Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Acts Amendment Act of 1958 (7 Eliz Ii No. 33) (Qld)

702 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, STATISTICS. 7 N E o l . iz 3 . 3 I . I. An Act to Amend “The Registration of Births T he R egistration op B irths Deaths and Marriages Acts, 1855 to 1957,” D eaths and M arriages in certain particulars. A cts A mendment A ct op 1958. [A ssented to 30 th O ctober , 1958.] Short title E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Acts Amendment Act of 1958.” Principal (2.) *“ The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages ct' Act of 1855 ” (as subsequently amended) is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. Collective t,tle‘ (3.) *“ The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Acts, 1855 to 1957,” and this Act, may be collectively cited as “ The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Acts, 1855 to 1958.” Commence- (4.) This Act shall come into operation on the day Act!1 ° * 8 next prior to the date fixed under j*“ The Coroners Act of 1958 ” for the coming into operation of that Act. Repeal of an new s. i. 2. Section one of the Principal Act is repealed and f0p0wjng section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section:— Meaning of “ [1.] In this Act, unless the context otherwise terms. indicates or requires, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them, that is to say “ Burial ”—Includes any cremation duly performed under the provisions of J“ The Cremation Acts, 1913 to 1958 ” ; * 19 V. No. 34 and amending Acts. t “ The Coroners Act of 1958 ” came into force on 23 Mar., 1959 (see Proc. pubd. Gaz. 14 Mar., 1959, p. 1581). {4 G. 5 No. 16 and amending Act.

STATISTICS. 703 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. “ Coroner ”—A coroner within the meaning of Coroner, section five of *“ The Coroners Act of 1958 ” ; “ District Registrar ”—Any person for the time District being appointed as a district registrar under Regwtrar* and for the purposes of this Act: The term includes any person for the time being appointed to act in that capacity: In relation to the district of Brisbane; the term means the Registrar-General; “ Occupier ”—In relation to a public institution, Occupier, includes the secretary, matron, superintendent, any chief officer, and any deputy of any of the aforesaid persons, and, in relation to premises let ip separate apartments or lodgings, whether 1 public institutions or not, includes, but without affecting anything hereinbefore in this definition contained, any person residing in the premises who is the person under whom the lodgings or separate apartments are immediately held, or his agent; “ Premises ”—Includes a public institution ; Premises. “ Prescribed ’’—Prescribed by this Act, or by Prescribed, regulation made thereunder; “ Public institution ’’—Includes a prison, Public reformatory institution, hospital, mentalinstltutl0n- hospital or other place where mentally sick are received and any public or charitable institution; “ Registrar-General ”—The Registrar-General for Kegistrar- the time being appointed under and for the General- purposes of this Act: The term includes any person for the time being appointed to act in that capacity as well as the Deputy Registrar-General; “Still-born child”—A child which has issuedstm-bom forth from its mother after the twenty-eighthc 1 ' week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after being completely expelled from its mother breathe or show any other signs of life.” * 7 Eliz. 2 No. 32.

704 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, Repeal of 3. Section six of the Principal Act is repealed and and new s. a. f0jj[0WjJ1g section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section:— Regulations. “ [5.] ( 1 .) The Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters and things which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, in particular:— (а) Prescribing, providing for, regulating and controlling the business and procedure of the general registry; (б) Prescribing, providing for, regulating and controlling the business of and procedures to be observed by district registrars and assistant district registrars in the exercise of their powers, duties and functions under this Act; (c) Forms (including the form of registers and certified extracts from any entries therein) under this Act and the respective purposes for which such forms shall be used ; (d) Prescribing fees payable under this Act on such basis or bases as the Governor in Council considers appropriate and the matters in respect of which such fees shall be paid, and prescribing the persons by whom and the places and times when and where such fees shall be paid so that fees of different amounts and different bases for the calculation of fees may be prescribed both in relation to different matters and, by reference to different persons, localities, or circumstances, the same matters. The aforesaid power to make regulations shall include a power by regulation to repeal and, to the extent indicated by this subsection, to amend or otherwise modify any regulation made previously under this Act. (2.) All regulations made under this Act shall be published in the Gazette, and thereupon shall be judicially noticed.

