BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1896

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1896

No. 7 of 1896.
AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO
THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
[11th August, 1896]

1. this ordinance may be cited as the births and deaths
registration ordinance, 1896.

2.(1) in this ordinance,

(a) house includes any building, structure, ship,
steamer, boat, or craft.
(b) magistrate means a magistrate discharging the
duties of coroner.
(c) occupier includes the governor, keeper, master,
manager, director, matron, superintendent, or other chief
resident officer of every convent or public or charitable or
religious institution, and, where a house is let or sub-let in
separate floors or rooms or compartments, includes any person
residing in such house who either receives or pays rent for
such separate floors or rooms or compartments, in cases
where a whole house is occupied by any person., without
being let or sub-let as aforesaid, such person shall, whether
he is the owner or not, be deemed to be the occupier.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
As amended by No. 20 of 1923.





(d) Public institution includes a prison, lock-up, re-
formatory, work-honse, lunatic saylum, and hospital.
(c) The Registrar means the Registrar of Births and
Deaths, and includes any Deputy Registrar appointed under
section 3 (3).
(2) Where any reference is made in this Ordinance to a
registrar in connexion with any birth or death or other event,
or any register, such reference shall be deemed to be a
reference in the, case of Chinese to the officer who is the
registrar for births or deaths, as the case may be,
for the district in which such birth or death or other event
took place, or who keeps the register in which the birth or
death or other event is or is required to be registered, or who
keeps the register referred to, and in all other cases to the
registrar.

3 - ------ (1) The office of the Sanitary Department shall be
the general Register Office for keeping a register of all
births- and deaths which happen in the Colony.
(2) The Head of the Sanitary Department shall be the
Registrar of Births and Deaths.
(3) it shall be lawful for the Registrar of Births and
Deaths to appoint any persons to be Deputy Registrars for the
pruposes of this Ordinance.

4.----(-1) District registers of births and of deaths for
chinese shall be kept at such places as may be approved by
the Governor and the registrar may appoint any persons to
be assistant registrars in respect of all births or deaths of
chinese occurring within the districts where such places are situated.

(2) The said districts shall be defined by the Registrar
and the limits of such districts shall be notified in the Gazette.

5. Registers of births and deaths of Chinese shall be kept
in both the English and Chinese languages.

6. (1) The RegIstrar shall cause to be printed register
books of births and register books of deaths in the Forms
Nos. 1 and 2 in the Schedule, which he shall supply to the
assistant registrars.

as amended by No, 26 of 1923.





(2) the particulars required to be registered concerning
a birth or death shall be the particulars specified in the said
forms nbos. 1 and 2.

7.(1) every registrar is hereb y required to inform
himself carefully of every birth and death which happens
within the district assigned to him by the registrar, and to
learn and register, as soon sfter the event as conveniently
may be done, without any fee, save as hereinafger mentioned,
the particulars required to be registered touching every such
birth or death which has not been already registered.

(2) notwithstanding anything in this ordinance contained,
it shall be lawful for the registrar to register in the general
register office any birth and death which has occurred in
any place for which no district register is kept.

8(1) in case any living new-born child is found
sxposed, it shall be the duty of any person finding such child,
and of any person in whose charge such child may be placed, to
reprot such finding to a registrar, and within seven days to
give, to the best of his knowledge and belief, such information
of the particulars required to be registered concerning the
birth of such child as the informatn possesses, and, in the
presence of such registrar, to sign the register.

(2) in case any living new-born child is brought to and
admitted into any convent or public or charitable or religious
institution, it shall be the duty of the person admitting such
child, or having charge of the convent or institution to
ascertain, at the time of admission, from the person bringing
such child such information of the particulars required to be
registered concerning the birth of such child as can be
elicited, and if such child has been born in the colony. then,
within seven days after admission, to give such information
to a registrar.

