Registration of Births and Deaths Rules - Singapore Statutes Online

Registration of Births and Deaths Act

(Chapter 267, Section 29)

Registration of
Births and Deaths Rules

R 1

G.N. No. S 503/1989

REVISED EDITION 2000

(31st August 2000)

[2nd January 1990]

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Registration of Births and Deaths Rules.

Definition

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, “dangerous infectious disease” has the same meaning as in the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137).

BIRTHS

Report of birth

3. Reports of birth shall be made at the office of the supervising deputy registrar, if any, or of any deputy registrar duly appointed for any registration area.

Identification

4. For the purpose of registering a birth, the supervising deputy registrar or the deputy registrar may require the parents of the child to produce —

(a)	their identity cards or other identification documents, if any;
(b)	their marriage certificate, if any; and
(c)	such other documents as may be issued by the medical practitioner or midwife who delivered the child.

Particulars of birth

5. Particulars of the birth shall be recorded in the register of births in Form A set out in the First Schedule.

Deputies to forward completed registers to registrar

6. The deputy registrar of a registration area shall forward the duly completed registers of births through the supervising deputy registrar, if any, for his registration area, to the office of the registrar.

Subsequent registration of name

7. When the name of a child is not reported at the time of making such report, and the name is subsequently reported under section 11 of the Act, an application and a certificate in Form B, C or D set out in the First Schedule shall be presented to the registrar.

Surname of illegitimate child

8.—(1) An application for the surname of the father of an illegitimate child to be entered in a register of births as having been given to the child under section 10(3) of the Act, shall be made to the registrar having custody of the register.

(2) Where the application is made —

(a)	by a parent or guardian of the child, it shall be in Form E set out in the First Schedule; or
(b)	by the child who has attained 21 years of age, it shall be in Form F set out in the First Schedule.

General provisions for registration of particulars of parents of child under Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013

8A.—(1) This rule applies when it is brought to the Registrar-General’s attention that the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013 (Act 16 of 2013) applies to a child.

(2) The particulars of the parents of the child shall be registered or re-registered in Form A set out in the First Schedule, if the Registrar-General is satisfied of both of the following matters:

(a)	the parenthood of the child under the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013;
(b)	the child was born in Singapore.

(3) In a re-registration under paragraph (2), the original entry in the register shall be erased.

(4) The Registrar-General may refuse to register or re-register the particulars of the parents of a child under paragraph (2) if it has been brought to the Registrar-General’s attention that there is a dispute as to the parenthood of the child under the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013.

[S 677/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

Registration after declaration of parenthood under Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013

8B.—(1) This rule applies where a court makes an order under the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013 (Act 16 of 2013) declaring the parenthood of a child.

(2) An application to the Registrar-General for the child to be registered or re-registered in accordance with the court order must be made within 3 months after the date of the court order.

(3) The application under paragraph (2) may be made by —

(a)	any parent or guardian of the child;
(b)	the person who applied for the court order; or
(c)	the child, if the child is 21 years of age or older.

(4) The application under paragraph (2) must be in such form as the Registrar-General may specify, and must be accompanied by the following documents:

(a)	the court order;
(b)	the original birth certificate (if any) of the child;
(c)	a copy of the identity card or other identification document of each parent of the child;
(d)	any other documents that the Registrar-General may require in any particular case.

(5) The Registrar-General shall register or re-register the birth of the child only if the court has determined, or the Registrar-General is satisfied, that the child was born in Singapore.

(6) The particulars of the parents of the child shall be registered or re-registered in Form A set out in the First Schedule.

(7) In a re-registration under paragraph (6), the original entry in the register shall be erased.

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (6) —

(a)	a man may be registered as the child’s father even if the man was not the child’s father at the time the child was born;
(b)	if the child has no father under the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013, the child’s surname, if any, shall be the surname of the child’s mother; and
(c)	the child’s name may be re-registered only to the extent that the child’s name reflects the name or surname of a person who is not the child’s parent. [S 677/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

Legitimation of child under Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013

8C.—(1) If a child whose birth is registered under the Act is subsequently legitimated under section 11 of the Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013 (Act 16 of 2013), an application may be made to the Registrar-General to re-register the name or surname of the child.

(2) The application under paragraph (1) may be made by —

(a)	any parent of the child; or
(b)	the child, if the child is 21 years of age or older.

(3) The application under paragraph (1) must be made within 3 months after the date on which the child is legitimated, or such longer time as the Registrar-General may allow.

(4) The application under paragraph (1) must be in such form as the Registrar-General may specify and must be accompanied by the following documents:

(a)	the court order;
(b)	the original birth certificate of the child;
(c)	a copy of the identity card or other identification document of each parent of the child;
(d)	the marriage certificate of the child’s parents;
(e)	any other documents that the Registrar-General may require in any particular case.

(5) The Registrar-General shall re-register the name or surname of the child only if the Registrar-General is satisfied that the child is legitimated.

[S 677/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

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