Births and Deaths Registration Act

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT PUBLISHING DETAILS Law 14 of 1978 consolidated with Laws 2 of 1988, 23 of 1991 (part), 15 of 2006, 25 of 2020 and 56 of 2020, the Births and Deaths Registration (Fees) Order, 2006, the Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment of the Second Schedule) Order, 2020 and as amended by the Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2020 (UKSI 2020 No. 1283). Revised under the authority of the Law Revision Act (2020 Revision). Originally enacted — Law 14 of 1978-15th June, 1978 Law 2 of 1988-20th April, 1988 Law 23 of 1991-12th December, 1991 Law 15 of 2006-9th June, 2006 Law 25 of 2020-1st July, 2020 Law 56 of 2020-7th December, 2020. Originally made — Order, 2006-30th May, 2006 Order, 2020-3rd November, 2020 U.K. Order 2020-11th November, 2020. Consolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2020. Note (not forming part of this Act): This revision replaces the 2007 Revision which should now be discarded. Introductory Registration of Births Registration of Deaths Certificate of Cause of Death Births or Deaths on Ships in Caymanian Waters Registrars Correction of Errors Report Indices Certified Copies Periodical Accounts Seal of Office Evidence Financial Civil Status Records Omission to Register Miscellaneous FORMS FEES Introductory Short title This Act may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision). Definitions In this Act — “appointed fee” means the fee appointed in the Second Schedule; “Chief Medical Officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Public Health Act (2021 Revision); “civil status registers” means and includes all registers containing records or transcripts of records relating to births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials; “counterfoil” means the duplicate portion of the registration form which is bound in the registration form book and which remains in the registration form book after the registration form has been separated; “electronic” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act (2003 Revision); “electronic record” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act (2003 Revision); “general search” means a search during any number of successive hours, not exceeding six, without stating the object of the search; “occupier” includes the keeper, master, superintendent or other chief resident officer of any public institution and, where a house is let in separate apartments or lodgings, includes any person residing in such house who is the person under whom such lodgings or separate apartments are immediately held, or that person’s agent; “particular search” means a search over any period not exceeding five years for any given entry; “prescribed form” in any section, means the form prescribed by rules under section 68; “private hospital” means any hospital or nursing home, not being a public institution; “public institution” means a prison, lock-up, mental or other hospital, and any prescribed public or charitable institution conducted by the Government; “register” means the general register of births or the general register of deaths, as the case may be; “Registrar” means a person for the time being holding an appointment as such under section 39, and in connection with any birth, death or other event the Registrar for the district within which such birth, death or other event took place; “Registrar-General” means the holder of the office established by section 4; “registration form” means a birth, death or still-birth registration form in accordance with Form A, B or C in the First Schedule; “Registry” means the Registry of Births and Deaths established by section 3; “relative” includes a relative by marriage; and “still-born” and “still-birth” applies to any child which has issued forth from its mother after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after being completely expelled from its mother, breathe or show any other signs of life. The Registry There is hereby established the Registry of Births and Deaths for the Islands wherein shall be kept and maintained all public records of births and deaths in the Islands. The Cabinet may appoint a suitable person to the office of the Registrar-General who is responsible for keeping a register of all births, marriages and deaths in the Islands and has charge and control of the Registry. Appointment and salaries of clerks, etc. The Cabinet may, from time to time, appoint such officers, clerks and servants as the Cabinet may deem necessary for carrying on the business of the Registry. Payment of salaries, etc. The salaries of the officers, clerks and servants, and all such salaries and all other expenses of carrying this Act into execution shall be paid out of funds provided for the purpose by the Cayman Islands Parliament. Deputy to Registrar-General The Cabinet may appoint a Deputy Registrar-General to exercise the functions of the Registrar-General in that person’s absence. Regulations The Cabinet may make regulations for the management of the Registry and for the discharge of the duties of the Registrar-General, officers, clerks and servants of the said office. Fees of Registrar-General All fees received by or on account of the Registrar-General under this Act are to be accounted for and paid into the Treasury. Publication of acts required to be done in registering births

The Registrar-General shall, by notices placed on the outside of the several churches and chapel doors and in other public and conspicuous places within the respective registration districts, inform the public of the acts required to be done for the purpose of registering any birth or death under this Act. Registration of Births Whose duty it is to inform Registrar of birth

Subject to section 12, in the case of every child born alive in the Islands, the father and mother of the child, and, in default of the father and mother, the occupier of the house in which to that person’s knowledge the child is born, and each person present at the birth, and the person having charge of the child, shall give to the Registry, within forty-two days next after such birth, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth, and indicate in Form A in the First Schedule, and in the presence of a Registrar shall sign the registration form and counterfoil. Birth in public institution or private hospital

(1) In the case of any child born alive in any public institution or in any private hospital it is not necessary for the person in charge of such institution or private hospital to attend personally before a Registrar to give information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth or to sign the registration form and counterfoil; but the chief resident officer of any such institution and the person in charge of such private hospital shall, within fourteen days of the birth, send to the Registry a certificate in the prescribed form giving the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth, and thereupon the Registrar shall, if the birth has not been previously registered, register the same. (2) The parent or other person furnishing the particulars required to be registered shall subscribe that person’s signature to the said particulars on the certificate provided under subsection (1). 12A. Power to exempt a person from the requirement to sign 12A. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, the Registrar-General may, subject to subsection (2) — (a) exempt a person from the requirement to sign a form or counterfoil under section 11 or subscribe the person’s signature to the particulars on the certificate provided under section 12(1) for the purpose of the registration of the birth of a child or the particulars of the birth of a child; and (b) register the birth notwithstanding that the requirement to sign has not been met. (2) Where the Registrar-General exempts a person from the requirement to sign a form or counterfoil under section 11 or subscribe the person’s signature to the particulars on the certificate provided under section 12(1), the person shall, in the form and manner approved by the Registrar-General (including by sending an electronic record by electronic means to the email address provided by a (a) confirm that the particulars of the birth are to the best of the person’s knowledge and belief correct; and (b) provide the Registrar with a copy of the person’s valid passport or, if the person does not hold or is not in possession of a valid passport, another valid photo identification approved by the Registrar. Power of Registrar to require persons to attend