STATISTICS. 705 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. (3.) All such regulations shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly within fourteen sitting days after such publication if the Legislative Assembly is in session, and if not, then within fourteen sitting days after the commencement of the next session. (4.) If the Legislative Assembly passes a resolution disallowing any such regulation or part thereof of which resolution notice has been given at any timk within fourteen sitting days after any such regulation has been laid before it, that regulation or part thereof shall thereupon cease to have effect but without prejudice to the validity of anything done in the meantime or to the making of a further regulation.” 4. Section seven of the Principal Act is repealed. Repeal of 8. 7. 5. The following section, numbered 19 a , is inserted New s. m. after section nineteen of the Principal Act:— “ [19 a .] In any case where a coroner by virtue of Certified *“ The Coroners Act of 1958,” is inquiring into the death c°Pi?s of„ of any person and, although that inquiry or the inquest, deaths, if any, is incomplete, the Registrar-General or a district registrar concerned has received a certificate of the cause of death (including a certificate in connection with a post-mortem or other examination made under *“ The Coroners Act of 1958 ”), signed by a medical practitioner and given in conformity with that Act, and the registration of death apart from the entry of the results of the coroner’s inquiry or inquest is complete, then it shall be lawful for the Registrar-General or district registrar, notwithstanding that an entry of the results of the coroner’s inquiry or inquest may be later made, to furnish to any applicant requiring documentary proof of the death a certified copy of the entries then appearing in relation to that death in the register of deaths.” 6. Section twenty of the Principal Act is repealed Repeal of and the following section is inserted in lieu of that repealed »n^0new section :— ’ ' “[20f] (1.) Subject to Subsection four of this Section, Searches and any person shall, upon application in writing and uponCGpies' payment of the prescribed fees, be entitled, at any time* * 7 Eliz. 2 No. 32. Y

706 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, when the office of the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, the district registrar, is open for the transaction of public business, to— (i.) Cause the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, a district registrar to have a search made of the indexes and the several registers kept by him for any entry therein; or (ii.) Obtain from the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, a district registrar a copy of any entry in any register kept by him, certified under his hand; or (iii.) Obtain from the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, a district registrar an extract from any entry in any register kept by him, certified under his hand. (2.) In making a certified copy of the entry in any register relating to the birth of any illegitimate child the Registrar-General or the district registrar, as the case may be, shall omit from the copy the word “ illegitimate ” or any other word or words directly referring to the fact that the child is illegitimate, in any case where that word or those words appear or formerly appeared in the register. (3.) Every certified copy made under subsection two of this section shall, if otherwise correct, be deemed to be a true copy of the original entry in the register. (4.) The Registrar-General or a district registrar may in any case he thinks fit, require the person seeking to have any such search made or to obtain any such certified copy or extract to disclose the reasons for his request and any other relevant matters and if the search or certified copy or extract is required for improper reasons or the person requesting the search or certified copy or extract has not proper reasons, or if the person requesting the search or certified copy or extract fails to disclose such information as is required hereunder, the Registrar-General or district registrar may refuse to allow the search or to issue such certified copy or extract: Provided that where the district registrar refuses to allow the search to be made or to issue the certified copy or extract the applicant may in writing and upon payment of the fees prescribed for such search or certified copy or extract, as the case may be, request the

STATISTICS. 707 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. Registrar-General to cause such search to be made or certified copy or extract to he issued and the Registrar- General may either comply with that request or, pursuant to the aforegoing provisions of this subsection, refuse to do so. Where the Registrar-General refuses to cause any search to be made or to issue any certified copy or extract, whether in the first instance or after a refusal by a district registrar, the person requesting such | search or certified copy or extract may apply to a Judge of the Supreme Court, upon affidavit of the facts, for an order calling upon the Registrar-General to show cause why such act should not be done, and if after duje service of such order good cause is not shown against it, the Judge may make the same absolute with or without or upon payment of costs. The Registrar-General upon being served with an order absolute shall obey the order and do the act required by it to be done. (5.) Nothing in this section shall derogate from section twenty of *“ The Adoption of Children Acts, 1935 to 1952.” 7. Section twenty-one of the Principal Act is Rape*1 °f repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu ofs“ 2 i?°W that repealed section :— “[21.] (1.) Where a child is bom in any premises Notice of or where m any premises any living new-born child is any found it shall be the duty of each of the following persons, premises, that is to say STand 2 (i.) The father and mother of the child ; ®lzj 2’2®'720,* * * * * * * * and in the case of the death, absence, or inability of the father and mother or in the case where the father andss. 10 , ii ’ mother are unknown, of each of the following :— and 16- (ii.) The occupier of the premises in which the child was to the knowledge of that occupier bom ; (iii.) Every person present at the birth ; and (iv.) Every person finding or taking charge of the child, to lodge with the district registrar for the registry district in which such birth occurs or, if the place of birth is unknown, then for the registry district in which the * 26 G. 5 Ho. 7 and amending Acts.

