CIVIL AVIATION (BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS) REGULATIONS

CIVIL AVIATION (BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS) REGULATIONS

CIVIL AVIATION (BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING
PERSONS) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 173, section 2)

[1 December 1950.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Births,
Deaths and Missing Persons) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

,,aircraft' includes all balloons, whether captive or free, gliders, airships
and flying machines;

'journey' is deemed to commence when a traveller enters an aircraft
registered in Hong Kong for the purpose of the journey and to
continue until that traveller alights therefrom on completion of the
journey, notwithstanding any intermediate stop or break in the
journey;

'Director' means the Director of Civil Aviation;

'missing persons' means persons with respect to whom there are
reasonable grounds for believing that they have died in
consequence of an accident to an aircraft registered in Hong Kong;

'person in command of an aircraft' means, in a case where a person
other than the pilot is in command of the aircraft, that person, and
in any other case, the pilot;

'traveller' in relation to an aircraft includes a member of the crew.

3. (1) The owner of an aircraft registered in Hong Kong shall, as
soon as practicable but not later than 6 months after the occurrence in
any part of the world of a birth or death in the aircraft, or of a death
outside Hong Kong of a traveller on the aircraft who is killed on the
journey in consequence of an accident, transmit to the Director a return
of such birth or death in the form, in accordance with the instructions,
and containing the particulars prescribed in Form 1 (in the case of a
birth) or 2 (in the case of a death) in the Schedule:

Provided that if such particulars are not known to the owner of the
aircraft, he shall transmit as aforesaid so many of such particulars as he
is reasonably able to ascertain having regard to the circumstances of the
birth or death.

(2) To facilitate the rendering of returns in accordance with this
regulation the person in command of an aircraft registered in Hong
Kong shall forthwith on the occurrence in any part of the world of a
birth or death in the aircraft, or of the death outside Hong





Kong of a traveller in the aircraft who is killed on the journey in
consequence of an accident, record in the journey log book, or other
appropriate document relating to that aircraft, the particulars of the birth
or death mentioned in paragraph (1) and shall make such record
available to the owner as soon as practicable:

Provided that if all such particulars are not known to the person in
command of an aircraft and cannot be readily ascertained by him he
shall record and make available as aforesaid so many of such particulars
as are readily ascertainable.

(3) Where any aircraft has been bona fide demised, let, or hired out
for a period exceeding 14 days to any other person by the owner
thereof, and no pilot, commander, navigator, or operative member of the
crew of the aircraft is in the employment of the owner, the provisions of
this regulation shall have effect as though for references to the owner
there were substituted references to the person to whom the aircraft has
been so demised, Jet, or hired out.

4. The Director shall keep in his department-

(a)a separate record of births in the form of Form 3 in the
Schedule in which shall be recorded the particulars transmitted
to him of births occurring in any part of the world in aircraft
registered in Hong Kong;

(b)a separate record of deaths in the form of Form 4 in the
Schedule in which shall be recorded the particulars transmitted
to him of deaths occurring in any part of the world in aircraft
registered as aforesaid. and of deaths outside Hong Kong of
travellers on such aircraft killed on the journey in
consequence of an accident, and

(e)a separate record in the form of Form 5 in the Schedule of
persons reported to him as missing persons.

5. The Director shall within 7 days of the completion of an entry in
any record kept in his department pursuant to these regulations cause a
certified copy of such entry to be transmitted to the Registrar of Births
and Deaths.

6. In the case of the birth of an illegitimate child, the name of any
person as father of such child shall not be entered in any return or
record of particulars of the birth of such child unless the mother of the
child and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child
shall have signed a completed form of return as informants.

7. (1) If the Director is satisfied that there is an error or omission in
any entry made in the record of births, deaths, or missing persons kept
in his department, he may, in accordance with evidence of the true facts
relating to the entry, rectify it in such manner as may appear to him
appropriate.





(2) Within 7 days after the correction of any entry in his records in
accordance with this regulation, the Director shall cause a certified copy
of such corrected entry to be transmitted to the Registrar of Births and
Deaths.

SCHEDULE [regs. 3 & 4.1

FORM 1

BIRTH

Return for the purposes of section 2 of the Civil Aviation
(Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Ordinance

1 . Registration marking of aircraft .........................................................................