Where a birth has, from the default of the parents or other persons required to give information concerning it, not been duly registered, the Registrar may, at any time after the end of forty-two days from such birth, by notice in writing, require any of the persons required by this Act to give information concerning such birth to attend personally at the Registry, or at the District Registry, within such time (not less than seven days after the receipt of such notice and not more than three months from the date of the birth) as may be specified in such notice, and to give information to the best of such person’s knowledge and belief of the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth and to sign the registration form and counterfoil in the presence of the Registrar and such person shall, unless the birth is registered before the expiration of the time specified in such requisition, comply with such requisition. Whose duty it is to inform as to birth of new-born child found exposed

In case any living new-born child is found exposed, any person finding such child, and any person in whose charge such child may be placed, shall give to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief to the Registrar, within seven days after the finding of such child, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as the informant possesses, and in the presence of the Registrar shall sign the registration form and counterfoil. Midwife to notify Registrar of birth

In the case of any birth, other than a birth in a public institution or private hospital, at which a midwife is in attendance, the midwife, within forty-eight hours of such birth, shall serve notice thereof in writing to the Registrar. Duty of Registrar as to births and registering same

A Registrar shall inform themselves carefully of every birth which happens within that Registrar’s district, and upon receiving personally from the informant, at any time within three months from the date of the birth of any child or the finding of any living new-born child, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child, forthwith in the prescribed form and manner shall register the birth and the said particulars (if not previously registered), without fee or reward from the informant, except that if in pursuance of a written requisition that Registrar registers the same at the residence of the person making such requisition, or at the house in which the birth took place, that Registrar shall, unless the birth took place in a public institution, be entitled to the appointed fee. Registration of a birth

(1) After the expiration of three months after the birth of any child, a Registrar shall not register such birth except as provided in this section; namely, in case the birth of any child has not been registered in accordance with this Act the Registrar may, after three and not later than twelve months after the birth, by notice in writing, require any of the persons required by this Act to give information concerning the birth to attend personally at the Registry within such time (not less than seven days after receipt of the notice, and not more than twelve months after the date of the birth) as may be specified in the notice, and make before that person and some Justice, or in default of a Justice some other respectable witness, a solemn declaration, according to the best of the declarant’s knowledge and belief, of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth, and sign the registration form and counterfoil in the presence of the Registrar and Justice or other witness; and upon any of the said persons attending before a Registrar and Justice or other witness whether in pursuance of a requisition or not, and making such a declaration as aforesaid, and giving information concerning the birth, the Registrar shall, then and there in the presence of such Justice or witness, register the birth according to the information of the declarant, and the Justice or witness before whom the declaration is made shall, as well as the Registrar and declarant, sign the entry of the birth. (2) After the expiration of twelve months after the birth of any child that birth may not be registered, except with the written authority of the Registrar-General for registering the same, and except in accordance with the prescribed rules, and the fact of such authority having been given shall be entered on the registration form and counterfoil. Such authority may not, however, be given by the RegistrarGeneral after any child is ten years of age, unless the Registrar-General is satisfied by evidence that there were good and sufficient reasons to account for the delay in registration. (3) Whoever registers or causes to be registered the birth of any child in contravention of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. How a person who has removed from the proper district may give information

(1) Whoever, required by this Act to give information concerning a birth, removes, before such birth is registered, out of the district in which that person resides in which such birth has taken place, may, within three months after such birth, give information by making and signing before the Registrar a declaration, in writing, of the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth; and such Registrar, on payment of the appointed fee, shall receive and attest the declaration and send the same to the Registrar of the district in which the birth took place; and the last-mentioned Registrar shall, in the prescribed manner, enter the birth on the registration form and counterfoil, and the entry so made is deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to have been signed by the person who signed the declaration. (2) A person making a declaration in pursuance of this section, in the case of any birth, is deemed to have complied with this Act as to giving information concerning that birth, and with any requisition of the Registrar made under this Act within the said three months to attend and give information concerning that birth. Name of father of illegitimate child to be entered by Registrar

The name of the father of the child of a single woman shall be entered by the Registrar on the registration form and counterfoil if — (a) the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such child attend personally before the Registrar and request that person to make such entry, in which case the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father must both sign the form and the counterfoil; (b) the Registrar is furnished with a declaration in the prescribed form signed by the mother and by the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such child, and by a Justice, the Clerk of the Court, a registered medical practitioner, an attorney or a marriage officer taking the declaration of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father; or (c) the mother or the person acknowledging himself to be the father attends personally before the Registrar and requests the Registrar, in writing, to enter the name of the person alleged or acknowledging himself to be the father and presents a declaration from the other of the two parents signed in accordance with paragraph (b), and the request and declaration are both to the same effect. Registry of name or altered name of child given since first registration

(1) When the birth of any child has been registered and the name, if any, by which it was registered is altered, or if it was registered without a name, when a name is given to it, the parent or guardian of such child, or other person procuring such name to be altered or given, may, within twelve months next after the registration of the birth, deliver to the Registrar such certificate as is hereinafter mentioned; and the Registrar on receipt of such certificate, and on payment of the appointed fee, shall forthwith, if that Registrar still has in that person’s possession the registration form book containing the counterfoil of the registration of such child, without any erasure of the original entry, enter on such counterfoil the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the child, and state on the certificate the fact of such entry having been made, and send the certificate to the Registrar-General, who shall thereupon, without any erasure of the original entry, enter into the general register of births, at the place where the birth of such child is registered, the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the child, and write upon such certificate the fact of such entry having been made, and if the registration form book containing the counterfoil of the registration of such child is in that person’s possession, do such acts and things as are hereinbefore required to be done by the Registrar in cases where such book is in that person’s possession; and the Registrar-General shall, without any erasure, cause the index book, in cases where the birth of such child is already indexed, to be altered accordingly. (2) Every minister or person who performs the rite of baptism shall deliver a certificate in the prescribed form of the name given in baptism within two days of demand being made, on payment of a fee not exceeding ten dollars, and this is the certificate required under subsection (1): Provided that in the case of the death, absence or removal of the minister who performed the rite of baptism, the minister or person in charge of the church, chapel or place of worship at which such baptism was performed shall, on such demand and on payment of such fees, furnish a copy of the record of such baptism from the Register of such church, chapel or place of worship and endorse thereon a certificate in the prescribed form. (3) Where a child has not been baptised or where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar-General that the record of baptism has been lost or destroyed, the certificate required under subsection (1) becomes a certificate of naming in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the father, mother or guardian of the child or other person procuring the name of the child to be given or altered. No fee is payable by any person procuring a name of a child to be given, if such person delivers a certificate of naming to the Registrar within forty-two days of the birth of such child: Provided that after the expiration of twelve months next after the registration of the birth of any child, the name, if any, by which it was registered shall not be altered on, or if it was registered without a name, and a name has since been given, such name shall not be added to, the registration entry, except with the written authority of the Registrar-General, and the fact of such authority having been given shall be entered on the registration form and counterfoil. In every such case the parent or guardian of the child shall deliver to the RegistrarGeneral such certificate as is required by this section, and on payment of the appointed fee, the Registrar-General shall enter or cause to be entered on the registration form and counterfoil containing the registration of birth of such child, the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the child, and the Registrar-General shall cause the index book of births to be altered. Such authority may not be given by the Registrar-General after any child is ten years of age unless the Registrar-General is satisfied by evidence that there were good and sufficient reasons to account for the delay in registration. Registrar’s certificate of registration and fee