708 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, Births elsewhere. child is found within sixty days next thereafter, a certificate of birth in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect signed by the informant and containing so much of the information required thereby to be contained therein concerning the birth as is within his knowledge and belief: Provided that where one or more such certificates are lodged with the Registrar-General or any other district registrar or any assistant district registrar within the time prescribed as aforesaid and all the information required by the certificates to be contained therein concerning the birth has been given, whether as the result of the lodgment of any one certificate or partly as a result of the lodgment of one certificate and partly as a result of the lodgment of another or others, within such time, then the lodging of the certificate or certificates and the giving of that information shall act as a discharge of the duty imposed by this subsection on every other such person. (2.) In every case of a birth other than the cases referred to in subsection one of this section (including where a living new-born child is found elsewhere than in premises and the place of birth is unknown) it shall be the duty of each of the following persons, that is to say :— (i.) The father and mother of the child ; and in the case of the death, absence, or inability of the father and mother or in the case where the father and mother are unknown, of each of the following:— (ii.) Every person present at the birth; and (iii.) Every person finding or taking charge of the child, to lodge with the district registrar for the registry district in which such birth occurs or, if the place of birth is unknown, then for the registry district in which the child is found within sixty days next thereafter, a certificate of birth in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect, signed by the informant and containing so much of the information required thereby to be contained therein concerning the birth as is within his knowledge and belief: Provided that where one or more such certificates are lodged with the Registrar-General or any other district registrar or any assistant district registrar within the time prescribed as aforesaid and all the

STATISTICS. 709 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. information required by the certificates to be contained therein concerning the birth has been given, whether as the result of the lodgment of any one certificate or partly as a result of the lodgment of one certificate and partly as a result of the lodgment of another or others, within such time, then the lodging of the certificate or certificates and the giving of that information shall act as a discharge of the duty imposed by this subsection on every other such person. . (3.) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in this section, the Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned may cause to be registered any birth in relation to which any certificate of birth signed by any informant hereinbefore referred to is received by any district registrar or assistant district registrar within the time prescribed as aforesaid. (4.) In the case of every still-born child, it shall he®*^irths' the duty of every person who would, if the still-born Act, Tand 2 child had been bom alive, have been required by this 2>c- 20> Act to lodge a certificate of birth, to lodge with the8' ‘ district registrar for the registry district in which the birth occurs or, if the place of birth is unknown, then for the registry district in which the still-bom child is found within thirty days next thereafter, a certificate of still-birth in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect signed by the informant and containing s<j> much of the information required thereby to be contained therein concerning the still-bom child as is within his knowledge and belief: Provided that where one or more such certificates are lodged with the Registrar-General or any other district registrar or any assistant district registrar within the time prescribed as aforesaid and all the information required by the certificates to be contained therein concerning the still-birth has been given, whether as the result of the lodgment of any one certificate or partly as a result of the lodgment of one certificate and partly as a result of the lodgment of another or others, within such time, then the lodging of the certificate or certificates and the giving of that information shall act as a discharge of the duty imposed by this subsection on every other such person. Every district registrar (other than the Registrar- General) shall as required by the Registrar-General transmit to the Registrar-General all certificates of

710 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, Provision child. still-birth lodged with him. The Registrar-General shall without any registration thereof preserve such certificates for ten years or such other period as may be prescribed. (5.) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, in the case of an illegitimate child, no person shall as father of the child be required to give information concerning the birth of the child, and the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, the district registrar, shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of the child except at the joint request of the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child, and that person shall in that case sign a certificate of birth together with the mother: Provided that if the mother is dead or the Registrar- General or district registrar, as the case may be, is satisfied that her whereabouts are unknown or that she is unable to sign a certificate of birth the request of the father alone shall be sufficient.” Repeal of 8. Section twenty-five of the Principal Act is »n 25 ?ew repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section :— Registration “ \25J\ ( 1 .) If any child whose birth has been registration registered under this Act without a first or Christian of birth. name has any such name given to it after the registration, or if any additional first name or Christian name is given to a child to whom a first or Christian name was given at the time when its birth was registered, or if another first or Christian name is given to any child in place of the registered name, the parents of the child, at any time within seven years after the date of the birth, may in writing in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect, request the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, the district registrar, to register the name so given and the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, the district registrar shall on receipt of the prescribed fee register the name accordingly : Provided that the Registrar-General or, as the case may be, district registrar, may register the name so given under this section on the request of one parent if the other is dead or is unable to sign, or if the parents are divorced or legally separated and the parent making

