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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS ACT, 1965 ACT 301
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Births and Deaths Registry
1. The central and local
offices.
2. Registers of births and
deaths.
3. The Registrar.
4. Registration regions and
districts.
5. Power to take affidavits.
6. Disclosure of information.
Registration of Births
7. Live-birth.
8. Registration of births.
9. Doubtful paternity.
10. Registration of name
subsequent to registration of
birth.
11. Birth certificate.
Registration of Foetal Deaths
12. Foetal death.
13. Registration of foetal
death.
14. Persons responsible for
registering foetal death.
15. Burial permit for foetal
death.
Registration of Deaths
16. Registration of deaths.
17. Persons to furnish
information as to death.
18. Certificate of medical
practitioner.
19. Duty of coroner after
holding inquiry.
20. Death certificate.
21. Provisions as to burial or
other disposition.
22. Burial permits.
Registration of Births and
Deaths occurring on the High
Seas and Air Space above the
High Seas
23. Birth and deaths on high
seas and air space.
Authorised Burial Grounds
24. Burial in authorised burial
grounds.
25. Local authorities to provide
burial grounds.
26. Private burial grounds.
27. Exhumation.
28. Savings.
Fraudulent Registrations and
Certificates
29. Cancellation of registration
and birth certificates.
Alterations in Registers
30. Alterations in registers.
Searches
31. Searches of records.
Issue of Certificates and Copies
32. Certified entry in the
register of births.
33. Certified entry in register
of deaths.
34. Certificates as evidence.
35. Appeal from refusal of
Registrar to search or issue
certificate.
Penalties
36. Failure to carry out duties.
37. Interference with public
notice.
38. Penalty for improper
disclosure of information.
39. General penalty.
40. Regulations.
41. Interpretation.
42. Repeal and saving.
43. Commencement.
44. Application of Act.
ACT 301
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS ACT, 19651(1)
AN ACT to provide for the
registration of births, foetal
deaths and deaths, and to
provide for
burial grounds and for related
matters.
Birth and Deaths Registry
1. The central and local offices
(1) There shall be a central
office in Accra and a local
office in a prescribed
registration district.
(2) The central office is the
office for registration of
births and deaths in the
Republic.
(3) The functions of the local
offices shall be prescribed.
(4) The central office and the
local offices are collectively
known as the Births and Deaths
Registry.
2. Registers of births and
deaths
There shall be maintained in the
central office registers of the
births, foetal deaths and deaths
occurring in the Republic.
3. The Registrar
(1) The central office shall be
under the management and control
of an officer who shall be
called the
Registrar.
(2) The Registrar shall be
appointed by the President in
accordance with article 195 of
the
Constitution.
4. Registration regions and
districts
The Regulations may provide for
the division of the country into
registration regions and
registration
districts, and for the
appointment of district
registrars and assistant
district registrars.2(2)
5. Power to take affidavits
The Registrar may take the
affidavit or statutory
declaration of a person for the
purposes of this Act on
the payment of the prescribed
fee which shall be paid into the
Consolidated Fund.3(3)
6. Disclosure of information
A person shall not communicate
or allow to be communicated to
any other person an information
obtained under this Act, or
allow a person to inspect or
have access to any other record
containing
information obtained under this
Act except as authorised by or
under this Act.
Registration of Births
7. Live-birth
(1) For the purposes of this
Act, “birth” means live-birth
which is the complete expulsion
or
extraction from its mother of a
product of conception,
irrespective of the duration of
the pregnancy, which
after the separation, breathes
or shows any other evidence of
life, such as the beating of the
heart,
pulsation of the umbilical cord,
or a definite movement of
voluntary muscles whether or not
the umbilical
cord has been cut or the
placenta is detached.
(2) A product of that birth is
considered live-born.
8. Registration of births
(1) The birth of a child in a
district to which this Act
applies shall be registered by
the Registrar in the
district in which the child was
born.
(2) Where a living new-born
child is found deserted and
information as to the place of
birth is not
available, the birth shall be
registered by the Registrar for
the district in which the child
is found.