A Registrar shall, upon demand made at the time of registering any birth by the person giving the information concerning the birth and upon payment of the appointed fee, deliver to such person a certificate under that person’s hand, in the prescribed form, of having registered that birth. Registration of Deaths Death and cause of death to be registered

The death of every person dying in the Islands and the cause of such death shall be registered by the Registrar in the manner directed by this Act. Information and registry of any death in a house

When a person dies in any house it is the duty of the nearest relative of the deceased present at the death or in attendance during the last illness of the deceased, and, in default of such relatives, of every other relative of the deceased dwelling or being in the same Registrar’s district as the deceased, and in default of such relatives, of each person present at the death, and of the occupier of the house in which to that person’s knowledge the death took place, and, in default of the persons hereinbefore mentioned, of each inmate of such house, and of the person causing the body of the deceased person to be buried or cremated, to give to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief to the Registrar, within five days following the day of such death, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such death, and in the presence of the Registrar to sign the registration form and counterfoil. Information of any death or of any body found elsewhere than in a house

Where a person dies in a place which is not a house, or a dead body is found elsewhere than in a house, it is the duty of every relative of such deceased person having knowledge 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 or cremated, to give to the Registrar, within five days after the death or the finding, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death as the informant possesses, and in the presence of the Registrar to sign the registration form and counterfoil. Extension of time if written notice, etc., sent

If a person required to give information concerning any death sends to the Registrar a written notice of the occurrence of the death, accompanied by such medical certificate of the cause of the death as is required by this Act to be delivered to a Registrar, the information of the particulars required by this Act to be registered concerning the death need not be given within the said five days but must, notwithstanding such notice, be given within fourteen days next after the day of the death by the person giving such notice, or some other person required by this Act to give the information. Powers of Registrar to require persons to attend

Where any death has, from the default of the person required to give information concerning it, not been registered, or notice has not been given under section 25, a Registrar may, at any time after the expiration of five days and within twelve months from the day of such death or from the finding of the dead body elsewhere than in a house, by notice in writing, require any person required by this Act to give information concerning such death to attend personally at the Registrar’s office or house within such time (not less than seven days after the receipt of the notice, nor more than twelve months after the death or finding of the dead body) as may be specified in the notice, and to give the said information to the best of the informant’s knowledge and belief and to sign the registration form and counterfoil in the presence of the Registrar; and it is the duty of such person, unless the death is registered before the expiration of the time specified in the requisition, to comply with the requisition. Duty of Registrar as to deaths and registering them

A Registrar shall inform themselves carefully of every death which happens within that person’s district, and upon receiving personally from the informant, at any time within twelve months after the date of any death or of the finding of any dead body, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death from any person required by this Act to give the same, forthwith in the prescribed form and manner to register the death and the said particulars (if not previously registered) without a fee or reward from the informant, except that if in pursuance of a written requisition that Registrar registers the same at the residence of the person making such requisition or at the house where the decreased died that Registrar is, unless the death took place in a public institution, entitled to the appointed fee. Certificate of death for friendly society

If a Registrar, at the time of entering the death of any person, is informed that the deceased was a member of a friendly society registered under the Friendly Societies Act (1998 Revision), that Registrar shall give, on demand and on payment of the appointed fee, a certificate under that person’s hand in the prescribed form that that Registrar has registered the death of the said deceased. Registration of a death after twelve months

(1) After the expiration of twelve months after any death or after the finding of any dead body elsewhere than in a house, that death may not be registered except with the written authority of the Registrar-General for registering the same, and except in accordance with the prescribed rules, and the fact of such authority having been given shall be entered on the registration form and counterfoil. (2) Whoever registers or causes to be registered any death in contravention of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. Coroner to certify as to inquest and finding registration thereof

(1) When an inquest is held on any death or dead body, the Coroner shall inquire of and find the particulars required by this Act to be registered concerning the death, and send to the Registrar for the district within five days after the finding is given, a certificate under that person’s hand giving information concerning the death, and specifying any finding with respect to the said particulars and to the cause of death, and specifying the time and place at which the inquest was held; and the Registrar shall, if the death has not been previously registered, register the same and enter on both the form and counterfoil the date of the inquest, the name of the Coroner or other officer holding the same, and the verdict; and attach the said certificate to the said form and send them in due course to the Registrar-General. (2) If the death has been previously registered, and the registration form book containing the counterfoil of such registration is still in that person’s possession, the Registrar shall enter on such counterfoil the above particulars, and send the certificate to the Registrar-General. (3) The Registrar-General in any such case shall, in addition to the things by this Act required to be done in ordinary cases, cause the abovementioned particulars touching the inquest to be entered on the registration form in that person’s possession, and, in the event of the registration form book having been sent to the Registry, cause such particulars to be entered also on the counterfoil containing the entry, and cause the said certificate to be put away with the registration form, in such place as may be provided. (4) Where an inquest is held on any death or dead body, no person, with respect to such death or dead body, is liable to attend on a requisition of a Registrar, or be subject to any other provision of this Act. Registration of still births