2. Date of birth (a)
3. Place of birth (b)

4.......................Name (c) ......................

5.................Sex (d) ...................................................................... ........

6. Name, surname, usual residence

and nationality of father (e) ...................................

7. Name, surname. maiden surname,
usual residence and nationality

of mother .........................................................

8. Date and place of marriage of

parents ........................................................... ............................
............................

9. Profession or occupation
of father; and rank or title

(if any) (f) ...........................................................................................................

10. Name, description and home
address of informant

(if any) (g) ...........................................................................................................

11.....................Signature of informant (s) ..................................................

Signature and rank of
person completing the

return ............................................................. .....................

Date (a) ...................................................................................

Notes:

(a) Day and month in words, year in figures.
(b) Approximate position, e.g. '40 nautical miles west of Hong Kong' 'over Hanoi' -o'er South
China'
(c) Full Christian names of child.
(d) 'Boy' or 'Girl' as the case may be.
(c) Christian names in full and followed by surname; surname to be written in block letters,
If child is






illegitimate (see reg. 6) the particulars relating to the father must not be recorded in the return unless at
the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child. in
which case such person shall, as well as the mother, sign a completed form of return as informant.
(f) Christian names in full and married surname followed by the word -formerly- and the maiden
surname.
(9) The informant's full names, relationship (if any) to the child, and full postal address
should be stated.

Except in the circumstances mentioned at (e) above, only one person (usually the mother or father)
should act as informant.





FORM 2

DEATH

Return for the purposes of section 2 of the Civil Aviation
(Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Ordinance

1. Registration marking of aircraft
.........................................................................

2. Date of death (a)

3............Place of death (b) ........................................................................

4. Name and surname (e)

5. Usual residence at lime of

death (d) .............................................................................................................

6................Sex (e) .........................................................................

7................Age (f)

8. Profession or occupation,
rank or title (if any) and

nationality (g) .....................................................................................................

9. Cause of death

10. Name, description and home
address of informant

(if any) (h) ...........................................................................................................

11.Signature of informant
Signature and rank of
person completing the
return

Date (a)

Notes;

(a) Day and month in words, year in figures.
(b) Actual position, if known. Otherwise approximate position. e.g. ---40 nautical miles west of
Hong
Kong',---overHanoi',---overSouth China---.
(r) Christian names in full, followed by surname. Surname to be written in block letters.
(d) The full postal address should be stated.
(e) ---Male---or---Female---.
(f) To be recorded in complete years or in months or days.
(g) Women and children-

In the case of a married woman or a widow, the words 'wife of' or 'window or' shall be entered.
followed by the name. profession or occupation. rank and title, and nationality of the husband.

In the case of an unmarried woman, there shall he inserted (i) the word 'spinster' followed by her
profession or occupation (if any). rank and title (if any), and her nationality. and (n) the ord, -daughter of'
Followed by the name, profession. etc. of her father.

In the case of children under the age of 16 years the words---sonof--- or 'daughter of ' shall be
followed by the name. profession, etcof the father.







(h) The informant's full names. relationship (if any) to deceased. and full postal address should he stated.





19 .....................FORM. 3
........................BIRTHS IN AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN HONG KONG





19 ................................FORM 4

DEATHS IN AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN HONG KONG





19 ...............................FORM 5

PERSONS MISSING AND BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN CONSEQUENCE OF ACCIDENTS TO AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN HONG
KONG
G.N.A. 247/50. L.N. 373/84. Citation. Interpretation. Returns relating to births and deaths by owners of aircraft. Schedule. Forms 1 and 2. Records to be kept in Department of Civil Aviation. Schedule. Forms 3, 4 and 5. Transmission of copies of entries to Registrar. Saving for father of illegitimate child. Rectification of entries of births deaths and missing persons. L.N. 373/84. L.N. 373/84.

G.N.A. 247/50. L.N. 373/84. Citation. Interpretation. Returns relating to births and deaths by owners of aircraft. Schedule. Forms 1 and 2. Records to be kept in Department of Civil Aviation. Schedule. Forms 3, 4 and 5. Transmission of copies of entries to Registrar. Saving for father of illegitimate child. Rectification of entries of births deaths and missing persons. L.N. 373/84. L.N. 373/84.

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