{"kind":"expression","expression":{"expr_id":"394","doc_id":"394","label":"2021 Revision","is_as_enacted":"f","commenced_on":"2021-01-12","superseded_on":null,"valid_from":"2021-01-12","valid_to":null,"is_current":"t","incorporating":"[\"LAW 25\/2020 Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 2020 - 7-Jul-2020 - LG49\/2020\/s1\", \"SL 139\/2020 Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment of the Second Schedule) Order, 2020 - 8-Dec-2020 - LG89\/2020\/s2\", \"LAW 56\/2020 Citation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020 - 3-Dec-2020 - LG89\/2020\/s1\"]","akn_expr_iri":"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12","akn_envelope":"{\"_canary\": {\"iri\": {\"work\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\", \"expression\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12\", \"manifestation\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12.pdf\"}, \"pdf\": {\"md5\": \"2bfc39e8c315b2475f126442dd1aabeb\", \"path\": \"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1978\/1978-0014\/1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf\", \"pages\": 48, \"filename\": \"1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf\"}, \"errors\": [], \"extraction\": {\"model\": null, \"stats\": {\"word_count\": 14297, \"paragraph_count\": 72, \"text_char_count\": 92653}, \"usage\": null, \"method\": \"pymupdf-text\", \"version\": \"kyleg-akn-1.0\", \"extracted_at\": \"2026-06-22\"}, \"classification\": \"text_layer\", \"validation_flags\": [], \"docai_processor_id\": null}, \"akomaNtoso\": {\"act\": {\"body\": [{\"eId\": \"sec_n1\", \"num\": null, \"text\": \"Exemption from Stamp Duty 61. Financial 62. Civil Status Records 63. 64. Omission to Register 65. 66. Miscellaneous 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. FIRST SCHEDULE FORMS SECOND SCHEDULE FEES ENDNOTES Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (2021 Revision) Introductory\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In this Act \u2014 \u201cappointed fee\u201d means the fee appointed in the Second Schedule; \u201cChief Medical Officer\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Public Health Act (2021 Revision); \u201ccivil status registers\u201d means and includes all registers containing records or transcripts of records relating to births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials; \u201ccounterfoil\u201d 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; \u201celectronic\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act (2003 Revision); \u201celectronic record\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Act (2003 Revision); \u201cgeneral search\u201d means a search during any number of successive hours, not exceeding six, without stating the object of the search; Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) \u201coccupier\u201d 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\u2019s agent; \u201cparticular search\u201d means a search over any period not exceeding five years for any given entry; \u201cprescribed form\u201d in any section, means the form prescribed by rules under section 68; \u201cprivate hospital\u201d means any hospital or nursing home, not being a public institution; \u201cpublic institution\u201d means a prison, lock-up, mental or other hospital, and any prescribed public or charitable institution conducted by the Government; \u201cregister\u201d means the general register of births or the general register of deaths, as the case may be; \u201cRegistrar\u201d 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; \u201cRegistrar-General\u201d means the holder of the office established by section 4; \u201cregistration form\u201d means a birth, death or still-birth registration form in accordance with Form A, B or C in the First Schedule; \u201cRegistry\u201d means the Registry of Births and Deaths established by section 3; \u201crelative\u201d includes a relative by marriage; and \u201cstill-born\u201d and \u201cstill-birth\u201d 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"The Registry 3. 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. Registrar-General\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Registrar-General 4. 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Appointment and salaries of clerks, etc. 5. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Payment of salaries, etc. 6. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Deputy to Registrar-General 7. The Cabinet may appoint a Deputy Registrar-General to exercise the functions of the Registrar-General in that person\u2019s absence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Regulations 8. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Fees of Registrar-General 9. All fees received by or on account of the Registrar-General under this Act are to be accounted for and paid into the Treasury.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Publication of acts required to be done in registering births 10. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Whose duty it is to inform Registrar of birth 11. 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\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Birth in public institution or private hospital 12. (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\u2019s 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) \u2014 (a)  exempt a person from the requirement to sign a form or counterfoil under section 11 or subscribe the person\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 Registrar) \u2014 (a)  confirm that the particulars of the birth are to the best of the person\u2019s knowledge and belief correct; and (b)  provide the Registrar with a copy of the person\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Power of Registrar to require persons to attend 13. 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\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Whose duty it is to inform as to birth of new-born child found exposed 14. 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\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Midwife to notify Registrar of birth 15. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Duty of Registrar as to births and registering same 16. A Registrar shall inform themselves carefully of every birth which happens within that Registrar\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Registration of a birth 17. (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\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"How a person who has removed from the proper district may give information 18. (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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Name of father of illegitimate child to be entered by Registrar 19. 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 \u2014 (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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Registry of name or altered name of child given since first registration 20. (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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Registrar\u2019s certificate of registration and fee 21. 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\u2019s hand, in the prescribed form, of having registered that birth. Registration of Deaths\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Death and cause of death to be registered 22. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Information and registry of any death in a house 23. 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Information of any death or of any body found elsewhere than in a house 24. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Extension of time if written notice, etc., sent 25. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Powers of Registrar to require persons to attend 26. 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Duty of Registrar as to deaths and registering them 27. A Registrar shall inform themselves carefully of every death which happens within that person\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Certificate of death for friendly society 28. 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\u2019s hand in the prescribed form that that Registrar has registered the death of the said deceased.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Registration of a death after twelve months 29. (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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"Coroner to certify as to inquest and finding registration thereof 30. (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\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (2) If the death has been previously registered, and the registration form book containing the counterfoil of such registration is still in that person\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_31\", \"num\": \"31.\", \"text\": \"Registration of still births 31. (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 \u2014 (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\u2019s 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 \u2018birth\u2019 in the said sections includes still-birth unless such construction is inconsistent with the context. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_32\", \"num\": \"32.\", \"text\": \"Registrar\u2019s certificate and order for burial 32. (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\u2019s 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 \u2014 (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 \u2014 (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\u2019s 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_33\", \"num\": \"33.