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CAP. 176]

Requirement of registration in No. 2 registers.

Indexes and searches.

Official seal and evidential value of entries in

registers and certified copies

thereof.

Deaths Registration (Special Registers).

6. (1) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1896) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1896) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1896) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.

(2) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1934) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1934) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1934) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.

(3) No death shall be registered in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) except with the consent of the Registrar and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in any such register.

7. The Registrar shall cause indexes of the special register of deaths to be made, and any person shall be entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to require the Registrar to cause a search to be made of such indexes and register and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register certified under the hand of the Registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office.

8. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office all certified copies of entries given in the said office.

(2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1896) shall be received as evidence of the death to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry.

(3) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1934) shall be of equivalent evidential value to that accorded to a death certificate (1934) by section 23 of the principal Ordinance.

(4) No entry and no certified copy of any entry in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) shall

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CAP. 176] Requirement of registration in No. 2 registers. Indexes and searches. Official seal and evidential value of entries in registers and certified copies thereof. Deaths Registration (Special Registers). 6. (1) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1896) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1896) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1896) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee. (2) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1934) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1934) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1934) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee. (3) No death shall be registered in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) except with the consent of the Registrar and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in any such register. 7. The Registrar shall cause indexes of the special register of deaths to be made, and any person shall be entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to require the Registrar to cause a search to be made of such indexes and register and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register certified under the hand of the Registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office. 8. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office all certified copies of entries given in the said office. (2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1896) shall be received as evidence of the death to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry. (3) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1934) shall be of equivalent evidential value to that accorded to a death certificate (1934) by section 23 of the principal Ordinance. (4) No entry and no certified copy of any entry in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) shall 350 1 Page 350 ... Page 351 ... Page 351
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CAP. 176] Requirement of registration in No. 2 registers. Indexes and searches. Official seal and evidential value of entries in registers and certified copies thereof. Deaths Registration (Special Registers). 6. (1) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1896) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1896) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1896) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee. (2) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1934) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1934) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1934) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee. (3) No death shall be registered in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) except with the consent of the Registrar and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in any such register. 7. The Registrar shall cause indexes of the special register of deaths to be made, and any person shall be entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to require the Registrar to cause a search to be made of such indexes and register and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register certified under the hand of the Registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office. 8. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office all certified copies of entries given in the said office. (2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1896) shall be received as evidence of the death to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry. (3) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1934) shall be of equivalent evidential value to that accorded to a death certificate (1934) by section 23 of the principal Ordinance. (4) No entry and no certified copy of any entry in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) shall 350 1
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CAP. 176]

Requirement of registration in No. 2 registers.

Indexes and searches.

Official seal and evidential value of entries in

registers and certified copies

thereof.

Deaths Registration (Special Registers).

6. (1) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1896) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1896) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1896) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.

(2) Any person who is unable to produce a death certificate (1934) but who by means of other evidence satisfies the Registrar that the death to which such evidence relates was registered in the lost register (1934) may require the Registrar to register the death in the No. 2 register (1934) and such death shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.

(3) No death shall be registered in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) except with the consent of the Registrar and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in any such register.

7. The Registrar shall cause indexes of the special register of deaths to be made, and any person shall be entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to require the Registrar to cause a search to be made of such indexes and register and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register certified under the hand of the Registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office.

8. (1) The Registrar shall cause to be sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office all certified copies of entries given in the said office.

(2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1896) shall be received as evidence of the death to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry.

(3) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1934) shall be of equivalent evidential value to that accorded to a death certificate (1934) by section 23 of the principal Ordinance.

(4) No entry and no certified copy of any entry in the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register (1934) shall

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