(3) Subject to subsection (2) of
section 36, the prescribed
particulars for registration
shall be furnished
by
(a) the father and the mother of
the child, or
(b) in the case of the death or
incapacity of the father and
mother,
(i) the occupier of the premises
in which the child is born, if
the occupier has knowledge
of the birth, or
(ii) a person present at the
birth, or
(iii) a person having charge of
the child.
(4) The birth shall be
registered within twenty-one
days of the date of birth, and
registration outside of
the period shall only be made on
the payment of the prescribed
fee.
(5) Where a birth has not been
registered within the twenty-one
days period referred to in
subsection
(4), the Registrar may by notice
in writing summon any of the
persons referred to in
subsection (3) to
attend personally at the Births
and Deaths Registry to furnish
the prescribed particulars for
registration
within a prescribed time.
(6) A birth shall not be
registered after the expiration
of twelve months from the date
of birth except
with the written authority of
the Registrar and on the payment
of the prescribed fee, and
notice of that
authority having been given
shall be entered in the
register.4(4)
9. Doubtful paternity
(1) Where the paternity of a
child is in doubt,
(a) a person shall not, as the
putative father of the child, be
required to give information
concerning the birth of the
child; and
(b) the Registrar shall not
enter the name of a person as
father of the child except at
the joint
request of the mother and the
person who personally
acknowledges to be the father of
the
child, and that person shall
sign the register together with
the mother, or make a
declaration
in the prescribed form
acknowledging the paternity of
the child.
(2) Where the mother is dead the
entry in the register may be
made on the request of the
person
acknowledging the paternity of
the child.5(5)
10. Registration of name
subsequent to registration of
birth
(1) Where a birth is registered
and it is desired to change the
name of the child, or where a
birth has
been registered without a name
and a name is subsequently given
to the child, the parent or
guardian of
the child may, within twelve
months after the registration of
the birth, deliver to the
Registrar a certificate
stating the name now given to
the child.
(2) The Registrar, on receipt of
the certificate and on payment
of the prescribed fee, shall,
without an
erasure of the original entry,
enter in the register the name
mentioned in the certificate as
having been
given to the child.
(3) The certificate shall be
signed by the person who
performed the rite of baptism on
the occasion on
which the name was given or
altered, or, if the child is not
baptised, by the parent or
guardian of the child.
11. Birth certificate
The Registrar shall, as soon as
a birth is registered, or, where
the birth is registered without
a name,
then, on registration of the
name, issue a birth certificate
free of charge to the father,
mother or a person
authorised by one of them or by
the Court.
Registration of Foetal Deaths
12. Foetal death
(1) For the purposes of this
Act, foetal death is death prior
to the complete expulsion or
extraction
from its mother of a product of
conception, irrespective of the
duration of the pregnancy.
(2) The death is indicated by
the fact that after the
separation, the foetus does not
breathe or show any
other evidence of life, such as
the beating of the heart,
pulsation of the umbilical cord,
or a definite
movement of voluntary muscles.
13. Registration of foetal death
A foetal death which occurs in a
district to which this Act
applies shall be registered as
provided in
this Act.
14. Persons responsible for
registering foetal death
(1) Where a foetal death occurs,
the person who would have been
responsible for the registration
of
the birth under subsection (3)
of section 8 if it had been a
birth, shall furnish the
prescribed statement
respecting the foetal death.
(2) The person furnishing the
statement required under
subsection (1),
(a) shall deliver to the
Registrar a written certificate
in respect of the foetal death
signed by a
registered medical practitioner
or midwife who was in attendance
at the occurrence or who
has examined the foetus; or
(b) shall make a declaration to
the effect that a registered
medical practitioner or midwife
was
not present at the occurrence or
has examined the foetus, or that
the certificate of the medical
practitioner or the midwife
cannot be obtained in respect of
the foetal death.