STATISTICS. 711 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. the application has the sole custody by court order of the child, or if the Registrar-General or the district registrar, as the case may be, is satisfied that the whereabouts of the other parent are unknown : Provided further that in the case of an illegitimate child, a request by the mother alone shall be sufficient. (2.) Particulars of any alteration or addition to the register under this section shall be entered oh the appropriate birth registration. (5.) Not more than one alteration or addition to the register in respect of the name of any child shall be made under this section.” : 9. Section twenty-six of the Principal Act is Repeal of repealed. s. 26. 10. Section twenty-eight of the Principal Act i8^^^ repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu of sn28 that repealed section :— “ [25.] ( 1 .) Where a person dies in any premises Notic^of or where in any premises a dead body is found, it shall any 011 be the duty of each of the following persons, that is P[smT‘^f~ to Say : Act, 1 *and (i.) The occupier of the premises if he knew of the 2 E*jf- 2> happenmg of the death ; and 17. (ii.) Every relative of the deceased (including a relative by marriage); (iii.) Every inmate of the premises who knew of the happening of the death ; (iv.) Every person present at the death ; and (v.) The person disposing of or causing the disposal of the body, to lodge with the district registrar for the registry district in which such death occurs, or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body is found within thirty days next thereafter, a certificate of death in the prescribed form or a form to to the like effect, signed by the informant and containing so much of the information required thereby to be contained therein concerning the death as is within his knowledge and belief: Provided that where one or more such certificates are lodged with the Registrar-General or any other district registrar or any assistant district registrar within the time prescribed as aforesaid and all the

712 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, information required by the certificates to be contained therein concerning the death has been given, whether as the result of the lodgment of any one certificate or partly as a result of the lodgment of one certificate and partly as a result of the lodgment of another or others, within such time, then the lodging of the certificate or certificates and the giving of that information shall act as a discharge of the duty imposed by this subsection on every other such person. Deaths elsewhere. (2.) In every case of a death other than the cases referred to in subsection one of this section (including where a dead body is found elsewhere than in premises and the place of death is unknown) it shall be the duty of each of the following persons, that is to say :— (i.) Every relative of the deceased (including a relative by marriage); (ii.) Every person present at the death ; (iii.) Every person finding or taking charge of the body; and (iv.) The person disposing of or causing the disposal of the body, to lodge with the district registrar for the registry district in which such death occurs or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body is found within thirty days next thereafter, a certificate of death in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect, signed by the informant and containing so much of the information required thereby to be contained therein concerning the death as is within his knowledge and belief: Provided that where one or more such certificates are lodged with the Registrar-General or any other district registrar or any assistant district registrar within the time prescribed as aforesaid and all the information required by the certificates to be contained therein concerning the death has been given, whether as the result of the lodgment of any one certificate or partly as a result of the lodgment of one certificate and partly as a result of the lodgment of another or others, within such time, then the lodging of the certificate or certificates and the giving of that information shall act as a discharge of the duty imposed by this subsection on every other such person.

1958. STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 713 (3.) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in this section, the Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned may cause to be registered any death in relation to which any certificate of death signed by any informant hereinbefore referred to is received by any district registrar or assistant district registrar at any time. (4.) Where a post-mortem examination is made by Where virtue of *“ The Coroners Act of 1958,” of any dead body, the medical practitioner by whom the post-mortem examine, examination is made shall, in addition to any dutyt,ons heW* imposed upon him by *“ The Coroners Act of 1958,” immediately cause to be lodged with the district registrar for the registry district in which the death occurred or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the Registry district in which the dead body was found, his certificate as to the cause of death as disclosed by the post-mortem examination and the Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned, upon receipt of that certificate, shall make or cause to be made an entry in the appropriate register of the holding of the post-mortem examination and of the cause of death as so disclosed. (5.) Where by virtue of *“ The Coroners Act of 1958,” the coroner, or the Under Secretary of the Department death * of Justice on the recommendation of the coroner, decides considered that the holding of an inquest is unnecessary, he shallunnec0Bsary* forthwith send to the district registrar for the registry district in which the death occurred or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body was found, a certificate under his hand of such decision and of the cause of death as disclosed by the coroner’s or Under Secretary’s inquiry. The Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned, upon receipt of that certificate, shall [make or cause to be made an entry in the appropriate register of the cause of death as so certified except in cases where such cause of death corresponds with the cause of death already registered in relation to the death in question. (6.) Where by virtue of *“The Coroners Act of 1958,” where a coroner has issued an order for the burial, a certificate by coroner* for the cremation, or an order for the removal out offor the State of the body of a deceased person, he shall buM ’&c' forthwith send to the district registrar for the registry * 7 Eliz. 2 No. 32.

