Abstract of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Registration Bill.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 131, 1 September 1847, Page 3

Abstract of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Registration Bill.

Title. Preamble. I. REGISTER OFFICES, & OFFICERS. 1. Registrar General, and Deputy Registrars to b e appointed. 2. How to be appointed. 3. Registrars entitled to levy fees. 4. Power to Registrar General to make regulations. 5. Registrar General to file copy of Register. 6. District to be proclaimed. 7. Books, &c, to be furnished to Deputy Registrar. 8 Registrars notliablcto serve on Juries, &c. 11. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS & DEATHS9. Notice, of Births and Deaths to be given to Deputy Registrar of the district, 10. Occupier, who, deemed*

1 1 . Particulars of Births to be given when required. 12. Registration to be made within a limited lime. 13. Penalty. 14. Births at Sea, &c. 15. No Birlh to be registered after six months. 16. Penalty. 17. Notice to be given of Name. 18. Notice of Deaths to be given. 19. Registrar General may require place of Birth or Death to be registered. Notice of Birth or Death to be signed by Informant. 20. No Body to be buried without a certificate from ♦Deputy Registrar. 21. Penalty.

111. REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES. 23. Marriages to be registered by Minister. 2<t. Penalty. 25. Ministers to forward copies of Marriage Registers to Deputy Registrar quarterly.

IV. REGISTER BOOKS. 26. Register books to be open for inspection. 27. Indexes to be kept by Deputy Registrar. 28. Indexes to be kept by Registrar General. 29. Certified copies of entries to be received as evidence. 30. Errors in entries how to be corrected.

Y. PENALTIES. 31. For making false statements. 32. For omitting to Register. 33. For destroying, &c. Register book. 34. For neglecting, &c, to deliver certified copies to Registrar Genera].

VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 35. Fees how to be accounted for. 36. Ordinance not to extend to natires, except by Proclamation. 37. Commencement. 38. Interpretation. Schedules.