9. the father of every child born alive in the colony, or
in case of death, illness, absence, or inability of the father,
the mother of such child, or in case of the death, illness,
absence, or inability of the father and mother, the occupier
of the house in which such child has been born, or any

as amended by no. 26 of 1923.






person prsenet at the birth, shall, within forty-two days after
the day of such birth, give information to a registrar according
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, of the several
particulars required to be registered, and shall, in the
presence of such registrar, sign the register.

10.-(1) in every case where the information required by
sections 8 and 9 is given within forty-two days of the birth of
any child, exclusive of the day of birth, no fee shall be re-
quired or paid for registering the said birth; but when such
information is given after the expiration of the said forty-two
days and within. twelve months after the said birth, exclusive
of the day of birth, a fee of one dollar shall be paid by the
person who is charged with the duty of giving information
that has elapsed since the birth.

(2) No birth shall be registered after the expiry of twelve
months from the date thereof except with the consent of the
registrar and the fact., of stich consent, having been given

shall theentered in the register, and in every such case a fee
of five dollars shall be paid for every year or part of a year
that has elapsed since the birth.

10A. in the case of an illegitimate child, no person shall,
as father of such child, be required to give information
concerning the birth of such child, and there shall not be
entered in the register the name of any person as father of
such child, rxcept at the hoint request of the mother and
of the person acknowledging himself to be the father, and
such person shall in such case sign the register together
with the mother. For the puproses of this ordinance every
child of every chinese male shall be deemed to be a
legitimate child, and such chinese male shall be deemed
to be the father of such child.

11.(1) in every case where it is desired after registra
tion to alter or add to the name of any child whose birth
has been registered with a name, or to give a name or
names to any child whose birth has been registered without
a name the parent or guardian of such child may make a
declaration in writing before the registrar according to
form no. 3 or form no. 4 in the schedule :

as amended by no. 26 of 1923.




provided that whenever it is shown to the satisfactionof
the registrra that, owing to death or absence from the
colony or other reasonable cause, the parent or guardian is
unable to attend to make a declaration in writing in
accordance with this section, it shall be lawful for the
registrar, in his descretion, upon such evidence as be may
in the circumstances deem sufficient, to act in all respects
as if a declaration in writing had been made under this
sub-section before him personally.

(2) the registrar shall thereupon., without erasure of the
previous entry, forthwith enter in the register the name or
names proposed to be substituted or added, and shall, if
required, on payment of a fee of one dollars, issue a certificate
according to form no. 5 or form no. 6 in the shcedule.

(3) for every such entry made within a period of twelve
months from the date of the birth, a fee of one dollar shall
be paid, and for every such entry made after the expiry of
twelve months from the date of the birth, a fee of two dollars
shall be paid.

(4)in the section, name shall bot include surname.

12.(1) when a person dies in a house it shall be the
duty of the nearest relatives of the deceased present at the
death or in attendance jdring his last illness, adn, in default
of such relatives, of each person preent at the death or in
attendance during the last illness, and of any occupier of the
house in which, to his knowledge, the death took place,
and, in default of any such persons, of each inmate of such
house, and of the person causing the body of the deceased
to be buried, to give, tot he best of his knowledge and
belief, to a registra, within forty-eight hours (in which
general or public holidays as defined by the holidays
ordinance, 1912, shall not be included) after such death,
concerning such death, and in the presence of that officer
to sign the register:

provided that where no such informant as aforesaid is
forthcoming, the person finding the body shall within forty-
eight hours after such finding proceed as provided in sub-
section (2), and the magistrate shall act as directed in that
sub-section.

as amended by no. 26 of 1923 and Law Am., Ord., 1923.





(2) when a person dies in a place which is not a house,
or a dead body is found elsewhere than in a house, it shall
be the duty of every relative of the deceased, having know-
ledge of any of the particulars required to be registered
concerning the death, and , in default of such relative, of
every person present at the death, and of any person finding
and of any person taking charge of the body, and of the
person causing the body to be buried, to give to the
magistrate within forty-eight hours (in which general or
public holidays as defined by the holidays ordinance, 1912.
shall not be included ) after the death or finding, such
information of the particulars required to be registered
concerning the death as the informant possesses, and such
particulars shall be forthwith forwarded by the said magis-
trate to the registrar, who shall duly register the same.

