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provided for the registration of deaths, the issue of cremation permits and the booking of cremation facilities.

The statutory period during which a birth should be registered is 42 days from the date of birth. During the year, 86 036 live births and 25 460 deaths were registered, compared with 87 104 and 24 978 respectively in 1981. The figures, when adjusted for under-registration, gave a natural increase in population for 1982 of approximately 61 350.

A birth which has not been registered within one year may be post-registered with the consent of the Registrar of Births and Deaths and on payment of a $30 fee. During the year, 915 births were post-registered.

The Immigration Department is responsible for the registration of births, deaths and marriages in Hong Kong.

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