15. Burial permit for foetal
death
The Registrar, shall if
satisfied with the certificate
or the declaration referred to
in section 14, register
the foetal death and issue
burial permit to the person
requiring it for the purpose of
burial or any other
disposition of the body.6(6)
Registration of Deaths
16. Registration of deaths
(1) A death which occurs in a
district to which this Act
applies shall be registered by
the registrar of
that district within twenty-four
hours after the death and the
registration outside of the
period shall only
be made on payment of the
prescribed fee.
(2) A death shall not be
registered after the expiration
of twelve months from the date
of death except
with the written authority of
the registrar and on the payment
of the prescribed fee and a
notice of the
authority having been given
shall be entered in the
register.
(3) Where a dead body is found
and information as to the place
of death is not available, the
death
shall be registered by the
registrar for the district in
which the body is found.7(7)
17. Persons to furnish
information as to death
Subject to subsection (2) of
section 36, the duty to furnish
the Registrar with the
prescribed particulars
of a death is the responsibility
of
(a) the nearest relative of the
deceased present at the death or
in attendance at the last
illness of
the deceased;
(b) a relative of the deceased
residing or being within the
registration district in default
of the
above;
(c) the occupier of the premises
in which the death occurred, if
a relative is not available;
(d) any other adult person
present at the death or having
knowledge of the death;
(e) the coroner who has been
notified of the death and has
made an inquiry or held an
inquiry
regarding the death.
18. Certificate of medical
practitioner
The medical certificate stating
the cause of death shall be
issued free of charge by the
medical
practitioner who was last in
attendance during the illness of
the deceased and the certificate
shall be
delivered to the Registrar.8(8)
19. Duty of coroner after
holding inquiry
(1) When an inquiry is held on a
dead body, the coroner who held
the inquiry shall complete and
sign
a certificate stating the cause
of the death and the certificate
shall be delivered to the
Registrar.
(2) Where a death was the result
of any of the circumstances in
which a coroner is required
under the
Coroners Act, 1960 (Act 18) to
hold an inquiry or conduct a
post-mortem examination, the
Registrar shall
neither register the death nor
issue a death certificate unless
ordered to do so by a coroner.
20. Death certificate
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of
section 19, on the receipt of
the prescribed particulars
required under
section 17 or the certificate
under section 18, the Registrar,
if satisfied as to the
particulars or the
certificate, shall register the
death.
(2) The Registrar shall, as soon
as a death is registered, issue
(a) a burial permit free of
charge in the prescribed form,
and
(b) a death certificate in the
prescribed form on payment of
the prescribed fee.9(9)
(3) Where the body of a deceased
person has been removed into the
Republic from a place outside
the
Republic for disposal, and an
order has not been given by a
coroner in respect of the death,
the Registrar
of the district in which it is
intended to dispose of the body,
if it appears that the death is
not required by
law to be registered in the
Republic, shall, on application
by the person procuring the
disposal and on
payment of the prescribed fee,
issue a burial permit.10(10)
21. Provisions as to burial or
other disposition
(1) A person shall not bury or
otherwise dispose of the body of
a person who dies in a district
to
which this Act applies except as
provided in this Act.
(2) Omitted.11(11)
22. Burial permits
(1) The owner or manager of an
authorised burial ground shall
not permit the burial of a dead
body in
the burial ground, unless a
burial permit is delivered to
that person, but in the case of
reburial after an
authorised exhumation a burial
permit shall not be required.
(2) The owner or manager of an
authorised burial ground shall
endorse the burial permit with
the
prescribed particulars and shall
then return it to the registrar
of the district in which the
burial took place.
(3) The owner or manager of an
authorised burial ground shall
at the end of each month
transmit to
the Registrar a return of the
burials that took place that
month in the burial
ground.12(12)
Registration of Births and
Deaths occurring on the High
Seas and Air Space above the
High Seas
23. Births and deaths on high
seas and air space
On receipt of information in
respect of the birth of a child,
foetal death or death of a
person on board a
ship or an aircraft whose port
or place of registry is in the
Republic, the Registrar, if
satisfied as to the
truth and sufficiency of the
particulars received, shall
register the birth, foetal death
or death.
