Births, Marriages, and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1907 (SA)

ANNO SEPTIMO

EDWARDI V11 REGIS.

No. 929.

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Registration

of Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

[Assented to, December rath, 1907.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows: B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1. Thia Act may be cited as the Births, Maniagea, and Ueaths short title.

Registration Amendment Act, 1907."

2, The Sixth Schedule to " The Marriage Act, 1867," is hereby Amendment of 1867.

20. Every medical practitioner who shall have been in atten- dance upon any person deceased, or who shall have examined the body, shall deliver to the nearest of kin, occupier, or other person required to give information of the death to the District Registrar,

amended by inserting after the fourth column thereof, headed "Age," Ad l b

an additional d u m n, headed " Place snd Country of Birth."

3, The Act No. 65 1 of 1904, intituled, " An Act to amend ' The Repeal of Act 861

Registration of Births and Ueaths Act, 1874,' " is hereby repealed. lgo4.

4, Section 24 of " The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, Certified copiea

1874," is hereby amended by adding the words " or District made evidence. l

Registrar " after the words	Deputy Registrar " in the second line
thereof.

6, Section 20 of " The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, certificate death.

1874," is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor :-

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Births, Marriages, and Denths Re.qist~ation Amendment Act.- 1907.

Registrar, a certificate under his hand according to the form in the Sixth Schedule to this Act, setting forth to the best of his knowledge and belief the cause of death, which certificate such nearest of kin, occupier, or other person shall, when notifying the death, deliver to the District Registrar or Registrar-General, and such medical practitioner refusing or neglecting to give such certificate shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding Five Pounds.

Powera of Deputy

Hegiatrar. 6. The Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under

" The Registration of Births snd Deaths Act. 1874," shall have the

same powers and may perform and exercise the same duties and

authorities as the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths.

Fees to b~ paid into 7. From and after the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, all fees levied and received by any

revenue.

Act 8 b l of 1904,eec. l. Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths, District Registrar, Assistant Registrar, or other person authorised under any Act relating to the levying, receiving, or collecting of fees for the registration of births and deaths, shall be forthwith forwarded by the persons so levying, receiving, or collecting to the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, a t Adelaide, and shall be applied to the purposes of the General Revenue of' the State: Provided, nevertheless, that when a Registrar is only an Assistant Registrar this section shall not apply to the fee of Two Shillings and Six Pence levied and received by him in connection with the late registration of a birth or a death, which last-mentioned fee shall be retained by such Assistant Registrar for his services in connection with such late registration.

Forme. 8. The forms in the Schedules hereto shall hereafter be used as

the forms of certificates of the registration of births and deaths

respectively .

111 the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

GEORGE R. LE HUNTE. Governor.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULES.

F1R.ST SCHEDULE.

Cert~jicate of Birth.

District of Adelaide.

Hame, Surname, Number of

Name, Surname, Issue. Signature, Name, if

Kaiden Surname, Year of Or Signature

Age, and Description, and When added after

When Born, and Name Age, and Marriage of Profession of of

Birthplace of id^^^^ of Registered. Registration of

m e r e. I c* any). Birthplace of Parents. Father. Registrar.

Father. Informant. Birth.

Mother. Living. Deceased.

Mary Jane

June 30th, 1903, George Male John Thomae Brown, 1897 'L Chemist, James Edward July 15th Max H. Wilson

at Rundle Btreet, Jamea Bmwn formerly Rundle Street, Smith,

Hindmareh Wd, 30 years, Smith Adelaide uncle,

Adelaide London, 24 years, Brown Street,

England	Ballarat,	Adelaide
Victoria

Entered at the Registry OEce, this day of , 19 .

(8igmture of) Registrar.

NOTE.--When the birth takes place in or at any public or private building used as rt hospital, lunatic or destitute asylum, nursing or lying-in home, prison or reformatory, the

name by which such building is known must also be entered in the first column.

SECOND S C H E D U L E.

Cert@cate of Death.

District of Adelaide.

1 "",er of 1 Numberof

Birthplace Signature,

bnd Length Issue Living. Issue Deceased. Cause Place where Description, and Signature of

f Reddencc Idamage or of Death Registrsr and Date

sex. Residence Intomant.

in Com- Le-marriage. Death. Occurred. of Registration.

nonwealth. Male. Female. Male. Female.

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June Both, Bobert John Male 63 Laborer Brown Street, Calcutta, 3 2 1 Heart Angas Street, John James Max H. Wilmn,

1903 Smith 7- Adelaide India, disease Young Ward, Smith, son, July 2nd

40 gears (2 years), Adelaide Brown Street,

pneumonis	Adelaide
( 3 weeks)

Entered at the Registry OfEce, this day of , 19.

(8ignalwe of) Registrar.

NOTE.-When the d e c d ia a young peraon of no occupation, or a child, or a married woman, or a widow, the rank can be entered, as the case may require, thus :-U Son of

(or wife of) John James Brown, tailor," or Widow of the late Thomas Jones, carpenter." When the death takes place in or at any public or private building used as a hospital,

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