(3) after the expiration of twelve months from any death
or from the finding of any dead body, that death shall not
be registered except with the consent of the registrar; the
fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in
the register.

(4) where an inquiry is held on any dead body, any
magistrate shall inquire of the particulars required to be
registered concerning the death, and shall send to the
registrar within seven days next after the termination of the
inquiry, a certificate under his hand giving information con-
cerning the death and specifying the said particulars, the
caused of death, and the time and place at which the inquiry
was held, and that officer shall enter the death and particulars
in the register. Where an inquiry is held on any dead body,
no person shall, with respect to such dead body or death, be
subject to any penalty for failing to given information in
pursuance of any other provision of this ordinance.

13.(1) no person, unless acting under the written
sanction or direction of the registrar shall remove, or assist
or attempt to remove, or procure the removal of, or bury any
dead body until a certificate of death under section 14 has
been issued, or an order to bury has been obtained from any
magistrate; provided always that where interment is urgent
and it is not possible promply to procure such certificate or
forder, it shall be the duty fo any person who may desire to
remove or bury a dead body to report the same at the nearest

as amended by no. 26 of 1923 and law rev. ord., 1923.






police station, when the inspector or other officer in charge
may issue forthwith a permit according to form no. 7 in
the schedule. the issue of such permit shall be forthwith
reported to a registrar by the issuing officer, and shall not
exonerate the persons required by this ordinance to give
information respecting the death of any person from giving
the information required.

(2) no person shall remove, or assist or attempt to remove,
or procure the removal of a dead body from the colony until
he has obtained from a registrar a certificate according to
form no. 8 in the shcedule.

14.(1) a registrar, immediately on registering any death
or as soon thereafter as he may be required to do so, shall,
without any fee, deliver, either to the person giving informa-
tion concerning the death or to the undertaker or other
person having charge oft he funeral, a certificate under his
hand, according to form no. 9 in the shcedule, that such
death has been duly registered, and such certificate shall be
delivered by such undertaker or other person to the minister
or officiating person, if any, who is to perform any religious
service for the burial of the dead body; provided always
that any magistrate may order any body to be buried, if he
thinks fit, before registration of the death, and shall in such
case give a certificate of his order in writing under his hand.
according to form no. 10 in the schedule, to the relative of
the decased or other person who causes the body to be
buried or to such undertaker or other person having charge
of the funeral, and such certificate shall be delivered by the
recipient to such minister of officiating person, if nay, as
aforesaid.

(2) no person shall perform any funeral or religious
service for the burial of any dead body without receiving
either such certificate duly made and delivered as aforesaid
or a permit in form no. 7 in the schedule from an inspector
or other officer in charge of a police station.

15. no person shall wilfully bury or procure to be buried
the body of any deceased child as if it were still-born. No.
person shall bury or procure to be buried any still-born
child, unless there is delivered to him either



As amended by no. 26 of 1923.
as amended by law am ord., 1923.





(1) a written certificate, according to form no. 11 in the
schedule, that such child was not born aliver, signed by a
medical practitioner who was in attendance at the birth or
has examined the body of such child; or

(2) a declaration, according to form no. 12 in the schedule,
signed by some person who would, if the child had been
born alive, have been required by this ordinance to give
information concerning the birth, to the effect that no
medical practitioner was present at the birth, or that his
certificate cannot be obtained, or that the child was not born
aliver; or

(3) an order of any magistrate.