\", \"text\": \"Burial of still-born child 33. (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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_34\", \"num\": \"34.\", \"text\": \"As to burial of two bodies in one coffin 34. (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\u2019s knowledge and belief, with respect to each such body \u2014 (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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Certificate of Cause of Death\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_35\", \"num\": \"35.\", \"text\": \"As to certificate of cause of death 35. (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\u2019s district. (b) In the case of the death of any person who has been attended during that person\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 \u2014 (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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_36\", \"num\": \"36.\", \"text\": \"As to uncertified death 36. (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\u2019s 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\u2019s possession, and send such certificate to the Registrar-General. Births or Deaths on Ships in Caymanian Waters\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_37\", \"num\": \"37.\", \"text\": \"Report of births and deaths on board ships or coasting vessels 37. 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Registrars\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_38\", \"num\": \"38.\", \"text\": \"Registrars\u2019 districts; their formation and alteration 38. 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\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_39\", \"num\": \"39.\", \"text\": \"Appointment, etc., of Registrars 39. 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\u2019s district in the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_40\", \"num\": \"40.\", \"text\": \"Appointment and duties, etc., of deputies of Registrars 40. Every Registrar may, subject to the approval of the Registrar-General, appoint by writing under that person\u2019s hand a fit person to act as that person\u2019s deputy in case of that person\u2019s 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\u2019s deputy.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_41\", \"num\": \"41.\", \"text\": \"Registrar and Deputy Registrar to reside or have an office within that person\u2019s district 41. (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\u2019s 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\u2019s office. (3) Every Registrar and Deputy Registrar shall attend at that person\u2019s 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 Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) that person\u2019s district, that person\u2019s name, with the addition of Registrar for the district for which that person is Registrar, and the hours of that person\u2019s 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_42\", \"num\": \"42.\", \"text\": \"Registrar to furnish certified returns as required 42. (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\u2019s 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).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_43\", \"num\": \"43.\", \"text\": \"Register books and forms to be provided 43. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_44\", \"num\": \"44.\", \"text\": \"How births and deaths to be registered 44. 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\u2019s presence in cases where it is required to be signed. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_45\", \"num\": \"45.\", \"text\": \"Transmission monthly of registration forms as filled up 45. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_46\", \"num\": \"46.\", \"text\": \"Custody of registration form books by Registrars 46. 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 Registrar-General.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_47\", \"num\": \"47.\", \"text\": \"Registration form books to be examined by Registrar-General 47. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_48\", \"num\": \"48.\", \"text\": \"Examination and custody thereof by Registrar-General 48. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_49\", \"num\": \"49.\", \"text\": \"Constitution of general register of births and deaths 49. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_50\", \"num\": \"50.\", \"text\": \"Transfer of books, etc., to successor in office of Registrar 50. In every case in which a Registrar dies, or otherwise ceases to hold that person\u2019s office all register boxes, keys, books, documents and papers, in that person\u2019s possession as such Registrar, or which come into the possession of that person\u2019s representatives, shall be given up as soon as conveniently may be to that person\u2019s 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_51\", \"num\": \"51.\", \"text\": \"How errors to be corrected 51. (1) No alteration may be made in any book or register kept under this Act except as authorised by this Act. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_52\", \"num\": \"52.\", \"text\": \"Re-registration of birth of legitimated person 52. (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 \u2014 (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 Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_53\", \"num\": \"53.\", \"text\": \"Re-registration where parents not married 53. (1) Where the birth of a child has been registered under this Act and the child\u2019s 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\u2019s father \u2014 (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 \u2014 (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\u2019s father; (c) at the request of that person on production of \u2014 (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\u2019s father; or (d) at the request of the mother or that person on production of \u2014 (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\u2019s 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 \u2014 (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 Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (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\u2019s original registration under the order of a court. (7) In this section \u2014 \u201crequest\u201d means a request in writing.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_54\", \"num\": \"54.\", \"text\": \"Change of registration after parentage testing order 54. (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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (4) After the change in registration of the birth of a person the Registrar-General may only issue a certified copy of that person\u2019s original registration under the order of a court. Report\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_55\", \"num\": \"55.\", \"text\": \"Registrar-General to report annually to Cayman Islands Parliament 55. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_56\", \"num\": \"56.\", \"text\": \"Indices to registers in Registry, searching and office copies 56. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_57\", \"num\": \"57.\", \"text\": \"Certified copy of entry in registers 57. (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: Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_58\", \"num\": \"58.\", \"text\": \"Registrar to forward account to Registrar-General 58. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_59\", \"num\": \"59.\", \"text\": \"Seal of office; its use 59. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_60\", \"num\": \"60.\", \"text\": \"How far certified copies evidence 60. (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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (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 \u2014 (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. Exemption from Stamp Duty\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_61\", \"num\": \"61.\", \"text\": \"Exemption from stamp duty 61. Certified copies of registers under this Act are exempt from stamp duty. Financial\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_62\", \"num\": \"62.\", \"text\": \"Expenses of carrying out this Act 62. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_63\", \"num\": \"63.\", \"text\": \"Registrar-General to keep Civil Status registers 63. The Registrar-General has custody of and is responsible for the safe keeping of all Civil Status Registers and documents relating thereto. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_64\", \"num\": \"64.\", \"text\": \"Entries in registers, how far evidence 64. 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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_65\", \"num\": \"65.\", \"text\": \"Refusal or omission to register, or losing or injuring register books 65. 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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_66\", \"num\": \"66.\", \"text\": \"Omissions to give information or certificate required by this Act and general penalty 66. (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\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_67\", \"num\": \"67.\", \"text\": \"Forms in First Schedule incorporated 67. 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_68\", \"num\": \"68.\", \"text\": \"Powers to alter forms, and make and alter rules 68. (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.