Authorised Burial Grounds
24. Burial in authorised burial
grounds
A person shall not bury a dead
body elsewhere than in a burial
ground authorised under this Act
except with the permission of
the local authority.
25. Local authorities to provide
burial grounds
A local authority shall provide
public burial grounds for the
burial of persons dying within
the area of
authority of the local authority
and shall comply with the
directions given by the Minister
for this
purpose.
26. Private burial grounds
A local authority may, with the
approval of the Minister,
license as a private burial
ground a parcel of
land which a person may desire
to set aside as a private burial
ground on the prescribed
conditions.
27. Exhumation
(1) The Minister may order or
authorise the exhumation of a
corpse and also its removal.
(2) When an exhumation is
ordered or authorised under
subsection (1), it shall be
carried out under
the supervision of a medical
officer of health or of a
sanitary inspector.
(3) Subject to the Coroners Act,
1960 (Act 18), a person shall
not exhume or after burial
remove a
corpse except under subsection
(1).
(4) A person who contravenes a
provision of this section
commits an offence and is liable
to a fine not
exceeding two hundred and fifty
penalty units or to a term of
imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or to
both the fine and the
imprisonment.
28. Savings
A burial ground in use
immediately before the
commencement of this Act, may,
subject to this Act,
continue to be used.
Fraudulent Registrations and
Certificates
29. Cancellation of registration
and birth certificates
(1) On the written application
by a person and after notice to
and hearing of the persons
interested, or
where the holding of a hearing
is not possible, on receipt of a
statutory declaration or any
other evidence
satisfactory to the Registrar as
may be adduced by a person
interested, the Registrar, if
satisfied that a
registration is false or
improperly made or that a
certificate obtained is being
used for fraudulent or
improper purposes, shall order
that
(a) a note be made on the
register to that effect, and
(b) a certificate issued in
respect of that registration be
delivered to the Registrar for
cancellation.
(2) Where a registration is
false or improperly made a
certificate shall not be issued
in respect of that
registration.
(3) A person who has in the
possession or under the control
of that person a certificate in
respect of
which an order is made under
subsection (1) shall on receipt
of the order, deliver the
certificate to the
Registrar, who shall preserve it
in a permanent file together
with the order and the documents
relating to
the certificate.
Alterations in Registers
30. Alterations in registers
(1) An alteration shall not be
made in a register of births,
foetal deaths or deaths except
as authorised
by this Act.
(2) A clerical error which is
discovered in a register may, in
the prescribed manner and
subject to the
prescribed conditions, be
corrected by a person authorised
in that behalf by the Registrar.
(3) An error or omission of fact
or substance in a register may
be corrected by ruling one clear
line
through the original entry and
by an entry in the appropriate
column.
(4) The entry shall be dated and
authenticated by the signature
of the Registrar having the
custody of
the register,
(a) on payment by the person
requiring the error to be
corrected of a prescribed fee,
and
(b) on production by that person
of a statutory declaration
stating the nature of the error
or
omission, and the true facts of
the case made by any of the two
persons referred to in
subsection (3) of section 8 or
section 17 of the birth or death
with reference to which the
error has been made, or in
default of those persons then by
two credible persons having
knowledge of the truth of the
case.13(13)
(5) Where an error of fact or
substance, other than an error
relating to the cause of death,
occurs in the
information given by a coroner’s
certificate concerning a dead
body on which or a death which
the
coroner has held an inquiry, the
coroner, if satisfied by
evidence on oath or statutory
declaration that the
error exists, may personally
certify to the Registrar having
the custody of the register in
which the
information is entered the
nature of the error and the true
facts of the case as ascertained
by the coroner on
that evidence.
(6) The error may be corrected
by that registrar in the
register by ruling one clear
line through the
original entry and by an entry
in the appropriate column of the
facts so certified by the
coroner.