(1) The birth of every still-born child shall be registered by the Registrar in a Register of still-births containing the heads of information prescribed in Form C in the First Schedule. (2) In the case of every still-birth, unless there has been an inquest, the person who would, if the child had been born alive, have been required by this Act to give information concerning the birth, shall give information to the Registrar of the particulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth; and every person upon giving such information shall either — (a) deliver to the Registrar a written certificate that the child was not born alive, signed by a registered medical practitioner or certified midwife who was in attendance at the birth or who has examined the body of such child; or (b) make a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no registered medical practitioner or certified midwife was present at the birth, or has examined the body, or that that person’s certificate cannot be obtained and that the child was not born alive. (3) Sections 13, 14, 16, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 55, 65 and 66 apply to the registration and entry of a still-birth in like manner as they apply to the registration or entry of the birth of a child born alive and the word ‘birth’ in the said sections includes still-birth unless such construction is inconsistent with the context. Registrar’s certificate and order for burial

(1) A Registrar, upon registering any death, or upon receiving such written notice of the occurrence of a death accompanied by a medical certificate as is before provided by this Act, shall forthwith give, without fee or reward, to the person giving information concerning the death or sending the notice, a certificate under that person’s hand in the prescribed form that that Registrar has registered or received notice of the death, as the case may be. (2) In the case of the death of any person in which a Coroner shall — (a) direct a medical practitioner to make a post mortem examination under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision) of the body of the deceased person and, upon the receipt of the report of such examination, authorise the burial of the body; or (b) decide, after investigation, that the circumstances of the death are not such as require the making of a post mortem examination under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision), the said Coroner shall deliver to the person causing the body to be buried an order for burial in the prescribed form and notify the Registrar in writing within forty-eight hours that the order has been delivered to such person. (3) Every certificate of a Registrar and every order for burial issued under subsection (2) shall be delivered to the person effecting the burial of the body of the deceased person, and any person to whom such certificate is given by the Registrar who fails so to deliver or cause the same to be delivered is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of thirty dollars. (4) The body of a deceased person may not be buried before a certificate of the Registrar or an order for burial issued under subsection (2) has been delivered to the person effecting the burial — (a) in the case of burial in a burial ground, to the person who has control over or ordinarily buries bodies in such burial ground; (b) in the case of burial not in a burial ground, to the relative, friend or legal representative having charge of or being responsible for the burial; or (c) in the case of burial in a public cemetery, to the keeper of the cemetery: Provided that a person effecting the burial may proceed with the burial if that person satisfies themselves by obtaining a written declaration in the prescribed form that a Registrar’s certificate or order for burial has been issued in respect of the deceased. (5) The person effecting the burial of the body of a deceased person shall, within ninety-six hours of the burial, deliver to the Registrar, in the prescribed manner, a notification as to the date and place of the burial. (6) Whoever effects the burial of the body of a deceased person in contravention of this section or fails to deliver to the Registrar a notification of the date and place of the burial, as required by this section, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars. Burial of still-born child

(1) A Registrar, upon registering any still-birth or upon receiving a written certificate or a written declaration concerning a still-birth as provided by this Act, shall forthwith, if requested so to do, give, without fee or reward, to the person giving information concerning the still-birth a certificate under that person’s hand in the prescribed form that that Registrar has registered or received notice of the still-birth as the case may be. (2) A person who has control over or ordinarily buries bodies in any burial ground may not permit to be buried or bury in such burial ground any still-born child before there is delivered to that person a Registrar’s certificate as provided under subsection (1) or an order for burial under section 32. Whoever contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars. As to burial of two bodies in one coffin

(1) 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 undertaker 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 that person’s knowledge and belief, with respect to each such body — (a) if the body is the body of a deceased person, the name, sex and place of abode of the said deceased person; (b) 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 (c) 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. (2) Whoever fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars. Certificate of Cause of Death As to certificate of cause of death

(1) (a) The Registrar-General shall, from time to time, furnish to every Registrar printed forms of certificates of cause of death by residing in such Registrar’s district. (b) In the case of the death of any person who has been attended during that person’s last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner shall sign, and give to some person required by this Act to give information concerning the death, a certificate stating to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief the cause of death, and such person shall, upon giving information concerning the death, or giving notice of the death, deliver that certificate to the Registrar, and the cause of death as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the register, together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner. The cause of death in such certificate shall be stated as nearly as may be in plain English. (c) When a post mortem examination is made on the body of any deceased person under the Coroners Act (1995 Revision) it is not necessary that the cause of death as stated in a medical certificate of death be entered in the register, but there shall be entered — (i) in case where an inquest is held concerning the death of such person, the cause of death stated in the certificate of the Coroner under section 30; or (ii) in case where no inquest is held, the cause of death stated in the certified copy of the medical report sent to the Registrar by the Coroner under the Coroners Act (2020 Revision). (2) Whoever is given a medical certificate by a registered medical practitioner in pursuance of this section and fails to deliver it to the Registrar is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars. As to uncertified death

(1) In the case of any death in respect of which no medical certificate of the cause of such death can be obtained and no post mortem examination under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision) has been made, the person required to give information concerning the death shall deliver to the Registrar a written declaration that no medical practitioner attended the deceased during that person’s last illness or, if the deceased were so attended, declare in writing the reasons why a medical certificate cannot be obtained. On receipt of such declaration the Registrar may register the death or, if it appears to that Registrar that it will be possible in the future to obtain a medical certificate of the cause of death of the deceased, the Registrar may, without registering the death, issue a certificate under section 32 that that Registrar has received notice of the death of the said deceased: Provided that where there is reasonable cause to suspect that the deceased has died either a violent or an unnatural death, or has died a sudden death of which the cause is unknown or has died in such place or under such circumstances as to require an inquest in pursuance of any law, such death may not be registered until investigation under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision) has been made. (2) In any case where the Registrar has received notice of a death in respect of which no medical certificate of cause of death can be obtained and in which no post mortem examination under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision) has been ordered, that Registrar must forthwith send notice in writing of such death to the Chief Medical Officer, and if, as a result of investigations into the circumstances of the death, the Chief Medical Officer, at any time within forty-two days of the date of death, sends a written certificate of the cause thereof, the Registrar shall enter the particulars of such cause on the counterfoil of the registration form, or on the form and counterfoil if both are still in that person’s possession, and send such certificate to the Registrar-General. Births or Deaths on Ships in Caymanian Waters Report of births and deaths on board ships or coasting vessels