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_69\", \"num\": \"69.\", \"text\": \"Fees payable and power to alter delete or add to such fees 69. (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 \u2014 (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 \u201csent\u201d includes delivered, furnished, given and provided.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_70\", \"num\": \"70.\", \"text\": \"Validation 70. (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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_71\", \"num\": \"71.\", \"text\": \"Savings and transitional 71. 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. Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) FIRST SCHEDULE FIRST SCHEDULE 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 -------------------------- Town or village--------------------------- Given names_____________________ First Other Physician or registered midwife in attendance No. of children previously born to mother Father Mother Name and Name and surname ----------------------------------------------- maiden surname------------------------------------ Age at time of the birth------ years------ Age at time of the birth------ years------ Occupation -------------------------------- Occupation--------------------------------- Birthplace ---------------------------------- Birthplace---------------------------------- Informant Name and Residence ---------------------------------- surname------------------------------------ Qualification------------------------------- Town or village--------------------------- Registrar\u2019s certificate Signed in my presence by the said informant (or) Entered by me from the particulars on a certificate received from (Witness) ---------------------------------- Signed--------------------------------------- Date----------------------------------------- Registrar Name if added after registration of birth Name----------------------------------------  Date added--------------------------------- Authority----------------------------------- FIRST SCHEDULE Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Form B                             DEATH REGISTRATION FORM DEATH IN THE DISTRICT OF---------------------------------------------------------- No. Place of death Usual residence of deceased Town or village 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------- (c) Occupation or calling--------------------- ----------------------------------------------- II (Contributory) Birthplace---------------------------------- Certified by---------------Qualification Informant Name and surname------------------------------------ Residence----------------------------------- Qualification------------------------------- Town or village--------------------------- Registrar\u2019s certificate Signed in my presence by the said informant (or) Entered by me from the particulars on a certificate received from (Witness) Signed--------------------------------------- Date----------------------------------------- Registrar Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) FIRST SCHEDULE Form C                         STILL-BIRTH REGISTRATION FORM STILL-BIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF-------------------------------------------------- No. Place of Usual residence of mother still-birth----------------------------------- Date of Town or village 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 surname----------------------------------- Name and maiden surname------------------------------ Age at time of the still-birth------years Age at time of the still-birth------years Occupation -------------------------------- Occupation -------------------------------- Birthplace---------------------------------- Birthplace---------------------------------- Informant Name and surname------------------------------------ Residence Qualification------------------------------- Town or village--------------------------- Registrar\u2019s certificate Signed in my presence by the said informant (or) Entered by me from the particulars on a certificate received from Signed--------------------------------------- (Witness) Registrar Date----------------------------------------- FIRST SCHEDULE Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) 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--------------------------------------------- Registrar-General Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) FIRST SCHEDULE Form E BURIAL ORDER CERTIFICATE (section 1) I\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026., Registrar\/ Hospital Administrator\/ Coroner* in the Cayman Islands, hereby certify that I have received on this day a notice of death\/ still birth* for \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 of\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026 (Full name) (Place of residence) who died on\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. at\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026          and (date of death\/ still birth) (place of death\/ still birth) whose age is stated to be \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 and authorise the burial or other form of disposition of the body. Signature\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Date\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 * delete where appropriate RELEASE OF BODY FOR BURIAL (section 2) I\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026, being\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (name) (relation to the deceased) take delivery of the body for burial or other form of disposition. Signature\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026Date\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Address\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. . NOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION (section 3) I,\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026, hereby notify that the body of\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (name) (name of deceased) was disposed of by\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026on\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (type of disposal) (date) at\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Signature\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Date\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Title\/ Designation\/ capacity\/\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Address\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. 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 FIRST SCHEDULE Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) SECOND SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE 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 58. Registration of each birth, death and still-birth. For every registration 2.00 19. Entering the name of the father of the child of a single woman 25.00 20. 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 42. 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 SECOND SCHEDULE Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Part II FEES PAYABLE TO REGISTRARS (OR TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL) BY PRIVATE PERSONS and 27. 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 17. 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\u2019s default) 1.00 17. Registering a birth after the expiration of twelve months on the authority of the Registrar-General (payable by the informant or declarant) 20.00 18. Taking, attesting and transmitting a declaration of particulars of a birth required to be registered in another district (payable by the informant) 2.00 20. 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 21. 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 28. 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 29. 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 Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) SECOND SCHEDULE knowledge of the death, failed to issue a requisition or unless the delay was due to the Registrar\u2019s default) 51. 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 52. Re-registration of birth of legitimated person after specified time 10.00 53. Re-registration of birth where parents not married 25.00 Change in registration after production of results of parentage testing procedure 25.00 57. For a Certificate of Birth (to be paid by the applicant who is \u2014 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). . 57. For a Certificate of Birth (to be paid by the applicant who is \u2014 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). SECOND SCHEDULE Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this  5th day of January, 2021. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) ENDNOTES ENDNOTES 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 ENDNOTES Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) ENDNOTES ENDNOTES Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision) (Price $8.80)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}], \"meta\": {\"notes\": null, \"workflow\": null, \"lifecycle\": {\"source\": \"#cilegis\", \"eventRef\": [{\"eId\": \"e_commence_2021_01_12\", \"date\": \"2021-01-12\", \"type\": \"generation\", \"source\": \"#cilegis\"}]}, \"references\": {\"source\": \"#canary\", \"TLCRole\": [], \"TLCEvent\": [{\"eId\": \"ev_commencement\", \"href\": \"\/akn\/ontology\/canary\/event\/commencement\", \"showAs\": \"commencement\"}], \"TLCPerson\": [], \"TLCConcept\": [{\"eId\": \"inForce\", \"href\": \"\/akn\/ontology\/canary\/concept\/temporal\/in-force\", \"showAs\": \"in force\"}], \"TLCProcess\": [], \"TLCLocation\": [], \"TLCOrganization\": [{\"eId\": \"cilegis\", \"href\": \"\/akn\/ontology\/canary\/organization\/editor\/cilegis\", \"showAs\": \"Cayman Islands legislation mirror (kyleg)\"}]}, \"temporalData\": {\"source\": \"#cilegis\", \"temporalGroup\": [{\"eId\": \"tg_inforce_2021_01_12\", \"timeInterval\": [{\"end\": null, \"start\": \"#e_commence_2021_01_12\", \"duration\": null, \"refersTo\": \"#inForce\"}]}]}, \"classification\": null, \"identification\": {\"source\": \"#cilegis\", \"FRBRWork\": {\"FRBRuri\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\", \"FRBRdate\": [{\"date\": \"2021-01-12\", \"name\": \"generation\"}], \"FRBRthis\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/!main\", \"FRBRalias\": [{\"name\": \"cmsId\", \"value\": \"1978-0014\"}], \"FRBRauthor\": [{\"as\": \"#editor\", \"href\": \"\/akn\/ontology\/canary\/organization\/editor\/cilegis\"}], \"FRBRnumber\": \"14 of 1978\", \"FRBRcountry\": \"ky\", \"FRBRsubtype\": \"principal\"}, \"FRBRExpression\": {\"FRBRuri\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12\", \"FRBRdate\": [{\"date\": \"2021-01-12\", \"name\": \"generation\"}], \"FRBRthis\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12\/!main\", \"FRBRauthor\": [{\"as\": \"#editor\", \"href\": \"\/akn\/ontology\/canary\/organization\/editor\/cilegis\"}], \"FRBRlanguage\": \"eng\"}, \"FRBRManifestation\": {\"FRBRuri\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12.xml\", \"FRBRdate\": [{\"date\": \"2026-06-22\", \"name\": \"generation\"}], \"FRBRthis\": \"\/akn\/ky\/act\/1978\/14\/eng@2021-01-12.xml\", \"FRBRauthor\": [{\"as\": \"#editor\", \"href\": \"\/akn\/ontology\/canary\/organization\/editor\/cilegis\"}], \"FRBRformat\": \"application\/xml\"}}}, \"name\": \"act\", \"header\": {\"title\": \"Births and Deaths Registration Act\", \"actNumber\": \"14 of 1978\", \"longTitle\": null}}, \"doc\": null, \"bill\": null, \"judgment\": null}}","akn_full_text":"CAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nBIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION\nACT\n(2021 Revision)\n\nSupplement No. 5 published with Legislation Gazette No. 4 of 12th January, 2021.\n\nPage 2\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nPUBLISHING DETAILS\nLaw 14 of 1978 consolidated with Laws 2 of 1988, 23 of 1991 (part), 15 of 2006, 25 of\n2020 and 56 of 2020, the Births and Deaths Registration (Fees) Order, 2006, the Births and\nDeaths Registration (Amendment of the Second Schedule) Order, 2020 and as amended by\nthe Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2020 (UKSI 2020 No. 1283).\n\nRevised under the authority of the Law Revision Act (2020 Revision).\n\nOriginally enacted \u2014\nLaw 14 of 1978-15th June, 1978\nLaw 2 of 1988-20th April, 1988\nLaw 23 of 1991-12th December, 1991\nLaw 15 of 2006-9th June, 2006\nLaw 25 of 2020-1st July, 2020\nLaw 56 of 2020-7th December, 2020.\n\nOriginally made \u2014\nOrder, 2006-30th May, 2006\nOrder, 2020-3rd November, 2020\nU.K. Order 2020-11th November, 2020.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2020.\n\nNote (not forming part of this Act):  This revision replaces the 2007 Revision which\nshould now be discarded.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nBIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT\n(2021 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\nIntroductory\n7\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................... 7\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................... 7\n3.\nThe Registry ................................................................................................................................. 8\nRegistrar-General\n8\n4.\nRegistrar-General ......................................................................................................................... 8\n5.\nAppointment and salaries of clerks, etc. ....................................................................................... 9\n6.\nPayment of salaries, etc. .............................................................................................................. 9\n7.\nDeputy to Registrar-General ......................................................................................................... 9\n8.\nRegulations ................................................................................................................................... 9\n9.\nFees of Registrar-General ............................................................................................................ 9\n10.\nPublication of acts required to be done in registering births ......................................................... 9\nRegistration of Births\n9\n11.\nWhose duty it is to inform Registrar of birth .................................................................................. 9\n12.\nBirth in public institution or private hospital ................................................................................ 10\n12A. Power to exempt a person from the requirement to sign ........................................................... 10\n13.\nPower of Registrar to require persons to attend ......................................................................... 11\n14.\nWhose duty it is to inform as to birth of new-born child found exposed ..................................... 11\n15.\nMidwife to notify Registrar of birth .............................................................................................. 11\n16.\nDuty of Registrar as to births and registering same ................................................................... 11\n17.\nRegistration of a birth ................................................................................................................. 12\n18.\nHow a person who has removed from the proper district may give information ......................... 13\n19.\nName of father of illegitimate child to be entered by Registrar ................................................... 13\n20.\nRegistry of name or altered name of child given since first registration ..................................... 14\n21.\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate of registration and fee .............................................................................. 15\n\nArrangement of Sections\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 4\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nRegistration of Deaths\n15\n22.\nDeath and cause of death to be registered ................................................................................ 15\n23.\nInformation and registry of any death in a house ....................................................................... 15\n24.\nInformation of any death or of any body found elsewhere than in a house ............................... 16\n25.\nExtension of time if written notice, etc., sent .............................................................................. 16\n26.\nPowers of Registrar to require persons to attend ...................................................................... 16\n27.\nDuty of Registrar as to deaths and registering them .................................................................. 17\n28.\nCertificate of death for friendly society ....................................................................................... 17\n29.\nRegistration of a death after twelve months ............................................................................... 17\n30.\nCoroner to certify as to inquest and finding registration thereof ................................................ 17\n31.\nRegistration of still births ............................................................................................................ 18\n32.\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate and order for burial .................................................................................. 19\n33.\nBurial of still-born child ............................................................................................................... 20\n34.\nAs to burial of two bodies in one coffin ...................................................................................... 20\nCertificate of Cause of Death\n21\n35.\nAs to certificate of cause of death .............................................................................................. 21\n36.\nAs to uncertified death ............................................................................................................... 22\nBirths or Deaths on Ships in Caymanian Waters\n22\n37.\nReport of births and deaths on board ships or coasting vessels ............................................... 22\nRegistrars\n23\n38.\nRegistrars\u2019 districts; their formation and alteration ..................................................................... 23\n39.\nAppointment, etc., of Registrars ................................................................................................. 23\n40.\nAppointment and duties, etc., of deputies of Registrars ............................................................ 23\n41.\nRegistrar and Deputy Registrar to reside or have an office within that person\u2019s district ............ 23\n42.\nRegistrar to furnish certified returns as required ........................................................................ 24\n43.\nRegister books and forms to be provided .................................................................................. 24\n44.\nHow births and deaths to be registered ..................................................................................... 