Legitimacy (Re-registration of Births of Legitimated Persons) Regulations

Status:

Revised Edition
published on 15 Aug 1992

1 Citation

Legitimacy Act

(Chapter 162,Paragraphs 1 and 5 of the Schedule)

Legitimacy (Re-registration of Births of Legitimated Persons) Regulations

Rg 1

G.N. No. S 359/1992

REVISED EDITION 1992

(15th August 1992)

[15th August 1992]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legitimacy (Re-registration of Births of Legitimated Persons) Regulations.

Manner of re-registration

2.—(1) The re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person shall be effected at the office of the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths and upon production of the following documents:

(a)	the birth certificate of the legitimated person;
(b)	the marriage certificate of the parents of the legitimated person;
(c)	a statutory declaration by each parent acknowledging himself or herself to be the natural parent of the legitimated person or a certified true copy of a declaration of the legitimacy of the legitimated person made by the High Court under section 4 of the Act; and
(d)	such other documents as may be required by the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths.

(2) Where the paternity of a legitimated person has been established by an affiliation order or otherwise by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, a certified true copy of that order or decree may be produced in lieu of a statutory declaration of paternity by the father of the legitimated person under paragraph (1)(c) for the purposes of re-registration of the birth of the legitimated person.

Fee

3. For the purposes of paragraph 5 of the Schedule to the Act, the fee for re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person where the necessary information for the purpose is not furnished within the time specified in that Schedule shall be $2.

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