16. where there is in the coffin in which any deceased
person is brought for burial the body of any other
deceased person or the body of any still-born child, the under-
taker or other person who has charge of the funeral shall
deliver to the person who buries or performs any funeral
or religious service for the burial of such body or bodies
notice in writing, signed by such undertaker or other person,
and stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief, with
respect to each such body the following particulars, accord-
ing to forms nos. 13, 14 and 15 int eh schedule:-

(1) if the body is the body of a deceased person, the name,
sex, and place of abode of the said deceased person;

(2) if the body has been found exposed, and the name and
place of abode are unknown, the fact of the body having
been so found and of the said particulars being unknown;
and,

(3) if the body is that of a deceased child without a name
or a still-born child, the name and place of abode of the
father, or, if it is illegitimate, of the mother, of such child.

17. with respect to certificates of the caused of death, the
following provisions shall have effect:-

(1) the registrar shall, on the application in writing of a
medical practitioner, furnish him with a book of printed
forms of certificates of death, according to form no. 16 in
the schedule.


as amended by no. 7 of 1919, no. 26 of 1923 and law am. ord., 1923.






(2) in case of the death of any person who has been
attended during his last illness by a medical practitioner, he
shall forthwith sign and give to some person required by
this ordinance to given information concerning the death a
certificate, in the form prescribed by this section, stating to
the best of his knowledge and belief, the caused of death, and
including a statment as to whther any, and if so what.
anaesthetic was administered during the said illness and,
if so, how long before death it was administered, and such
person shall, on giving information concerning the death,
deliver that certificate to a registrar; and the cause of death
as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the register;

(3) where an inquiry is held on the body of any deceased
person, or where a magistrate has issued a burial order, a
medical certificate of the caused of death need not be given;

(4) for the prupose of securing uniformity int he death
returns, the caused of death certified by a medical practitioner,
or by any medical officer in any branch of his mahesty's
service, or by any magistrate shall, os far as possible, be
described in strict accordance with the nimenclature of
diseased of the royal college of physicians of london. If
in any certificate the cause of death is not so descibed, it
shall be lawful for a registrar to refuse to register the cause
of death as thus certified, and to proceed in the manner
provided by section 18 for cases in which that officer is not
satisfied that the reported cause of death is the true cause.

18. in case of the deathe of the any person who has not been
attended during his last illness by any medical practitioner
or in any case in which the registrar is not satisfied that the
reproted cause of death is the true causem it shall be the duty
of the registrar to satisfy himself that the cause of death
stated is the true cause, and , in every case in which he is
not satisfied in this regard, it shall be his duty to com-
municate the particulars of the information received to the
proncipal civil medical officer or to som other medical
officer appointed by the governor for that prupose, who shall
institute or cause to be instituted immediate inquired with
a view to ascertaining the true cause of death, and shall as
soon as possible report the result to a registrar.


as amended by no. 26 of 1923.





19.(1) every assistant registrar who has the keeping of
any register book of births or deaths shall, during office
hours, allow searches to be made therein, and shall give a
copy. certified under the hand of the registrar, of any entry
in the same for which a fee of one dollar shall be paid to the
registrar.

(2) the fees to be paid for such searches shall be paid to
the registrar, and shall be fhe fees prescribed by section 20
(2) or (3), as the case may be.

20.(1) the registrar shall cause indexes oft he register
books in the general register officer to be made, and any
person shall be entitled on payment of the fee prescribed by
sub-sections (2) or (3), as the case may be, to search during
office hours such indexed and register books, and to receive
a copy of any entry in the said register books, certified under
the hand of the registrar, for which a fee of one dollar shall
be paid.

(2) a search, either in indexes or in district registers of
in the register books of the general register officer, during
any number of successive hours not exceeding six, without
stating the object of the search, shall be deemed a general
search, and a fee of two dollars shall be paid in respect of
every such general search.

(3) a search, either in indexes or in district registers or in
the register books of the general register officer, for any
given entry over any period not exceeding five years shall be
deemed a particular search, and a fee of fifty cents shall be
paid in respect of every such particular search.