In the case of births or deaths on board any ship moored in port or harbour or other water within the limits of the Islands, the master or chief officer shall report such birth or death in like manner, and is guilty of an offence and subject to the like penalties in case of disobedience, as is required of the occupier of a house on shore, and the master or chief officer of any Caymanian craft shall also in like manner, and subject to the like penalties as aforesaid, report in like manner every birth or death on board any such craft, whether moored or on any coasting or other voyage within the Islands. Registrars Registrars’ districts; their formation and alteration

The Cabinet may, for purposes of this Act, divide the Islands into such districts as the Cabinet shall think fit; and every such district is called by a distinct name, and is a Registrar’s district; and the Cabinet may, from time to time if it seems to the Cabinet fit, alter the districts of Registrars, by the alteration of the boundaries of districts, by the formation of new districts or by the union of districts, and may take or cause to be taken all measures which seem to the Cabinet to be necessary for carrying such alteration into effect, and such alteration shall be made and measures taken accordingly; and every such division of the Islands or change in the district of a Registrar shall be published in the Gazette and by advertisement or otherwise as the Registrar-General may direct. Appointment, etc., of Registrars

The Cabinet may appoint fit persons, with such qualifications as the Cabinet may by rules declare to be necessary, to be Registrars of births and deaths within each Registrar’s district in the Islands. Appointment and duties, etc., of deputies of Registrars

Every Registrar may, subject to the approval of the Registrar-General, appoint by writing under that person’s hand a fit person to act as that person’s deputy in case of that person’s illness or unavoidable absence, and every such deputy, while so acting, has all the powers and duties, and is subject to all the penalties, herein declared concerning Registrars, and in case of the death or resignation of a Registrar shall act as Registrar until another Registrar is appointed, and every Registrar is civilly responsible for the acts and omission of that person’s deputy. Registrar and Deputy Registrar to reside or have an office within that person’s district

(1) Every Registrar and Deputy Registrar shall dwell in or have a known office within the district of which that Registrar is Registrar or Deputy Registrar. (2) Every Registrar shall, if so directed by the Registrar-General, appoint within or contiguous to that person’s district a station or stations as may be directed by the Registrar-General; every such station shall, for the purposes of this Act with respect to the attendance of persons and registration of births and deaths at the office of the Registrar, be deemed to be that person’s office. (3) Every Registrar and Deputy Registrar shall attend at that person’s dwelling house or office, and at each such station, on the days and at the hours approved by the Registrar-General, for the purpose of registering births and deaths. (4) Every Registrar shall cause to be placed, in some conspicuous place on or near the outer door of the dwelling-house or office which that Registrar has within that person’s district, that person’s name, with the addition of Registrar for the district for which that person is Registrar, and the hours of that person’s attendance as approved by the Registrar-General; and a list of such Registrars in any Island, with their residences, shall be kept at each police station, and at each post office within such Island. Registrar to furnish certified returns as required

(1) Every Registrar, when and as required by or under the authority of any law for the time being in force, or of any general or special order made by the Cabinet, shall transmit by post or otherwise a return, certified under that Registrar’s hand to be a true return, of such of the particulars registered by that Registrar concerning any birth or death as may be specified in any requisition addressed to that Registrar by any public officer or government department by or under any such authority. (2) The officer or government department may, by any such requisition, supply a form for the purpose of the return, and in that case the return shall be made in the form so supplied. (3) A Registrar making such return is entitled to the appointed fee therefor which fee shall be paid by the officer or government department requiring the return: Provided that no fee is payable for the particulars required to be supplied by the Registrar to the Chief Medical Officer under section 36(2). Register books and forms to be provided

The Registrar-General shall provide for the use of Registrars such number of books, herein called registration form books, for registering births and deaths respectively, and of forms, as shall be necessary for the execution of this Act. Each page of such books shall contain one form attached to a counterfoil as shown in Forms A, B and C in the First Schedule, and the said form and counterfoil shall have such matter printed thereon as is indicated in the said Schedule. Each form thus constituting a separate page in the said book together with its counterfoil shall be numbered progressively from the beginning to the end of the book, beginning with number one, and shall moreover have, before or after such number, letters or figures to distinguish the book to which they respectively belong. Each form and counterfoil is printed on one side only. How births and deaths to be registered

The registration of any birth or death under this Act is effected by the Registrar filling up, on one of the forms contained on one page of the said book, and on the counterfoil thereof, the information required by this Act to be given respecting a birth or death and indicated in Forms A, B and C in the First Schedule, and by procuring the said form and counterfoil to be signed in that person’s presence in cases where it is required to be signed. Transmission monthly of registration forms as filled up

Within the first three days of every calendar month the Registrar shall separate from the counterfoil aforesaid the registration forms that have been filled up during the preceding month, and send the same by post to the Registrar-General, who then causes the said forms to be filed and safely preserved in the Registry. Custody of registration form books by Registrars

Every Registrar shall keep safely the births and deaths registration form books supplied to that Registrar for the purposes of this Act until every place of entry therein is filled or until that person ceases to be a Registrar, and shall then return them to the Registration form books to be examined by Registrar-General

The registration form books shall, on receipt thereof, be compared with the registration forms filed and preserved in the Registry in accordance with section 45, and further be examined by the Registrar-General in such way as may appear necessary. Examination and custody thereof by Registrar-General

The Registrar-General, after making such examination of the said registration form books as appears necessary, shall retain them for safe custody in the Registry. Constitution of general register of births and deaths

The birth registration forms and death registration forms which have been filled up during any period and which have been filed and preserved in the Registry, in accordance with section 45, constitute the general register of births and the general register of deaths respectively for that period. Transfer of books, etc., to successor in office of Registrar

In every case in which a Registrar dies, or otherwise ceases to hold that person’s office all register boxes, keys, books, documents and papers, in that person’s possession as such Registrar, or which come into the possession of that person’s representatives, shall be given up as soon as conveniently may be to that person’s successor in office; and whoever contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for one year. Correction of Errors How errors to be corrected

(1) No alteration may be made in any book or register kept under this Act except as authorised by this Act. (2) Any clerical error, which may, from time to time, be discovered in any book or register, may be corrected by any person authorised in that behalf by the Registrar-General, subject to the prescribed rules. (3) An error of fact or substance in any such book or register may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by the officer having the custody of such book or register, upon payment of the appointed fee, and upon production to that Registrar by the person requiring such error to be corrected of a statutory declaration setting forth the nature of the error and the true facts of the case, and made by two persons required by this Act 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 having knowledge of the truth of the case. Re-registration of birth of legitimated person

