Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Amendment) Act 1944 (NSW)

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND

MARRIAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 21, 1044.

GwrgflVi. An Act to amend the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act, 1899-1934, in certain respects; and for purposes con­ nected therewith. [Assented to, 14th November, 1944.]

it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,

1 1 by and with the ad\nce and consent of the Legis­

lative Council and IjCgislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ;—

title. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the “ Eegistrallon of

Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Amendment) Act, U44.”

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(Amendment) Act.

No. 21, 1S44.

(2) The Registration of Births Deaths ami l\Iar- riages Act 1899, as amended by subsequent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Act, 1899-1944.

2 . The Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Amcnameot

Act, 1899-1934, is amended—

(a) (i) by inserting in section twelve next after the Soe. 12.

Avords “ certified copy of” the Avnrds “ or (Searciiee

extract from ” ; and copies.)

(ii)   by inserting at the end of paragraph (b) of

the same section the folloAving Avord and

noAv paragraph:—

(c) to have an extract from that entry certified by the Registrar-General or district registrar, as the case may be, and containing such par­

' ticulars as, having regard to the

, reason for which such search or extract is reqnii’ed, the Registrar- General or district registrar deems

̂ to be necessary” ;

(iii) by inserting in the same section next after

.	the Avords “ certified copy” A\drere secondly,
.	thirdly and fourthly occurring the AVords

“ or extract” ;

I	(b)	by inserting in section thirteen next after the Sec. 13.
Avoi’ds “ certified cop ies” the Avords “ or (Sealsof
■	extracts” ;

\ (e) by inserting next after section tAventy-three the New sec.

, folloAving iieAV section:—

23 a. (1) Wliere the Registrar-General is Ecgistration

satisfied that any person has hiAvfully changed

his name and that the birth of that person is cf. s.A.

'	registered in the register of births, the Registrar-	No.
General may, upon payment ot the tee pre­ scribed under the Conveyancing Acts, 1919-1943, cause to be entered in his register or in the

'■	copy of the register kept in the General Registry
■	a notice of the change of name.

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No. 21,	(2) In any such case the Registrar- General shall give notice of the entry to the district registrar having the custody of the register in which the birth is registered and the district registrar shall endorse in the relative entry in the register a copy of the entry made by the Registrar-General.
(.*:!) The entry of a notice of the change of name shall he made in the margin of the register and every eertided copy of an entry containing a notice of change of name shall include the matter contained in that entry and the entry in the margin.
(4) In the case of an entry containing a change of name in accordance with this section tlie Registrar-General may, in lieu of a certified copy of snch entry ami on ]myment of the fee prescribed nii<l(‘r tlie Conveyancing Acts, 1919- I94d, issue a eei’fidcate setting forth the name mentioned in the margin of the register and jiarticnlars as to the date of birth and birthplace and omitting all otlicr matter contained in such entry.