1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Entries in register admissible.
The Registrar-General
4. Appointments of Registrar-General and of
General Register Office.
5. Appointment of clerks, etc.
6. Payment of salaries, etc.
7. Assistant to the Registrar-General.
8. Power to make regulations for the
government of office, etc.
9. Fees of Registrar-General to be paid into
Treasury.
10. Publication of acts required to be done
in registering births and deaths.
11. Whose duty it is to inform Registrar of
Birth.
12. Birth in public institution or private
hospital.
13. Power of Registrar to require Persons to
attend.
14. Whose duty it is to inform as to birth
of a new-born child found exposed.
15. Midwife to notify Registrar of birth.
16. Duty of Registrar as to births and
registering same.
17. Registration of a birth.
18. How a person who has removed from the
proper district may give information.
19. Child of unmarried mother.
19A. Father's particulars.
19B. Procedure where father named under
section 19 (1) (d).
20. Registry of name or altered name of
child given since first registration.
21. Registrar's certificate of registration.
Fee therefor.
Registration of Deaths
22. Death and cause of death to be
registered.
23. Information and registry of any death in
a house.
24. Information of any death or of any body
found elsewhere than in a house.
25. Extension of time if written notice,
etc., sent.
26. Powers of Registrar to require persons
to attend.
27. Duty of Registrar as to deaths and
registering them.
28. Certificate of death for friendly
society.
29. Registration of a death after twelve
months.
30. Coroner to certify as to inquest and
finding, registration thereon.
31. Registration of still-births..32.
Registrar's certificate and order for burial.
33. Burial of still-born child.
34. As to burial of two bodies in one
coffin.
Certificate of Cause of Death
35. As to certificate of cause of death.
36. As to uncertified deaths.
Births or Deaths on Skips in Coastal Waters
37. Report of births and deaths on board
ships or coasting vessels.
Registrars
38. Registrar's districts; their formation
and alteration.
39. Appointment, etc., of Registrars.
40. Appointment and duties, etc., of
deputies of Registrars.
41. Registrar to reside or have his office
within his district.
42. Registrar to furnish certified returns
as required.
43. Register books and forms to be provided.
44. How births and deaths to be registered.
45. Transmission monthly of registration
forms as filled up.
46. Custody of registration form book by
District Registrars.
47. Registration form books to be examined
by the Registrar-General.
48. Examination and custody thereof, by
Registrar-General.
49. Constitution of general register of
births and deaths.
50. Transfer of books, etc., to successor in
office of Registrar.
Correction of Errors
51. How errors to be corrected.
52. Re-registration of birth of legitimated
persons.
Report
53. Registrar-General to report
annually to the Minister.
Indices
54. Indices to registers in General Register
Office. Searching and office copies.
Certified Copies
55. Certified copy of entry in
registers..Periodical Accounts
56. Registrar to forward account to
Registrar-General.
Seal of Office
57. Seal of office; its use.
Evidence
58. How far certified copies evidence.
Exemption from Stamp Duty
59. Exemption from stamp duty.
Financial
60. Expenses of carrying out this Act.
Civil Status Records
61. Registrar-General to keep civil status
registers.
62. Existing Registers in Record Office to
be transferred to the Registrar-General.
63. Entries in registers, how far evidence.
Omission to Register and Offences in respect of False
Statements
64. Refusal or omission to register, or
losing or injuring register books.
65. Omissions to give information or
certificate required by this Act.
66. False certificates and documents.
67. Accidental or unavoidable failures to
comply with Act.
68. Penalties, in what Courts, and how
recoverable and applicable.
69. Prosecution by Registrar.
70. Time limit of prosecution on indictment.
Miscellaneous
71. Forms in First Schedule incorporated.
72. Powers to alter forms, and make and
alter regulations.
73. Power to alter appointed fees.
First Schedule.
Second Schedule - (Section 73).