(1) The Registrar-General may, on production of such evidence as appears to that Registrar-General to be satisfactory, and, subject to subsection (3), on payment of the appointed fee, authorise at any time the re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person whose birth is already registered under this Act, and such reregistration shall be effected in such manner and at such place as the Cabinet may by regulations prescribe: Provided that the Registrar-General shall not authorise the re-registration of the birth of any legitimated person in any case where information with a view to obtaining such re-registration is not furnished to that Registrar-General by both parents, unless — (a) the name of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the legitimated person has been entered in the register under section 19; or (b) the paternity of the legitimated person has been established by an affiliation order under the Affiliation Act (1995 Revision) or otherwise by an order of a court. (2) The parents of a legitimated person, or where one of the parents is dead, the surviving parent shall, within three months, furnish to the Registrar-General information with a view to obtaining the re-registration of the birth of that person. (3) No fee for the re-registration of a legitimated person under this Act is payable if the necessary information for the purpose is furnished within the time specified in subsection (2). (4) Upon the re-registration of the birth of a legitimated person the RegistrarGeneral shall cause a note of the fact of such registration to be entered in the margin of the original entry of such birth, in the general register of births and in the margin of the entry in the registration form book deposited in accordance with section 48, and thereafter no certified copy of such original registration may be issued under section 57 except on the order of a court. Re-registration where parents not married

(1) Where the birth of a child has been registered under this Act and the child’s father and mother were not married to each other at the time of the birth and no person has been registered as the father of the child, the Registrar-General shall, on payment of the appointed fee, re-register the birth so as to show a person as the child’s father — (a) at the joint request of the mother and that person and, if the child has attained the age of sixteen, together with the written consent of the child; (b) at the request of the mother on production of — (i) a declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father of the child; (ii) a declaration made by that person stating himself to be the father of the child; and (iii) if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the child to the registration of that person as that person’s father; (c) at the request of that person on production of — (i) a declaration by that person stating himself to be the father of the child; (ii) a declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father of the child; and (iii) if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the child to the registration of that person as that person’s father; or (d) at the request of the mother or that person on production of — (i) a court order declaring that person to be the father of the child; and (ii) if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the child to the registration of that person as that person’s father, but no birth shall be re-registered under this section except in the manner provided in subsection (2). (2) On the re-registration of a birth under this section — (a) the Registrar-General or an officer designated by the Registrar-General shall sign the register; (b) in the case of a request under subsection (1)(a) or (b) or, in the case of a request under subsection (1) (d) made by the mother, the mother shall also sign the register; and (c) in the case of a request under subsection (1) (a), (c) or, in the case of a request under subsection (1) (d) made by the person requesting to be registered as the father of the child, that person shall also sign the register. (3) Where both the mother and the person requesting to be registered as the father of the child are absent from the Islands and they have both given their written consent that another named person may sign on their behalf the register may be signed by the Registrar-General and that person who shall be over the age of eighteen. (4) The written consent referred to in subsection (3) shall be notarised. (5) Upon the re-registration of the birth of a person under this section the RegistrarGeneral shall cause a note of the fact of such registration to be entered in the margin of the original entry of such birth, in the general register of births and in the margin of the entry in the registration form book deposited in accordance with section 48, and thereafter, subject to subsection (6), the Registrar- General shall only issue a certificate which shows the re-registration. (6) After the re-registration of the birth of a person the Registrar-General may only issue a certified copy of that person’s original registration under the order of a court. (7) In this section — “request” means a request in writing. Change of registration after parentage testing order

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar-General may, on production of such results of a parentage testing procedure as appear to that Registrar-General to be satisfactory to prove that a person is or is not the father of a child, and, on payment of the appointed fee, authorise at any time a change in registration of the birth of a child whose birth is already registered under this Act, and such change in registration shall be effected in such manner and at such place as the Registrar- General may determine. (2) Where a person is registered as the father of a child under section 53(d)(i), the Registrar may only change such registration where a court order subsequently stipulates that such person is not the father as previously decided by the court. (3) Upon the change in registration of a birth in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), the Registrar-General shall cause a note of the fact of such change to be entered in the margin of the original entry of such birth, in the general register of births and in the margin of the entry in the registration form book deposited in accordance with section 48, and thereafter, subject to subsection (4), the Registrar-General shall only issue a certificate which shows the change in registration. (4) After the change in registration of the birth of a person the Registrar-General may only issue a certified copy of that person’s original registration under the order of a court. Report Registrar-General to report annually to Cayman Islands Parliament

The Registrar-General, once in every year, shall lay before the Cayman Islands Parliament a general report of the working of the department, and as to births and deaths registered during the foregoing year, in such form, and dealing with such particulars, and comprising such analytical and other tables, and at such date as may, from time to time, be prescribed. Indices Indices to registers in Registry, searching and office copies

The Registrar-General shall cause indices of all registers of births and deaths and of all civil status registers kept by the Registrar-General to be made and kept in the Registry; and every person shall, subject to such rules as shall, from time to time, be made by the Registrar-General with the approval of the Governor, and on payment of the appointed fee, be entitled to search the said indices between the hours of half past nine in the morning and half past three in the afternoon of every Government working day. Certified Copies Certified copy of entry in registers

(1) Whoever makes application in the prescribed form, and upon payment of the appointed fee, is entitled to obtain from the Registrar-General a certified copy of any entry in the registers of births and deaths or in the civil status registers kept by the Registrar-General and such copy shall show all particulars which appear on the original entry and all corrections or additions thereto made under this Act. (2) Whoever makes application in the prescribed form and pays the appointed fee is entitled to obtain from the Registrar-General a certificate in the prescribed form of the birth of any person compiled from the register of births, and no certificate issued under this subsection may include any particulars except the name, surname, sex and date and place of birth and such other particulars, if any, as may be prescribed, not being particulars relating to parentage or adoption: Provided that the Registrar-General may refuse to issue a certified copy or a certificate under this section in any case where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that such certified copy or certificate will be used for an unlawful purpose. Periodical Accounts Registrar to forward account to Registrar-General

