1896)" means a special register of deaths kept under the provisions of this Ordinance for the purpose of registering evidence other than a death certificate (1896) of previous registration in the lost register (1896);

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