24\n45.\nTransmission monthly of registration forms as filled up ............................................................. 25\n46.\nCustody of registration form books by Registrars ...................................................................... 25\n47.\nRegistration form books to be examined by Registrar-General ................................................. 25\n48.\nExamination and custody thereof by Registrar-General ............................................................ 25\n49.\nConstitution of general register of births and deaths ................................................................. 25\n50.\nTransfer of books, etc., to successor in office of Registrar ........................................................ 25\nCorrection of Errors\n25\n51.\nHow errors to be corrected ........................................................................................................ 25\n52.\nRe-registration of birth of legitimated person ............................................................................. 26\n53.\nRe-registration where parents not married ................................................................................ 27\n54.\nChange of registration after parentage testing order ................................................................. 28\nReport\n29\n55.\nRegistrar-General to report annually to Cayman Islands Parliament......................................... 29\nIndices\n29\n56.\nIndices to registers in Registry, searching and office copies ..................................................... 29\nCertified Copies\n29\n57.\nCertified copy of entry in registers ............................................................................................. 29\nPeriodical Accounts\n30\n58.\nRegistrar to forward account to Registrar-General .................................................................... 30\nSeal of Office\n30\n59.\nSeal of office; its use .................................................................................................................. 30\nEvidence\n30\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 5\n\n60.\nHow far certified copies evidence ............................................................................................... 30\nExemption from Stamp Duty\n31\n61.\nExemption from stamp duty ........................................................................................................ 31\nFinancial\n31\n62.\nExpenses of carrying out this Act ............................................................................................... 31\nCivil Status Records\n31\n63.\nRegistrar-General to keep Civil Status registers ........................................................................ 31\n64.\nEntries in registers, how far evidence ......................................................................................... 32\nOmission to Register\n32\n65.\nRefusal or omission to register, or losing or injuring register books ........................................... 32\n66.\nOmissions to give information or certificate required by this Act and general penalty ............... 32\nMiscellaneous\n32\n67.\nForms in First Schedule incorporated ......................................................................................... 32\n68.\nPowers to alter forms, and make and alter rules ........................................................................ 33\n69.\nFees payable and power to alter delete or add to such fees ...................................................... 33\n69A. Sending of information etc. by electronic means ........................................................................ 33\n70.\nValidation .................................................................................................................................... 33\n71.\nSavings and transitional ............................................................................................................. 34\nFIRST SCHEDULE\n35\nFORMS\n35\nSECOND SCHEDULE\n41\nFEES\n41\nENDNOTES\n45\nTable of Legislation history: ................................................................................................................. 45\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 7\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nBIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT\n(2021 Revision)\n\nIntroductory\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn this Act \u2014\n\u201cappointed fee\u201d means the fee appointed in the Second Schedule;\n\u201cChief Medical Officer\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the\nPublic Health Act (2021 Revision);\n\u201ccivil status registers\u201d means and includes all registers containing records or\ntranscripts of records relating to births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials;\n\u201ccounterfoil\u201d means the duplicate portion of the registration form which is\nbound in the registration form book and which remains in the registration form\nbook after the registration form has been separated;\n\u201celectronic\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic\nTransactions Act (2003 Revision);\n\u201celectronic record\u201d has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Electronic\nTransactions Act (2003 Revision);\n\u201cgeneral search\u201d means a search during any number of successive hours, not\nexceeding six, without stating the object of the search;\n\nSection 3\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n\u201coccupier\u201d includes the keeper, master, superintendent or other chief resident\nofficer of any public institution and, where a house is let in separate apartments\nor lodgings, includes any person residing in such house who is the person under\nwhom such lodgings or separate apartments are immediately held, or that\nperson\u2019s agent;\n\u201cparticular search\u201d means a search over any period not exceeding five years\nfor any given entry;\n\u201cprescribed form\u201d in any section, means the form prescribed by rules under\nsection 68;\n\u201cprivate hospital\u201d means any hospital or nursing home, not being a public\ninstitution;\n\u201cpublic institution\u201d means a prison, lock-up, mental or other hospital, and any\nprescribed public or charitable institution conducted by the Government;\n\u201cregister\u201d means the general register of births or the general register of deaths,\nas the case may be;\n\u201cRegistrar\u201d means a person for the time being holding an appointment as such\nunder section 39, and in connection with any birth, death or other event the\nRegistrar for the district within which such birth, death or other event took place;\n\u201cRegistrar-General\u201d means the holder of the office established by section 4;\n\u201cregistration form\u201d means a birth, death or still-birth registration form in\naccordance with Form A, B or C in the First Schedule;\n\u201cRegistry\u201d means the Registry of Births and Deaths established by section 3;\n\u201crelative\u201d includes a relative by marriage; and\n\u201cstill-born\u201d and \u201cstill-birth\u201d applies to any child which has issued forth from\nits mother after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and which did not at any\ntime after being completely expelled from its mother, breathe or show any other\nsigns of life.\n3.\nThe Registry\n3.\nThere is hereby established the Registry of Births and Deaths for the Islands wherein\nshall be kept and maintained all public records of births and deaths in the Islands.\nRegistrar-General\n4.\nRegistrar-General\n4.\nThe Cabinet may appoint a suitable person to the office of the Registrar-General who\nis responsible for keeping a register of all births, marriages and deaths in the Islands\nand has charge and control of the Registry.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 5\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 9\n\n5.\nAppointment and salaries of clerks, etc.\n5.\nThe Cabinet may, from time to time, appoint such officers, clerks and servants as the\nCabinet may deem necessary for carrying on the business of the Registry.\n6.\nPayment of salaries, etc.\n6.\nThe salaries of the officers, clerks and servants, and all such salaries and all other\nexpenses of carrying this Act into execution shall be paid out of funds provided for\nthe purpose by the Cayman Islands Parliament.\n7.\nDeputy to Registrar-General\n7.\nThe Cabinet may appoint a Deputy Registrar-General to exercise the functions of the\nRegistrar-General in that person\u2019s absence.\n8.\nRegulations\n8.\nThe Cabinet may make regulations for the management of the Registry and for the\ndischarge of the duties of the Registrar-General, officers, clerks and servants of the\nsaid office.\n9.\nFees of Registrar-General\n9.\nAll fees received by or on account of the Registrar-General under this Act are to be\naccounted for and paid into the Treasury.\n10.\nPublication of acts required to be done in registering births\n10. The Registrar-General shall, by notices placed on the outside of the several churches\nand chapel doors and in other public and conspicuous places within the respective\nregistration districts, inform the public of the acts required to be done for the purpose\nof registering any birth or death under this Act.\nRegistration of Births\n11.