Every Registrar shall make out an account for such periods as shall, from time to time, be appointed by the Registrar-General of the number of births, deaths and still-births which that Registrar has registered and of the number of other entries made under this Act for which a fee payable by the Registrar-General from the public revenues is appointed, and forward the said account to the Registrar-General, who, if satisfied with the correctness of such account, shall authorise the Treasury to pay the appointed fees to the said Registrar: Provided that no fee may be paid for any registration or for any other entry made unless such registration or entry has been made in accordance with the instructions of the Registrar-General. Seal of Office Seal of office; its use

The Registrar-General has charge of the seal of the Registry for sealing all certified copies of entries given therein; and every certified copy of an entry purporting to be sealed or stamped with such seal (which seal it shall not be necessary to prove) is admissible, subject to section 60, 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 purporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect unless it is sealed or stamped as aforesaid. Evidence How far certified copies evidence

(1) An entry of a birth or death in a registration form book may not be given in evidence of such birth or death unless it purports to be signed by some person professing to be the informant, and such person purports to be such a person as is required by law at the date of such entry to give to the Registrar information concerning such birth or death, or unless such entry purports to have been made upon a certificate from a Coroner or from some other person duly authorised to give the same. (2) When, from any such entry as aforesaid, it appears that more than three months intervened between the day of the birth and the day of the registration of the birth of any child, such entry is not evidence of such birth unless the same purports — (a) if it appears that not more than twelve months have so intervened, to be signed by the witnesses by this Act required to witness the entry as well as by the Registrar; or (b) if more than twelve months have so intervened, to have been made with the authority of the Registrar-General and in accordance with the prescribed rules. (3) When more than twelve months have intervened between the day of a death or the finding of a dead body and the day of the registration of the death or the finding of such body, the entry made of the death in any registration form book under this Act is not evidence of such death unless such entry purports to have been made with the authority of the Registrar-General and in accordance with the prescribed rules. (4) In the case of a certified copy of an entry in any register under this Act such entry may be assumed to be accurately taken from a registration form in manner required by this Act; but such copy may not be given in evidence as aforesaid unless it purports to be a copy of an entry taken from a registration form signed or made as above stated.

All expenses of carrying this Act into execution, not herein otherwise provided for, are payable out of the moneys provided for the purpose by the Cayman Islands Parliament. Civil Status Records Registrar-General to keep Civil Status registers

The Registrar-General has custody of and is responsible for the safe keeping of all Civil Status Registers and documents relating thereto. Entries in registers, how far evidence

Subject to section 60 every copy of an entry in a Civil Status Register regarding births and deaths, sealed and stamped with the seal of the Registry is admissible as evidence of the facts therein set forth. Omission to Register Refusal or omission to register, or losing or injuring register books

Every Registrar who refuses or without reasonable cause omits to register any birth or death, or particulars concerning which information has been tendered to that Registrar by an informant and which that Registrar ought to register, and every person having the custody of any register book of births and deaths who negligently loses or injures or allows the injury of the same, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars. Omissions to give information or certificate required by this Act and general penalty

(1) Whoever, being required by this Act to give information concerning any birth and death, or any living new-born child, or any dead body, wilfully refuses to answer any question put to that person by the Registrar relating to the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth or death, or fails to comply with any requisition of the Registrar made in pursuance of this Act, or refuses or fails without reasonable excuse to give or send any certificate in accordance with this Act, or being the parent of any child fails to give information concerning the birth of such child, as required by this Act, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars. (2) Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act for which no penalty is specifically provided, by this or any other law, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. Miscellaneous Forms in First Schedule incorporated

The forms in the First Schedule or forms as nearly resembling the same as circumstances admit shall be used in all cases in which they are applicable and when so used are valid in law. Powers to alter forms, and make and alter rules

(1) The Cabinet may, by order, from time to time, alter all or any of the forms contained in the First Schedule, or in any order under this section, in such manner as may appear best for carrying this Act into effect, or to prescribe new forms for that purpose, and from time to time, make rules prescribing any matters authorised by this Act to be prescribed. (2) Orders and rules made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette. (3) Every form, when altered under this section, has the same effect as if it had been contained in a Schedule, and every rule made under this section has, while in force, the same effect as if it were enacted in this Act. Fees payable and power to alter delete or add to such fees

(1) The fees prescribed in the Second Schedule are payable in respect of the services rendered under the sections therein specified. (2) The Cabinet may, by order, from time to time, alter, delete or add to the fees prescribed in the Second Schedule. 69A. Sending of information etc. by electronic means 69A. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, any information, particulars or other record required to be sent to the Registrar-General, a Registrar or other person under this Act may be sent — (a) by electronic means to the e-mail address provided by that person; and (b) in the form of an electronic record. (2) The Electronic Transactions Act (2003 Revision) shall apply in respect of an electronic record sent under subsection (1). (3) In this section “sent” includes delivered, furnished, given and provided. Validation

(1) Any re-registration or change in registration before the 7th July, 2006 of the birth of a child to whom section 53 or 54 relates that would have been lawful and effective if those sections had been in force at the time when it was done is validated and declared to have been lawfully done and effective. (2) This Act does not alter any order or determination made by a court before the 7th July, 2006. (3) If any legal proceedings have been commenced before the 7th July, 2006 but are not finally determined before that time, they shall be dealt with and determined as if sections 53 and 54 had not been enacted. Savings and transitional