714 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, district in which the death occurred or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body was found, a copy of such order or certificate, and the Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned, shall make or cause to be made an entry in the appropriate register of such information set forth in the order or certificate as he considers necessary for the completion of the registration of the death in question. Notice of (7.) Unless a coroner has issued an order for the breomdyovoaultooff removal out of the State of the body, no person shall State. remove or cause or permit or assist in the removal of the body of a deceased person or of a still-born child out of the State until notice of the proposed removal of the body out of the State has been given in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect to the district registrar or an assistant district registrar for the registry district in which the death or still-birth occurs, or, if the place of death or still-birth is unknown, then for the registry district in which the body is found. The provisions of this subsection shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or in diminution of the provisions of section twenty-one of *“ The Coroners Act of 1958.” Where inquest of death held. (8.) Where an inquest of death is held, the coroner holding the same shall forthwith after giving his finding send to the district registrar for the registry district in which the death occurred or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body was found, a certificate in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect under his hand of the holding of the inquest, of the date of his finding, of the cause of death as found by him, and, where requested by the district registrar, containing such of the other particulars as the district registrar may require, and the Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned shall make or cause to be made an entry in the appropriate register of such information so certified as he considers necessary for the completion of the registration of the death in question. Where body received for (9.) Where, by virtue of Part IX. of f“ The Medical anatomical Acts, 1939 to 1958,” any dead body is received for teixoanm. ina­ anatomical examination, the person so receiving it shall ' * 7 Eliz. 2 No. 32. f 3 G. 6 No. 10 and amending Acts.

STATISTICS. 715 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. immediately cause to be lodged with the district registrar for the registry district in which the death occurred or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body was found, a copy of the certificate of the cause of death together with a certificate in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect signed by that person and containing the information required thereby to be contained therein and the Registrar- General or other district registrar concerned, shall make or cause to be made an entry in the appropriate register of such information set forth in the certificate or copy of the certificate of death as he considers necessary for the completion of the registration of the death in question. ( 10 .) Where an entry of the cause of death is made Suicides, in any register of deaths pursuant to this Act, and the death in question was self-inflicted, there shall not be added to the entry the word “ suicide ” or any other word or words expressly indicating that the death was self-inflicted.” 11. Section twenty-nine of the Principal Act is R> peal of repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu ofgD 2 9“ew that repealed section :— “ [29.] Where in relation to the death of any person Certificate the Registrar-General or any other district registrarof death* or any assistant district registrar receives a medical certificate of the cause of death (other than a certificate in connection with a post-mortem or other examination made by a medical practitioner under *“ The Coroners Act of 1958 ”) he shall (unless the. giving of that certificate is prohibited by *“ The Coroners Act of 1958 ”) if so requested deliver or cause to be delivered without charge to the undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral or removal of the body a certificate under his hand in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect that such medical certificate has been received for the purposes of the registration of death.”12 * 12. The following section, numbered 29 a , isNew 8- inserted after section twenty-nine of the Principal Act:— “ [ 29 a . ] ( 1.) Every undertaker or other person in Certificate charge of a burial shah forthwith lodge with the districtof buna,‘ registrar or an assistant district registrar for the registry * 7 Eliz. 2 No. 32.