\nWhose duty it is to inform Registrar of birth\n11. Subject to section 12, in the case of every child born alive in the Islands, the father\nand mother of the child, and, in default of the father and mother, the occupier of the\nhouse in which to that person\u2019s knowledge the child is born, and each person present\nat the birth, and the person having charge of the child, shall give to the Registry,\nwithin forty-two days next after such birth, information of the particulars required to\nbe registered concerning such birth, and indicate in Form A in the First Schedule, and\nin the presence of a Registrar shall sign the registration form and counterfoil.\n\nSection 12\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n12.\nBirth in public institution or private hospital\n12. (1) In the case of any child born alive in any public institution or in any private\nhospital it is not necessary for the person in charge of such institution or private\nhospital to attend personally before a Registrar to give information of the\nparticulars required to be registered concerning such birth or to sign the\nregistration form and counterfoil; but the chief resident officer of any such\ninstitution and the person in charge of such private hospital shall, within\nfourteen days of the birth, send to the Registry a certificate in the prescribed\nform giving the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth, and\nthereupon the Registrar shall, if the birth has not been previously registered,\nregister the same.\n(2) The parent or other person furnishing the particulars required to be registered\nshall subscribe that person\u2019s signature to the said particulars on the certificate\nprovided under subsection (1).\n12A. Power to exempt a person from the requirement to sign\n12A. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, the Registrar-General\nmay, subject to subsection (2) \u2014\n(a)  exempt a person from the requirement to sign a form or counterfoil under\nsection 11 or subscribe the person\u2019s signature to the particulars on the\ncertificate provided under section 12(1) for the purpose of the registration\nof the birth of a child or the particulars of the birth of a child; and\n(b)  register the birth notwithstanding that the requirement to sign has not been\nmet.\n(2)  Where the Registrar-General exempts a person from the requirement to sign a\nform or counterfoil under section 11 or subscribe the person\u2019s signature to the\nparticulars on the certificate provided under section 12(1), the person shall, in\nthe form and manner approved by the Registrar-General (including by sending\nan electronic record by electronic means to the email address provided by a\nRegistrar) \u2014\n(a)  confirm that the particulars of the birth are to the best of the person\u2019s\nknowledge and belief correct; and\n(b)  provide the Registrar with a copy of the person\u2019s valid passport or, if the\nperson does not hold or is not in possession of a valid passport, another\nvalid photo identification approved by the Registrar.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 13\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 11\n\n13.\nPower of Registrar to require persons to attend\n13. Where a birth has, from the default of the parents or other persons required to give\ninformation concerning it, not been duly registered, the Registrar may, at any time\nafter the end of forty-two days from such birth, by notice in writing, require any of\nthe persons required by this Act to give information concerning such birth to attend\npersonally at the Registry, or at the District Registry, within such time (not less than\nseven days after the receipt of such notice and not more than three months from the\ndate of the birth) as may be specified in such notice, and to give information to the\nbest of such person\u2019s knowledge and belief of the particulars required to be registered\nconcerning such birth and to sign the registration form and counterfoil in the presence\nof the Registrar and such person shall, unless the birth is registered before the\nexpiration of the time specified in such requisition, comply with such requisition.\n14.\nWhose duty it is to inform as to birth of new-born child found exposed\n14. In case any living new-born child is found exposed, any person finding such child,\nand any person in whose charge such child may be placed, shall give to the best of\nthat person\u2019s knowledge and belief to the Registrar, within seven days after the\nfinding of such child, such information of the particulars required to be registered\nconcerning the birth of such child as the informant possesses, and in the presence of\nthe Registrar shall sign the registration form and counterfoil.\n15.\nMidwife to notify Registrar of birth\n15. In the case of any birth, other than a birth in a public institution or private hospital, at\nwhich a midwife is in attendance, the midwife, within forty-eight hours of such birth,\nshall serve notice thereof in writing to the Registrar.\n16.\nDuty of Registrar as to births and registering same\n16. A Registrar shall inform themselves carefully of every birth which happens within\nthat Registrar\u2019s district, and upon receiving personally from the informant, at any time\nwithin three months from the date of the birth of any child or the finding of any living\nnew-born child, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning\nthe birth of such child, forthwith in the prescribed form and manner shall register the\nbirth and the said particulars (if not previously registered), without fee or reward from\nthe informant, except that if in pursuance of a written requisition that Registrar\nregisters the same at the residence of the person making such requisition, or at the\nhouse in which the birth took place, that Registrar shall, unless the birth took place in\na public institution, be entitled to the appointed fee.\n\nSection 17\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n17.\nRegistration of a birth\n17. (1) After the expiration of three months after the birth of any child, a Registrar shall\nnot register such birth except as provided in this section; namely, in case the\nbirth of any child has not been registered in accordance with this Act the\nRegistrar may, after three and not later than twelve months after the birth, by\nnotice in writing, require any of the persons required by this Act to give\ninformation concerning the birth to attend personally at the Registry within such\ntime (not less than seven days after receipt of the notice, and not more than\ntwelve months after the date of the birth) as may be specified in the notice, and\nmake before that person and some Justice, or in default of a Justice some other\nrespectable witness, a solemn declaration, according to the best of the\ndeclarant\u2019s knowledge and belief, of the particulars required to be registered\nconcerning the birth, and sign the registration form and counterfoil in the\npresence of the Registrar and Justice or other witness; and upon any of the said\npersons attending before a Registrar and Justice or other witness whether in\npursuance of a requisition or not, and making such a declaration as aforesaid,\nand giving information concerning the birth, the Registrar shall, then and there\nin the presence of such Justice or witness, register the birth according to the\ninformation of the declarant, and the Justice or witness before whom the\ndeclaration is made shall, as well as the Registrar and declarant, sign the entry\nof the birth.\n(2) After the expiration of twelve months after the birth of any child that birth may\nnot be registered, except with the written authority of the Registrar-General for\nregistering the same, and except in accordance with the prescribed rules, and the\nfact of such authority having been given shall be entered on the registration form\nand counterfoil. Such authority may not, however, be given by the RegistrarGeneral after any child is ten years of age, unless the Registrar-General is\nsatisfied by evidence that there were good and sufficient reasons to account for\nthe delay in registration.\n(3) Whoever registers or causes to be registered the birth of any child in\ncontravention of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 18\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 13\n\n18.\nHow a person who has removed from the proper district may give\ninformation\n18. (1) Whoever, required by this Act to give information concerning a birth, removes,\nbefore such birth is registered, out of the district in which that person resides in\nwhich such birth has taken place, may, within three months after such birth, give\ninformation by making and signing before the Registrar a declaration, in writing,\nof the particulars required to be registered concerning such birth; and such\nRegistrar, on payment of the appointed fee, shall receive and attest the\ndeclaration and send the same to the Registrar of the district in which the birth\ntook place; and the last-mentioned Registrar shall, in the prescribed manner,\nenter the birth on the registration form and counterfoil, and the entry so made is\ndeemed, for the purposes of this Act, to have been signed by the person who\nsigned the declaration.\n(2) A person making a declaration in pursuance of this section, in the case of any\nbirth, is deemed to have complied with this Act as to giving information\nconcerning that birth, and with any requisition of the Registrar made under this\nAct within the said three months to attend and give information concerning that\nbirth.\n19.