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision), where a child was born in the Islands on or after 11th February, 2020, and the particulars of the birth of the child have not been registered, the Registrar may register the birth in accordance with this Act. FORMS Form A (sections 2, 11, 31, 43, 44, 67) BIRTH REGISTRATION FORM BIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF------------------------------------------------------------ No. Place Usual residence of mother of birth---------------------------------------- Date of birth -------------- Sex----------- ---------------------------------------------- Surname of child -------------------------- Given names_____________________ First Other Physician or registered midwife in attendance No. of children previously born to mother Father Mother ----------------------------------------------- maiden Age at time of the birth------ years------ (or) Entered by me from the particulars on a certificate received from Date----------------------------------------- Name if added after registration of birth Name---------------------------------------- Date added--------------------------------- Authority----------------------------------- Form B DEATH REGISTRATION FORM DEATH IN THE DISTRICT OF---------------------------------------------------------- No. Place of death Usual residence of deceased Particulars of deceased Cause of death Date of I (a)--------------------------- death---------------------------------------- (Immediate cause) due to Full name---------------------------------- (b)-------------------------- Sex-------------Condition----------------- due to Age----years------months----days------- Occupation or calling--------------------- ----------------------------------------------- II (Contributory) Certified by---------------Qualification (or) Entered by me from the particulars on a certificate received from Date----------------------------------------- Form C STILL-BIRTH REGISTRATION FORM STILL-BIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF-------------------------------------------------- No. Place of Usual residence of mother still-birth----------------------------------- Date of still-birth----------------------------------- Sex------------------------------------------ Certificate or declaration upon which registered Cause of still-birth (a) Foetal cause--------------------------- (b) Maternal cause------------------------ Did child die before or during labour? Father Mother Name and maiden Age at time of the still-birth------years (or) Entered by me from the particulars on a certificate received from Date----------------------------------------- Form D CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH (section 57(2)) BIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF ---------------------------------------------------No.------------- Place of birth------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of birth -------------------------------------- Sex ---------------------------------------- Name of child------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I, --------------------------------------------------------------------, Registrar-General, do hereby certify that the above particulars have been compiled from an entry in the general register. Date--------------------------------------------- Form E BURIAL ORDER CERTIFICATE (section 1) I…………………………………., Registrar/ Hospital Administrator/ Coroner* in the Cayman Islands, hereby certify that I have received on this day a notice of death/ still birth* for ……………………………… of…………………………..… (Full name) (Place of residence) who died on…………………………….. at…………………………..… and (date of death/ still birth) (place of death/ still birth) whose age is stated to be …………… and authorise the burial or other form of disposition of the body. * delete where appropriate RELEASE OF BODY FOR BURIAL (section 2) I……………………………………, being……………………………………… (name) (relation to the deceased) take delivery of the body for burial or other form of disposition. Address…………………………………………………………………………………….. . NOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION (section 3) I,…………………………, hereby notify that the body of……………………………… (name) (name of deceased) was disposed of by…………………………………on…………………………………. (type of disposal) (date) at………………………………………………………………………………………. Title/ Designation/ capacity/…………………………………………………………….. Address………………………………………………………………………………….. After disposition of body a copy of this form must be returned by mail or fax to: The Registrar Fax : 345 949-0969 The General Registry Tel: 345 946-7922 Cayman Islands Government Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands FEES (sections 2 and 69) of Act Service performed or other occasion for fee Amount of fee $ Part I FEES PAYABLE FROM THE PUBLIC REVENUE TO REGISTRARS WHO ARE NOT CIVIL SERVANTS A-By the Registrar-General Registration of each birth, death and still-birth. For every registration 2.00 Entering the name of the father of the child of a single woman 25.00 Entering a name mentioned in a certificate of naming if such certificate be delivered to the Registrar within fortytwo days of the birth 2.00 B-By other Public Officers or Government Departments Furnishing upon requisition to any public officer or government department a return of particulars concerning any birth or death registered- For each separate birth or death in such return 1.00 For furnishing a return when no birth or death required by the return has been registered 1.00 Part II FEES PAYABLE TO REGISTRARS (OR TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL) BY PRIVATE PERSONS and Attending, in pursuance of a written requisition, at the residence of the person making such requisition or at the house in which a birth or death took place and there registering such birth or death (payable by the person making the requisition) 10.00 Registering a birth after the expiration of three months from the date of birth, in the presence of a Justice of the Peace or other witness (payable by the informant; unless the Registrar, having knowledge of the birth, failed to issue a requisition within three months of the date thereof or unless the delay was due to the Registrar’s default) 1.00 Registering a birth after the expiration of twelve months on the authority of the Registrar-General (payable by the informant or declarant) 20.00 Taking, attesting and transmitting a declaration of particulars of a birth required to be registered in another district (payable by the informant) 2.00 Entering the baptismal or other name on the registration form and counterfoil (or on the counterfoil only) of a birth already registered (payable by the informant except in case of a name entered on the authority of a certificate of naming within forty-two days of the date of birth)- 25.00 Delivering a certificate of having registered a birth upon demand to the person giving information concerning the birth (payable by the person demanding the certificate) 1.00 Delivering a certificate of having registered the death of a deceased person who was a member of a friendly society (payable by the person demanding the certificate) 10.00 Registering a death after the expiration of twelve months, on the authority of the Registrar-General, (payable by the informant or declarant unless the Registrar, having 10.00 knowledge of the death, failed to issue a requisition or unless the delay was due to the Registrar’s default) Correcting an error of fact in the register or registration form book, to be paid by the person requiring the error to be corrected to the officer to correct the same 5.00 Part III FEES PAYABLE TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL ONLY Re-registration of birth of legitimated person after specified time 10.00 Re-registration of birth where parents not married 25.00 Change in registration after production of results of parentage testing procedure 25.00 For a Certificate of Birth (to be paid by the applicant who is — 10.00 (a) less than sixty five years of age; or (b) requesting the Certificate of Birth on behalf of a person who is less than sixty-five years of age). . For a Certificate of Birth (to be paid by the applicant who is — 5.00 (a) sixty-five years of age or older; or (b) requesting the Certificate of Birth on behalf of a person who is sixty-five years of age or older). Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 5th day of January, 2021. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet Table of Legislation history: SL # Law # Legislation Commencement Gazette 56/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 3-Dec-2020 LG89/2020/s1 139/2020 Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment of the Second Schedule) Order, 2020 8-Dec-2020 LG89/2020/s2 25/2020 Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 2020 7-Jul-2020 LG49/2020/s1 Births and Deaths Registration Law (2007 Revision) 9-Jul-2007 G14/2007/s4 25/2006 Births and Deaths Registration (Fees) Order, 2006 26-Jun-2006 G13/2006/s14 15/2006 Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 2006 7-Jul-2006 GE14/2006/s7 Births and Deaths Registration Law (1996 Revision) 22-Jan-1996 G2/1996/s3 23/1991 Fees (Miscellaneous Amendment) Law, 1991 15-Jan-1992 GE15Jan/1991/s1 2/1988 Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 1988 29-Jul-1988 G19/1988/s2 14/1978 Births and Deaths Registration Law, 1978 22-Jun-1978 G14/1978/s7 (Price $8.80)