21. the registrar shall cause to be made a seal of the
general register office, and shall cause to be sealed or
stamped therewith all certified copies of entries given in the
said office; and every certified copy of an entry pruporting
to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the said office shall
be received as evidence of the birth or death to which the
same relates, without any further or other proof of such
entry; and no certified copy pruporting to be given in the
said office shall be of any force or effect which is not sealed
or stampted as aforesaid.

as amended by no. 26 of 1923. the fee for a certificate of birth or death in the
case of soldiers has been reduced from 1 dollar to 10 cnets by orders made under
no. 5 of 1870. see hodgson's regulations of hongkong, 1914, p. 76.






[s. 22, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]

[s. 23, rep. No. 21 of 1922.]

24. Every -person who,-

(1) being charged with the duty of registering births, or
deaths, refuses or, without reasonable exciise, omits to register
any birth or death of which he has had due. notice as
aforesaid; or,

(2) having the enstody of any register book or certified
copies thereof, or of any part thereof, carelessly loses or
injures the same, or carelessly allows the same to be injured
whilst in his keeping,
shall be deemed to have committed a breach of the provisions
of this Ordinance.

25. every person who wilfully destorys or injures, or
causes to be destroyed or injured, any such register book or
any part or certified copy of any part thereof, shall be guilty
of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding two years.

[s. 26, rep. No. 1 of 1912.]

27. With regard to the correction of errors in registens
of births or deaths, the following provisions shall have
effect
(1) no alteration in any such register shall be made except
as authorised by this Ordinance,
(2) any clerical error which may be, discovered in any
such register shall, as soon as possible, be corrected by the
Registrar, who shall place his initials in the margin Opposite
the entry in which such error has been discovered;
(3) an error of fact or substance in any such register may
be corrected byentry in the margin (without any alteration
of the original entry) by the registrar on payment of the fee
of one dollar and on production to him by the person requir-
ing such error to be corrected of a declaration, according to
form no., 17 in the shcedule, setting forth the nature of the
error and the true facts of the case, and made by two persons.


As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
As amended by No. 11 of 1922.
As amended by No. 26 of 1923 and Law Am Ord., 1923.





required by this ordinance to give information concerning
the birth or death with reference to which the error has been
made, or , in default of such persons, then by two credible
persons to the satisfaction of the registrar having knowledge
of the truth of the case, and the registrar shall initial such
marginal entry and shall add thereto the day and month and
year when such correction is made; and

(4) where an error of fact or substance (other than an
error relating to the cause of death) occurs in the information
given to the registrar by a magistrate concerning a dead
body upon which he has held an inquiry, or in respect of
which he has issued a burial order, he may, if satisfied by
evidence upon oath or statutory declaration that such error
exists, certify under his hand to the registrar the nature of
the error and the true facts of the case as ascertained by him
on such evidence, and the error may thereupon be corrected
by that officer in the register by entering in the margin
(without any alteration of the original entry)the facts as so
marginal entry and shall add thereto the day and month and
year when such correction is made.

28. except where otherwise specially provided by this
ordinance, every person who commits any breach or infringe-
ment of any of the provisions of this ordinance or fails to
perform any duty imposed upon him by this ordinance shall
upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding
two hundred dollars.

29. it shall be lawful for the governor in council to make
regulations for the due carrying into effect of the provisions
of this ordinance, and to revoke, alter, or add to the forms
in the schedule.

30. the registers of births and deaths formerly kept under
ordinance no. 7 of 1872 shall, as hitherto, be preserved by
the registrar, and all the provisions of this ordinance
relating to entries in registers, alterations of or additions to
registers, searches of registers, copie so fentries in registers,
custody of registers, or destruction of or injury to regis-
ters, and the provisions of any other ordinance relating to

as amended by law am ord., 1923
as amended by no. 26 of 1923.





any offences in respect of registers of births or deaths
authorised or required to be kept under this Ordinance, shall
mutatis mutandis apply to the sald registers formerly keln
under Ordinance No. 7 of 1872 : Provided that it shall be
lawful for the Registrar to keep separate supplementary
register books for the puropse of registering. the births of any
persons who were born before the commencement of this
Ordinance and whose births were not, registored in the
registers formerly kept under Ordinance No. 7 ol 1872.





form no. 3.