716 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, district in which the death occurred or, if the place of death is unknown, then for the registry district in which the dead body was found, a burial certificate in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect, signed and countersigned in accordance with subsection two of this section. (2.) Every burial certificate shall be signed by the undertaker or other person in charge of the burial and shall be countersigned by the minister or other person officiating at the burial, or by two witnesses of the burial or, in cases of cremation of the body, may be countersigned by the minister or other person officiating in relation thereto but shall be countersigned by two witnesses of the cremation. (3.) The Registrar-General or other district registrar concerned, upon receipt of the burial certificate, shall make or cause to be made an entry in the appropriate register of such information contained in the burial certificate as he considers necessary for the completion of the registration of the death in question.” New s. 29 b . 13. The following section numbered 29 b is inserted after section 29 a of the Principal Act:— Cionforcerorerrocotrnisoenr’ s than “ a [ n 25 e b r . r ] orWrheelaretinagn teorrothreofcafuascet oofr dsuebasthta) ncoecc( uorsthienr cC&efcr. . tIifmicpa.te, tchoencienrfnoirnmgataiondegaidvenbobdyy,a tchoeronceorr’osnceerrtiifficsaatetisofiredordbeyr c2A. cE2tl, 0i, z1. sa. 2n, 2d9 eevrriodrenecxeisotsn, omaathy ocer rstitfaytuutnodryerdheicslahraatnidontothtahte sduicshtriacnt ( 4 ). registrar keeping the register in which the information is entered the nature of the error and the true facts of the case as ascertained by him on that evidence, and the error may thereupon be corrected by the district registrar in the register by entering in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) the facts as so certified by the coroner.”14 Repeal of and new s. 31. Correction of errors. 14. Section thirty-one of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section :— “ [31.] ( 1.) An alteration may be made in any entry in the register of a birth, marriage or death, in accordance with this section.

STATISTICS. 1958. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. - (2.) Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in any entry in the register may be corrected by the Registrar-General or any other district registrar by ruling through the erroneous particulars in such manner that the whole of such particulars are readily legible, and by writing thereover the correct particulars verified by his initials and the date; (3.) An error of fact or substance may, on such evidence as appears to him to be sufficient, be corrected— (a) By the Registrar-General in his register or in the copy of entry kept in the general registry by making, signing and dating an entry in the margin containing the correct particulars, and when such correction has been made by him in a copy of an entry, the Registrar-General shall direct the district registrar who has the custody of the register in which the original entry was made to make a similar correction in that entry, and the district registrar shall carry out such direction; or (b) In like maimer by the district registrar having custody of the register containing the entry to be corrected, and when such correction has been made, the district registrar shall furnish a copy of the marginal entry made by him and particulars sufficient to identify the entry corrected to the Registrar-General, who shall make a similar correction in his register. (4.) Any person furnishing evidence for the purpose of correcting an entry may be required by the Registrar- General or any district registrar to sign such amended certificates or make such statutory declarations as may be considered necessary. (5.) Every certified copy of any entry corrected in accordance with subsection two of this section or any of the provisions of this Act relating to the correction of errors in entries in force at any time in question prior to the enactment of this section shall omit the erroneous particulars, and every certified copy of an entry corrected in accordance with subsection three of this section shall be of the entry as so corrected, altered or added to : 717

718 STATISTICS. Registration of Births, Etc., Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 33, 1958. Provided that in any case in which the Registrar- General or other district registrar concerned thinks fit the certified copy shall be a copy of the original entry showing all alterations and additions made thereon.” Repeal of 15. Section thirty-two of the Principal Act is as.n3d2n. ew repealed and the following section is inserted in lieu of that repealed section :— Penalties “ [32.] If any person commits any of the following ftoorgfiavielure offences, that is to say— information, (i.) If, being required by or under this Act to give &c. information concerning any birth or death or any living new-born child or any dead body or any still-born child, he wilfully refuses to answer any questions put to him by the Registrar-General or any district registrar relating to the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth or death or the living new-born child or the dead body or the still-born child, as the case may be, of save as provided in this Act, fails to comply with any requirement of the Registrar-General or any district registrar made hereunder; (ii.) If he fails without reasonable excuse to give, lodge, or send any certificate, order, or other document which he is required by this Act to give, lodge, or send; (iii.) If, being a person upon whom a duty to give information concerning the birth of any living new-born child or concerning a still­ born child is imposed by section twenty-one of this Act, he fails to give that information and that information is not given; or (iv.) If, being a person upon whom a duty to give information concerning a death, a still-born child, or the receipt of a dead body for anatomical examination is imposed by this Act, he fails to give that information and that information is not given, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds for each offence.”16 Repeal of 16. Schedules A., B., C., D., E., E., G., H., and Schedules. I., to the Principal Act are repealed.