Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1937
Table of Contents
Long Title
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Appointment of officers
4 Annual reports
5 Registers
6 Custody of registers
7 Registers not open to public inspection
8 Information as to births and deaths
9 Persons who may register live births
9A Name of child
10 Surname of child
11 Registration of name of child or of alteration of name
12 Special provision for registration of name within 7 years from registration of birth
12A Registrar‑General may refuse entry or alteration of name in register of births
13 Penalties for failure to register name
14 Stillbirths
15 Occupier and relatives to register deaths
16 Women may authorise male relatives to sign certificates, etc.
17 Delayed registration
18 Penalty for failure to furnish particulars
19 Duties of medical practitioners as to certification
20 When post-mortem examination is held
21 When Coroner’s certificate is issued
22 Duties of police officers
23 Late registration
24 Correction of errors
25 Extracts from registers
26 Duties with regard to vaccination
27 Offences and penalties
28 Prosecutions
29 Rules
30 Fees to be paid into Consolidated Fund
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table