(7) The entry shall be dated and
authenticated by that registrar
having custody of the
register.14(14)
Searches
31. Searches of records
(1) The Registrar, on the
application of a person and the
giving by that person of the
information that
the Registrar thinks fit and on
the payment by that person of
the prescribed fee, shall if
satisfied that the
information is not to be used
for an improper purpose, cause a
search to be made on behalf of
that person
(a) for the record of the
registration in the office, of a
birth, foetal death or death,
and
(b) for the record in the office
of a burial.
(2) The Registrar shall make a
report on the search which shall
state whether or not the birth,
foetal
death, death or burial is
registered or recorded and, if
registered, shall state the
registration number but the
report shall not contain any
further information.
Issue of Certificates and Copies
32. Certified entry in the
register of births
(1) The Registrar, on the
application of a person and the
giving by that person of the
information that
the Registrar thinks fit and on
the payment by that person of
the prescribed fee, shall if
satisfied that the
information is not to be used
for an improper purpose, issue
to that person a certified copy
of the entry in
the register of births in
respect of a person.
(2) A certified copy under
subsection (1) is a true copy of
the entry in the register of
births together
with a certificate to that
effect at the end of which the
Registrar having custody of the
register shall
sign.15(15)
33. Certified entry in register
of deaths
(1) The Registrar, on the
application of a person and the
giving by that person of the
information that
the Registrar thinks fit and on
the payment by that person of
the prescribed fee, shall, if
satisfied that the
information is not to be used
for an improper purpose, issue
to that person a certified copy
of the entry in
the register of deaths in
respect of a person.
(2) A certified copy issued
under subsection (1) is a true
copy of the entry in the
register of deaths
together with a certificate to
that effect at the end of which
the registrar having custody of
the register
shall sign.16(16)
34. Certificates as evidence
A certificate purporting to be
issued under this Act is
admissible in a court as prima
facie evidence of
the facts certified to be
recorded, and a certified copy
purporting to be issued under
this Act is admissible
as prima facie evidence of the
facts recorded in that certified
copy; and it shall not be
necessary to prove
the signature or official
position of the person by whom
the certificate or certified
copy purports to be
signed.
35. Appeal from refusal of
Registrar to search or issue
certificate
(1) Where an application for a
certified copy or a search in
respect of the registration of a
birth, foetal
death or death is refused by the
Registrar, then if, within one
year of the refusal, application
is made to a
Justice of the High Court, the
Justice,
(a) on being satisfied that the
application is made in good
faith and that the applicant has
good
reason for requiring the
certified copy or search,
(b) may make an order requiring
the Registrar to issue the
certified copy or make the
search.
(2) The clerk of the Court shall
forward a copy of the order to
the Registrar who shall comply
with the
order.
(3) Where the Registrar has made
an order under section 29, a
person interested may, within
two
years after that, appeal to a
Justice of the High Court; and
the Justice may make an order
confirming or
setting aside the order of the
Registrar.17(17)
(4) At least fourteen days
notice of the application or
appeal shall be served on the
Registrar.
Penalties
36. Failure to carry out duties
(1) A person who fails to give a
notice, or to furnish a
statement, certificate or the
particulars required
under this Act, within the time
limited by this Act, commits an
offence and is liable on
conviction to a
fine not exceeding two hundred
and fifty penalty units or to a
term of imprisonment not
exceeding one
year.
(2) Where more than one person
is required to give a notice, or
to register, or to furnish a
statement,
certificate or the particulars
required under this Act and the
duty is carried out by any one
of those
persons, the others are not
liable.
37. Interference with public
notice
A person who wilfully removes,
defaces or destroys a public
notice relating to the
registration of
births, foetal deaths or deaths
commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine not
exceeding two
hundred penalty units.
38. Penalty for improper
disclosure of information
A person who contravenes a
provision of section 6 commits
an offence and is liable on
conviction to a
fine not exceeding two hundred
penalty units or to a term of
imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or
to both the fine and the
imprisonment.
