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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Births and Deaths Registration
Act, No. 51 of 1992
Long title
To regulate the registration of births and deaths; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
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To regulate the registration of births and deaths; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Definitions |
| CHAPTER
I. ADMINISTRATION |
|
| 2. | Application
of Act |
| 3. | Director-General
to administer Act |
| 4. | Transfer
of powers and duties |
| 5. | Custody
of records and registration of births and deaths |
| 6. | Reproduction
of documents |
| 7. | Verification,
supplementation and rectification of particulars |
| 8. | Fees
payable |
| CHAPTER
II. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS |
|
| 9. | Notice
of birth |
| 10. | Notice
of birth of illegitimate child |
| 11. | Amendment
of birth registration of illegitimate child |
| 12. | Notice of birth of abandoned or orphaned child [...Title amended by Act 2010_018_006_20101207 - was entitled "Notice of birth of abandoned or orphaned child"] |
| 13. | Birth
outside the Republic |
| CHAPTER
III. REGISTRATION OF HEATHS |
|
| 14. | Death
due to natural causes |
| 15. | Certificate
by medical practitioner |
| 16. | Duty
of police officer on receipt of certain information |
| 17. | Death
due to other than natural causes |
| 18. | Still-birth |
| 19. | Death
outside the Republic |
| 20. | Burial
order |
| 21. | Burial
register |
| 22. | Issuing
of death certificate |
| 22A. | Designation
of funeral undertakers |
| CHAPTER
IV. GENERAL |
|
| 23. | Amplification
of birth registrations |
| 24. | Alteration
of forename |
| 25. | Alteration
of surname of minor |
| 26. | Assumption
of another surname |
| 27. | Publishing
of alterations and amplifications of forenames and surnames |
| 27A. | Alteration
of sex description [...inserted
by Act 2003_049_004_20040315] |
| 27B. | Recording of adoption in birth register [...inserted by Act 2010_018_014_20101207] |
| 28. | Issuing
of certificates |
| 29. | Secrecy |
| 30. | Exemption
from stamp duties |
| 31. | Offences,
penalties and evidence |
| 32. | Regulations |
| 33. | Repeal
and amendment of Acts, and savings |
| 34. | Short
title |
| Sch. | SCHEDULE. ACTS REPEALED OR AMENDED (SECTION 33) [s33] |
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| As unamended Act 1992_051_000_19920506 | EXT.LINK | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1993_129_000_19930723 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1995_041_000_19950905 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1996_040_000_19960905 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1997_067_000_19971203 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1997_086_000_19971212 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1998_043_000_19980904 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 1998_056_000_19980928 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 2002_001_000_20020319 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 2003_049_000_20040315 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by Act 2010_018_000_20101207 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As ordered by CCT Case 101/20 ito Act 1996_108_039 . | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
| As amended by ... | N/A | REQ.INFO | LINK |
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