Declaration for altering or adding to the name of a child.
I (Name) .......................................
(address)................

(Description) .............
Parent [or guardian] of the child of
whose birth was registered on
the..... ....................day of .......... under the
name (s) of ..............do solemnly, sincerely and
truly declare that I desive
Strike, out (a) to add the name (s) of
either (a) or
(b) as ............................................ to the above-mentioned
required.
name (s).

(b) to alter the above-mentioned name(s) to .....................

Before me,
(Signed.) A.B.,
Parent [or Guardian].
(Signed.)
Registrar.

Form No. 4. [S. 11 (1)]
Dechtration of name of child.
I (Name.). . ...............................................................................
(Address) ...........................................
(Description) ................................................... .............
Parent [or of the child of
and ............................................ whose birth was registered
on the ...................day of
without a name, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare that the said
child has received the name(s) of ......... and that
I desire that the said name(s) shall be added to the register.
(signed) A.B.,
Parent [or Guardllan].
Before me,
(Signed.)
Registrar.

As amended by No. 26 of 1923.
As amended by no. 26 of 1923 and law am ord., 1923.






FORM NO. 5. [S. 11(2)]

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF ALTERATION OF NAME OF CHILD

I, A.B. , registrar [or deputy registrar] of births and deaths,
do hereby certify that the name [or names] of by which a
child of one C.D. and E.F. was registered on the day of
,19 , has [or have] been altered to
and that such alteration has been entered in the register book.

dated the day of 19
signed. A.B. registrar, (or deputy registrar).
fee $1.00

FORM NO. 6 [S. 11(2)]

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF NAME OF CHILD

I, A.B. , registrar [or deputy registrar] of births and deaths,
do hereby certify that the name [or names] of has [or have]
been given to the child of one C.D. and E.F. whose birth was
registered on the day of ,19 and that
such name or names has [or have] been entered in the register book.

dated the day of 19
signed. A.B. registrar, (or deputy registrar).
fee $1.00

FORM NO. 7 [S. 13(1)]

PERMIT OFR REMOVAL AND BURIAL OF DEAD BODY.

permission is hereby given to of to remove
and bury the dead body of one called from the
floor of no. ,to
dated the day of 19
signed. officer in charge.
no. police station.

FORM NO. 8. [S. 13(2)].
PERMIT FOR REMOVAL OF DEAD BODY FROM THE COLONY.

permssion is hereby given to of to remove
from the colony the dead body of one called
dated the day of 19
signed. A.B. registrar,


as amended by no. 26 of 1923 and law am ord., 1923
as amended by law am ord., 1923
as amended by no. 26 of 1923








FORM NO. 9. [S. 14(1)]

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DEATH

I, A.B. a registrar of deaths in the district of ,do
hereby certify that the death of has been duly registered
by me on the day of 19

dated the day of 19
(signed) A.B. registrar.

FORM NO. 10. [S. 14(1)].
ORDER FOR BURIAL OF BODY.

I, A.B. magistrate appointed to discharge the duties of cornoner for
the colony of hongkong, do hereby order the burial of the body now
shown [or reported] to me as the boby of

dated the day of 19
(signed) A.B. registrar.

FORM NO. 11. [S. 15(1)].
CERTIFICATE OF STILL-BIRTH

I, A.B. registered medical practitioner in the colony of hongkong,
hereby certify that I was in attendance at the birth of the child of
mrs. C.D. [or have examined the body of the child of mrs. C.d.]
and that such child was not born alive.

dated the day of 19
(signed) A.B. registrar medical practitioner.



FORM NO. 12. [S. 15(2)].