39. General penalty
A person who contravenes a
provision of this Act, for which
a penalty is not provided,
commits an
offence and on conviction is
liable to a fine not exceeding
one hundred penalty units.
40. Regulations
(1) The Minister may, by
legislative instrument, make
Regulations providing for a
matter which under
this Act is to be provided for
by Regulations, or is to be
prescribed and generally for
carrying this Act
into effect.
(2) Without prejudice to the
generality of subsection (1),
the Regulations may provide for
(a) the form of a certificate,
declaration or return to be
given or made under this Act,
(b) the disposal of dead bodies,
(c) the regulation and control
of burial grounds,
(d) the payment of fees in
respect of,
(i) the allocation of grave
spaces,
(ii) the exhumation of a corpse,
and
(iii) generally in respect of a
matter for which taxes are
prescribed for carrying the Act
and
the Regulations into
effect.18(18)
41. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context
otherwise requires,
“birth” has the meaning assigned
to it by section 7;
“burial” includes cremation;
“burial ground” includes a
cemetery;
“central office” means the
central office established under
section 1;
“court” means a court of
competent jurisdiction;
“disposal” in relation to a dead
body, means disposal by burial,
cremation or any other means;
“district” means a registration
district created under section
4;
“district to which this Act
applies” means a district to
which the provisions of this Act
relating to
the registration of births,
foetal deaths and deaths apply
by virtue of an instrument made
under section
44;
“Minister” means the Minister
responsible for the Registration
of Births and Deaths;
“occupier” in relation to an
institution, includes the
governor, keeper, master,
matron,
superintendent, or any other
chief resident officer, and, in
relation to a house let in
separate apartments
or lodgings, includes a person
residing in the house who is the
person under whom the lodgings
or
separate apartments are
immediately held, or the agent
of that person;
“prescribed” means prescribed by
this Act or the Regulations;
“Registrar” includes the
registrar of births and deaths
and an assistant registrar,
registration
officers, district registrars
and assistant district
registrars;
“Regulations” means the
Regulation made under this Act;
“relative” includes a relative
by marriage.
42. Repeal and saving
Spent.19(19)
43. Commencement
Spent.20(20)
44. Application of Act
This Act, so far as it relates
to the registration of births,
foetal deaths and deaths, shall
apply to the
districts that the Minister by
legislative instrument may
specify.
Endnotes
1 (Popup - Footnote)
1. The Act was assented to on
29th September, 1965.
2 (Popup - Footnote)
2. Substituted by section 1 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
3 (Popup - Footnote)
3. Substituted by section 2 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
4 (Popup - Footnote)
4. Substituted by section 3 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
5 (Popup - Footnote)
5. Amended by section 4 of the
Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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6. Substituted by section 5 of
the Registration of Birth and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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7. Substituted by section 6 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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8. Substituted by section 7 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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9. Amended by section 8 of the
Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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10. Substituted by section 9 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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11. But incorporated as
paragraph (b) of subsection (2)
of section 40.
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12. Substituted by section 9 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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13. Substituted by section 10 of
the Registration of Birth and
Deaths Act, 1968 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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14. Substituted by section 10 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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15. Substituted by section 11 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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16. Substituted by section 11 of
the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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17. The words “and the order of
the judge shall be final”
occurring after the words
“Registrar” at the end of the
subsection have been omitted in
view of article 137 of the
Constitution.
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18.
Substituted by section 12 of the
Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment)
Decree, 1968
(N.L.C.D. 285).
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19.
The section provided that,
“(1) The Births, Deaths, and
Burials Ordinance (Cap. 80) as
subsequently amended, is hereby
repealed.
(2) An instrument made under the
enactment repealed by this Act
and in force immediately before
the
commencement of this Act, shall
continue in force as if made
under the corresponding
provision of this Act.”
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20. The section provided for the
coming into operation of this
Act by means of a legislative
instrument. The
Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1965 (Commencement)
Instrument, 1966 provided that
the Act shall be
deemed to have come into force
on the 1st day of August, 1966.
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