\nName of father of illegitimate child to be entered by Registrar\n19. The name of the father of the child of a single woman shall be entered by the Registrar\non the registration form and counterfoil if \u2014\n(a) the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of such\nchild attend personally before the Registrar and request that person to\nmake such entry, in which case the mother and the person acknowledging\nhimself to be the father must both sign the form and the counterfoil;\n(b) the Registrar is furnished with a declaration in the prescribed form signed\nby the mother and by the person acknowledging himself to be the father of\nsuch child, and by a Justice, the Clerk of the Court, a registered medical\npractitioner, an attorney or a marriage officer taking the declaration of the\nmother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father; or\n(c) the mother or the person acknowledging himself to be the father attends\npersonally before the Registrar and requests the Registrar, in writing, to\nenter the name of the person alleged or acknowledging himself to be the\nfather and presents a declaration from the other of the two parents signed\nin accordance with paragraph (b), and the request and declaration are both\nto the same effect.\n\nSection 20\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n20.\nRegistry of name or altered name of child given since first registration\n20. (1) When the birth of any child has been registered and the name, if any, by which\nit was registered is altered, or if it was registered without a name, when a name\nis given to it, the parent or guardian of such child, or other person procuring\nsuch name to be altered or given, may, within twelve months next after the\nregistration of the birth, deliver to the Registrar such certificate as is hereinafter\nmentioned; and the Registrar on receipt of such certificate, and on payment of\nthe appointed fee, shall forthwith, if that Registrar still has in that person\u2019s\npossession the registration form book containing the counterfoil of the\nregistration of such child, without any erasure of the original entry, enter on such\ncounterfoil the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the\nchild, and state on the certificate the fact of such entry having been made, and\nsend the certificate to the Registrar-General, who shall thereupon, without any\nerasure of the original entry, enter into the general register of births, at the place\nwhere the birth of such child is registered, the name mentioned in the certificate\nas having been given to the child, and write upon such certificate the fact of such\nentry having been made, and if the registration form book containing the\ncounterfoil of the registration of such child is in that person\u2019s possession, do\nsuch acts and things as are hereinbefore required to be done by the Registrar in\ncases where such book is in that person\u2019s possession; and the Registrar-General\nshall, without any erasure, cause the index book, in cases where the birth of such\nchild is already indexed, to be altered accordingly.\n(2) Every minister or person who performs the rite of baptism shall deliver a\ncertificate in the prescribed form of the name given in baptism within two days\nof demand being made, on payment of a fee not exceeding ten dollars, and this\nis the certificate required under subsection (1):\nProvided that in the case of the death, absence or removal of the minister who\nperformed the rite of baptism, the minister or person in charge of the church,\nchapel or place of worship at which such baptism was performed shall, on such\ndemand and on payment of such fees, furnish a copy of the record of such\nbaptism from the Register of such church, chapel or place of worship and\nendorse thereon a certificate in the prescribed form.\n(3) Where a child has not been baptised or where it is proved to the satisfaction of\nthe Registrar-General that the record of baptism has been lost or destroyed, the\ncertificate required under subsection (1) becomes a certificate of naming in the\nprescribed form and shall be signed by the father, mother or guardian of the\nchild or other person procuring the name of the child to be given or altered. No\nfee is payable by any person procuring a name of a child to be given, if such\nperson delivers a certificate of naming to the Registrar within forty-two days of\nthe birth of such child:\nProvided that after the expiration of twelve months next after the registration of\nthe birth of any child, the name, if any, by which it was registered shall not be\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 21\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 15\n\naltered on, or if it was registered without a name, and a name has since been\ngiven, such name shall not be added to, the registration entry, except with the\nwritten authority of the Registrar-General, and the fact of such authority having\nbeen given shall be entered on the registration form and counterfoil. In every\nsuch 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\nappointed fee, the Registrar-General shall enter or cause to be entered on the\nregistration form and counterfoil containing the registration of birth of such\nchild, the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the child,\nand the Registrar-General shall cause the index book of births to be altered. Such\nauthority may not be given by the Registrar-General after any child is ten years\nof age unless the Registrar-General is satisfied by evidence that there were good\nand sufficient reasons to account for the delay in registration.\n21.\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate of registration and fee\n21. A Registrar shall, upon demand made at the time of registering any birth by the person\ngiving the information concerning the birth and upon payment of the appointed fee,\ndeliver to such person a certificate under that person\u2019s hand, in the prescribed form,\nof having registered that birth.\nRegistration of Deaths\n22.\nDeath and cause of death to be registered\n22. The death of every person dying in the Islands and the cause of such death shall be\nregistered by the Registrar in the manner directed by this Act.\n23.\nInformation and registry of any death in a house\n23. When a person dies in any house it is the duty of the nearest relative of the deceased\npresent at the death or in attendance during the last illness of the deceased, and, in\ndefault of such relatives, of every other relative of the deceased dwelling or being in\nthe same Registrar\u2019s district as the deceased, and in default of such relatives, of each\nperson present at the death, and of the occupier of the house in which to that person\u2019s\nknowledge the death took place, and, in default of the persons hereinbefore\nmentioned, of each inmate of such house, and of the person causing the body of the\ndeceased person to be buried or cremated, to give to the best of that person\u2019s\nknowledge and belief to the Registrar, within five days following the day of such\ndeath, information of the particulars required to be registered concerning such death,\nand in the presence of the Registrar to sign the registration form and counterfoil.\n\nSection 24\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 16\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n24.\nInformation of any death or of any body found elsewhere than in a house\n24. Where a person dies in a place which is not a house, or a dead body is found elsewhere\nthan in a house, it is the duty of every relative of such deceased person having\nknowledge of any of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death\nand, in default of such relative, of every person present at the death, and of any person\nfinding, and of any person taking charge of the body, and of the person causing the\nbody to be buried or cremated, to give to the Registrar, within five days after the death\nor the finding, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning\nthe death as the informant possesses, and in the presence of the Registrar to sign the\nregistration form and counterfoil.\n25.\nExtension of time if written notice, etc., sent\n25. If a person required to give information concerning any death sends to the Registrar\na written notice of the occurrence of the death, accompanied by such medical\ncertificate of the cause of the death as is required by this Act to be delivered to a\nRegistrar, the information of the particulars required by this Act to be registered\nconcerning the death need not be given within the said five days but must,\nnotwithstanding such notice, be given within fourteen days next after the day of the\ndeath by the person giving such notice, or some other person required by this Act to\ngive the information.\n26.\nPowers of Registrar to require persons to attend\n26. Where any death has, from the default of the person required to give information\nconcerning it, not been registered, or notice has not been given under section 25, a\nRegistrar may, at any time after the expiration of five days and within twelve months\nfrom the day of such death or from the finding of the dead body elsewhere than in a\nhouse, by notice in writing, require any person required by this Act to give\ninformation concerning such death to attend personally at the Registrar\u2019s office or\nhouse within such time (not less than seven days after the receipt of the notice, nor\nmore than twelve months after the death or finding of the dead body) as may be\nspecified in the notice, and to give the said information to the best of the informant\u2019s\nknowledge and belief and to sign the registration form and counterfoil in the presence\nof the Registrar; and it is the duty of such person, unless the death is registered before\nthe expiration of the time specified in the requisition, to comply with the requisition.