I. A, B. do solemnly and sincerly declare that no registered
medical practitioner was present at the birth of the child of Mrs.
C.D. which occurred on the day of 19
[or that mr E.F. registered medical practitioner, was present at the
birth of the child of Mrs. C.D. which occurred on the day of
19, but that his certificate according to the
form no. 11 in the schedule to the births and deaths registration

as amended by no. 26 of 1923.
as amended by law am ord., 1923.







Ordinance, 1896, cannot be, obtained, or that the child or Mrs. C.D
which was born on the day of 19, was
not born alive].
dated the day of 19
(Signed.)
Before me,
(Signed.) A.B. legal informant,

Form No. 13. [s. 16]

NOTICE WHERECOFFIN CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE BODY.

1, A.B., hereby give you notice that in the coffin in which C.D. is
brought for burial there is the body of E.F., a male [or female] lately
residing at no.
Dated the day of 19
(Signed.) A.B., Undertaker [or person in charge of funeral].

FORM No, 14. [s. 16]
I, A.B. hereby give you notice that in the coffin in which C.D. is
brought for burial there is a body which has been found exposed, and
that the name and place of abode of the person whose body has been
found are unknown.

Dated the day of 19
(Signed.) A.B., Undertaker [or person in charge of funeral].

FORM No, 15.

NOTICE WHERE COFFIN ALSO CONTAINS THE BODY OF A CHILD

I, A.B. hereby give you notice that in the coffin in which C.D. is
brought for burial there is the body of a deceased child, name unknown
[or of a still-born child] and the name and place of abode of the father
[or mother] of such child are and No.

Dated the day of 19
(Signed.) A.B., Undertaker [or person in charge of funeral].


as amended by no. 26 of 1923.





BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION NO. 7 OF 1896. 789




NOTICE,

(to be indorsed oN the back of the certificate).

By section 17 of the Birth and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896,
it is enacted that whenever a registered medical practitioner has been
in attendance during the last illness of a deceased person such practitioner
shall sign and give to a qualified informant of the death a certificate, of
the cause of the death, and including a statement as to whether any, and
if so what, anaesthetic was administered during the said illness. The
informant is bound to deliver the certificate to the Registrar or all
assistant registrar.


and to whom only this certificate should be given

1. A RELATIVE of the deceased, present at the death.

2. A RELATIVE Of the deceased in attendance during the last illness.

3. A person present at the death.

4. A person in attendance during the last illness.

5. The occupier of the house in which the death occurred.

6. An inmate of the house in which the death occurred.

7. The person who caused the body to be buried.

Penalty for failing to give, information within the 48 hours (in

which general and public holidays as defined by the Holidays Ordinance,
No. 5 of 1912, shall not be included) next following death is $200.

Informants must be prepared to state accurately to the Registrar or
an assistant registrar the following particulars:-

(1) The date and place of death ;

(2) The full names and surname of deceased

(3) The correct age of deceased ; and

(4) The rank, profession, or occupation of deceased. [If deceased is
a child or an unmarried person without occupation or property the full
names and rank or profession of the father will be required (except in
the case of illegitimate children); if a wife or widow, those of the
or deceased husband].

As amended by No. 7 of 1919 and No. 26 of 1923, The word registered -
before medical practitioner in section 17 mas deleted by No. 1 of 1912
apparently because the, definition of the latter term in the Interpretation
Ordinance (No. 31 of 1911, Part IV, s. 39 E) makes it apply only to registered
practitioners. No. 1 of 1912 did not however delete the word from the form
and the omission was presumably deliberate.



