BIRTH CERTIFICATE (SHORTENED FORM) REGULATIONS

BIRTH CERTIFICATE (SHORTENED FORM) REGULATIONS

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.

BIRTH CERTIFICATE (SHORTENED FORM)
REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 174, section 29).
(Ordinance No. 21 Of 1934).
(Cap. 175, section 13).
(Ordinance No. 50 Of 1947).

[8th October, 1948.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Birth Certi-

ficate (Shortened Forin) Regulations.

2. In these regulations-
'short birth certificate'- rneans a certificate of birth the
forrp of which is prescribed by regulatiOll 3;
'registered person' means a person in respect of whose
birth an application for a short birth certificate is made
and whose birth is registered or recorded in any
register or record in the custody of the Registrar;
'the entry' in relation to a reyistered person means the
entry relating to him appearing in any such register
or record as aforesaid.

3. The form of certificate of birth to be issued by the
mgistrar at the general register office under section 23 Of
the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance in a case to
which these regulations apply, shall be the form set out
in the Schedule hereto.

4. An applicant for a short birth certificate to which
these regulations apply shall furnish to the registrar at the
general register office, except where the application is rnade
to him at the time of registration of the birth, the following
particulars relating to the registered person-
(a) his name and surname
(b) the date and place of his birth
(c) the name and surname of his father; and





(d)the name, surname and maiden surname of his
mother :
Provided that the registrar at the general register office
may dispense with the furnishing of any of the said parti-
culars which in his opinion it is not reasonablY practicable
for the applicant to furnish.

5. (1) A short birth certificate to which these regula-
tions apply shall be compiled in accordance with and s11:111
contain the particulars required by, paragraphs (2) to (4)
of this regulation.

(2) Opposite the words 'Name and Surname' in the
form of short birth certificate there shall be inserted the
registered person's name as recorded in the entry, arid
immediately thereafter there shall be inserted-
(a)where it appears from the entry that the registered
person is legitimate, the surnarne of his father as
recorded therein, ol. if more than one such sur-
name is so recorded, then such one of them as
the applicant inay request;
(b)where it appears from the entry, that the registered
person is illegitimate, the surname of his mother
as'recorded therein, or, if more than one surname
is so recorded, or if the birth is registered on the
joint information of his mother and father, then
the surname to be inserted in the short birth
certificate shall be SLICII 011C Of the Stli-fl,'1111CS
recorded in the entry as the applicant may request;
so however that no such surname shall be so
inserted which appears from the entry not to have
been in use a[ the time when the birth was regis-
tered.

(3) Opposite the words 'Sex' and 'Date of Birth'
respectively shall be inserted the particulars thereof in the
entry.

(4) Opposite the words 'I'lace of BirW' there shall
be inserted the name of the registration district and register
office in Hong Kong in which the birth was registered.





SCHEDULE.

FORM OF CERTIFCATE FOR ISSUE BY A REGISTRAR.

Name and Surname ..................................................................
Sex ..........................................................................................
Date of Birth ...........................................................................
Place of Birth ...........................................................................

I, A.B. a Registrar of Births and
Deaths do hereby certify that the above particulars have been com
piled from an entry in a register in the custody of the Registrar.

Witness my hand this day of 19

A.B.
(Signed) ................................................
a Registrar of Births and Deaths.

CHAPTER 175.

BIRTHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL
REGISTERS).

BIRTH CERTIFICATE (SHORTENED FORM)
REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 175, section 13)
(Ordinance No. ,50 of 1947.)

(For above regulations sue. under Cap. 174.)

CHAPTER 176.
(Ordinance No. 51 Of 1947)

DEATHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS).

No subsidiary legislation.
G.N.A. 248/48. Citation. Interpretation. Form of certificate. (Cap. 174.) Particulars to be furnished by applicants. [r. 4 cont.] Manner of compilation of short certificate and particulars to be contained therein. G.N.A. 248/48.

G.N.A. 248/48. Citation. Interpretation. Form of certificate. (Cap. 174.) Particulars to be furnished by applicants. [r. 4 cont.] Manner of compilation of short certificate and particulars to be contained therein. G.N.A. 248/48.

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