FORM NO. 17. [S. 27]

DECLARATION FOR CORRECTION OF ERROR IN REGISTER

we, A.B. and C.D. hereby solemnly and sincerey declare that when
the birth [or death] of E.F. was registered on the day of
19, the following errors of fact or substance occurred in the register,
viz., [here set forth the error or errors].

and we further solemnly and sincerely declare that the true facts of
the case ate as follows:- [here set forth the true facts].

dated the day of 19
(signed) A.B.
C.D.
before me,
signed. justice of the peace.
[Originally No. 16 of 1896. No. 7 of 1919. No. 11 of 1922. No. 21 of 1922. No. 26 of 1923. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. [cf. No. 5 of 1888.] 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 48. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 48. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 49. General Register Office, Registrar and Deputy Registrars. Establishment of district registers for Chinese. Language of registers. Keeping and form of register books. Schedule. Forms Nos. 1, 2. Registration of births and deaths. Information respecting living new-born child to be given to a registrar. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 3. Duty of parent or occupier to register birth within 42 days. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 1. Registration of birth after expiration of 42 days. Saving for father of illegitimate child. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 7. Registration of name of child or of alteration of name. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 8. Schedule. Forms Nos. 3, 4. Schedule. Forms Nos. 5, 6. Information of death to be given in various cases to registrar, etc. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 10. Ordinance No. 5 of 1912. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 11. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 15. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 16. Restrictions on removal of dead body. Schedule. Forms Nos. 7. Schedule. Forms Nos. 8. Issue of certificate of registration of death or of certificate or order for burial. Schedule. Forms Nos. 9. Schedule. Forms Nos. 10. Burial of deceased child as still-born, etc. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 18. Schedule. Forms Nos. 11, 12. Notice where coffin contains more than one body. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 19. Schedule. Forms Nos. 13, 14, 15. Provisions as to certificates of cause of death. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 20. Schedule. Forms Nos. 16. duty of Registrar when deceased not attended by medical practitioner. Searches in district registers, fees, certificates, etc. Searches of register books and indexes in General Register Office, etc. General search. Particular search. Sealing of certified copies. Penalty for not duly registering births and deaths. Penalty for destroying register book. Correction of erros in register. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 36. Schedule. Forms Nos. 17. Penalty. Regulations and forms. Registers formerly kept under Ordinance No. 7 of 1872. [s. 30 contd.]

[Originally No. 16 of 1896. No. 7 of 1919. No. 11 of 1922. No. 21 of 1922. No. 26 of 1923. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. [cf. No. 5 of 1888.] 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 48. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 48. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 49. General Register Office, Registrar and Deputy Registrars. Establishment of district registers for Chinese. Language of registers. Keeping and form of register books. Schedule. Forms Nos. 1, 2. Registration of births and deaths. Information respecting living new-born child to be given to a registrar. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 3. Duty of parent or occupier to register birth within 42 days. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 1. Registration of birth after expiration of 42 days. Saving for father of illegitimate child. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 7. Registration of name of child or of alteration of name. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 8. Schedule. Forms Nos. 3, 4. Schedule. Forms Nos. 5, 6. Information of death to be given in various cases to registrar, etc. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 10. Ordinance No. 5 of 1912. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 11. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 15. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 16. Restrictions on removal of dead body. Schedule. Forms Nos. 7. Schedule. Forms Nos. 8. Issue of certificate of registration of death or of certificate or order for burial. Schedule. Forms Nos. 9. Schedule. Forms Nos. 10. Burial of deceased child as still-born, etc. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 18. Schedule. Forms Nos. 11, 12. Notice where coffin contains more than one body. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 19. Schedule. Forms Nos. 13, 14, 15. Provisions as to certificates of cause of death. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 20. Schedule. Forms Nos. 16. duty of Registrar when deceased not attended by medical practitioner. Searches in district registers, fees, certificates, etc. Searches of register books and indexes in General Register Office, etc. General search. Particular search. Sealing of certified copies. Penalty for not duly registering births and deaths. Penalty for destroying register book. Correction of erros in register. 37 & 38 Vict, c. 88, s. 36. Schedule. Forms Nos. 17. Penalty. Regulations and forms. Registers formerly kept under Ordinance No. 7 of 1872. [s. 30 contd.]

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