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 27\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 17\n\n27.\nDuty of Registrar as to deaths and registering them\n27. A Registrar shall inform themselves carefully of every death which happens within\nthat person\u2019s district, and upon receiving personally from the informant, at any time\nwithin twelve months after the date of any death or of the finding of any dead body,\ninformation of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death from any\nperson required by this Act to give the same, forthwith in the prescribed form and\nmanner to register the death and the said particulars (if not previously registered)\nwithout a fee or reward from the informant, except that if in pursuance of a written\nrequisition that Registrar registers the same at the residence of the person making\nsuch requisition or at the house where the decreased died that Registrar is, unless the\ndeath took place in a public institution, entitled to the appointed fee.\n28.\nCertificate of death for friendly society\n28. If a Registrar, at the time of entering the death of any person, is informed that the\ndeceased was a member of a friendly society registered under the Friendly Societies\nAct (1998 Revision), that Registrar shall give, on demand and on payment of the\nappointed fee, a certificate under that person\u2019s hand in the prescribed form that that\nRegistrar has registered the death of the said deceased.\n29.\nRegistration of a death after twelve months\n29. (1) After the expiration of twelve months after any death or after the finding of any\ndead body elsewhere than in a house, that death may not be registered except\nwith the written authority of the Registrar-General for registering the same, and\nexcept in accordance with the prescribed rules, and the fact of such authority\nhaving been given shall be entered on the registration form and counterfoil.\n(2) Whoever registers or causes to be registered any death in contravention of this\nsection is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one\nhundred dollars.\n30.\nCoroner to certify as to inquest and finding registration thereof\n30. (1) When an inquest is held on any death or dead body, the Coroner shall inquire of\nand find the particulars required by this Act to be registered concerning the\ndeath, and send to the Registrar for the district within five days after the finding\nis given, a certificate under that person\u2019s hand giving information concerning\nthe death, and specifying any finding with respect to the said particulars and to\nthe cause of death, and specifying the time and place at which the inquest was\nheld; and the Registrar shall, if the death has not been previously registered,\nregister the same and enter on both the form and counterfoil the date of the\ninquest, the name of the Coroner or other officer holding the same, and the\nverdict; and attach the said certificate to the said form and send them in due\ncourse to the Registrar-General.\n\nSection 31\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 18\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n(2) If the death has been previously registered, and the registration form book\ncontaining the counterfoil of such registration is still in that person\u2019s possession,\nthe Registrar shall enter on such counterfoil the above particulars, and send the\ncertificate to the Registrar-General.\n(3) The Registrar-General in any such case shall, in addition to the things by this\nAct required to be done in ordinary cases, cause the abovementioned particulars\ntouching the inquest to be entered on the registration form in that person\u2019s\npossession, and, in the event of the registration form book having been sent to\nthe Registry, cause such particulars to be entered also on the counterfoil\ncontaining the entry, and cause the said certificate to be put away with the\nregistration form, in such place as may be provided.\n(4) Where an inquest is held on any death or dead body, no person, with respect to\nsuch death or dead body, is liable to attend on a requisition of a Registrar, or be\nsubject to any other provision of this Act.\n31.\nRegistration of still births\n31. (1) The birth of every still-born child shall be registered by the Registrar in a\nRegister of still-births containing the heads of information prescribed in Form\nC in the First Schedule.\n(2) In the case of every still-birth, unless there has been an inquest, the person who\nwould, if the child had been born alive, have been required by this Act to give\ninformation concerning the birth, shall give information to the Registrar of the\nparticulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth; and every person\nupon giving such information shall either \u2014\n(a) deliver to the Registrar a written certificate that the child was not born\nalive, signed by a registered medical practitioner or certified midwife who\nwas in attendance at the birth or who has examined the body of such child;\nor\n(b) make a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no registered\nmedical practitioner or certified midwife was present at the birth, or has\nexamined the body, or that that person\u2019s certificate cannot be obtained and\nthat the child was not born alive.\n(3) Sections 13, 14, 16, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 55, 65 and 66 apply to the registration\nand entry of a still-birth in like manner as they apply to the registration or entry\nof the birth of a child born alive and the word \u2018birth\u2019 in the said sections includes\nstill-birth unless such construction is inconsistent with the context.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 32\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 19\n\n32.\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate and order for burial\n32. (1) A Registrar, upon registering any death, or upon receiving such written notice\nof the occurrence of a death accompanied by a medical certificate as is before\nprovided by this Act, shall forthwith give, without fee or reward, to the person\ngiving information concerning the death or sending the notice, a certificate\nunder that person\u2019s hand in the prescribed form that that Registrar has registered\nor received notice of the death, as the case may be.\n(2) In the case of the death of any person in which a Coroner shall \u2014\n(a) direct a medical practitioner to make a post mortem examination under the\nCoroners Act (2021 Revision) of the body of the deceased person and,\nupon the receipt of the report of such examination, authorise the burial of\nthe body; or\n(b) decide, after investigation, that the circumstances of the death are not such\nas require the making of a post mortem examination under the Coroners\nAct (2021 Revision),\nthe said Coroner shall deliver to the person causing the body to be buried an\norder for burial in the prescribed form and notify the Registrar in writing within\nforty-eight hours that the order has been delivered to such person.\n(3) Every certificate of a Registrar and every order for burial issued under\nsubsection (2) shall be delivered to the person effecting the burial of the body\nof the deceased person, and any person to whom such certificate is given by the\nRegistrar who fails so to deliver or cause the same to be delivered is guilty of\nan offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of thirty dollars.\n(4) The body of a deceased person may not be buried before a certificate of the\nRegistrar or an order for burial issued under subsection (2) has been delivered\nto the person effecting the burial \u2014\n(a) in the case of burial in a burial ground, to the person who has control over\nor ordinarily buries bodies in such burial ground;\n(b) in the case of burial not in a burial ground, to the relative, friend or legal\nrepresentative having charge of or being responsible for the burial; or\n(c) in the case of burial in a public cemetery, to the keeper of the cemetery:\nProvided that a person effecting the burial may proceed with the burial if that\nperson satisfies themselves by obtaining a written declaration in the prescribed\nform that a Registrar\u2019s certificate or order for burial has been issued in respect\nof the deceased.\n(5) The person effecting the burial of the body of a deceased person shall, within\nninety-six hours of the burial, deliver to the Registrar, in the prescribed manner,\na notification as to the date and place of the burial.\n\nSection 33\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 20\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n(6) Whoever effects the burial of the body of a deceased person in contravention of\nthis section or fails to deliver to the Registrar a notification of the date and place\nof the burial, as required by this section, is guilty of an offence and liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars.\n33.\nBurial of still-born child\n33. (1) A Registrar, upon registering any still-birth or upon receiving a written\ncertificate or a written declaration concerning a still-birth as provided by this\nAct, shall forthwith, if requested so to do, give, without fee or reward, to the\nperson giving information concerning the still-birth a certificate under that\nperson\u2019s hand in the prescribed form that that Registrar has registered or\nreceived notice of the still-birth as the case may be.\n(2) A person who has control over or ordinarily buries bodies in any burial ground\nmay not permit to be buried or bury in such burial ground any still-born child\nbefore there is delivered to that person a Registrar\u2019s certificate as provided under\nsubsection (1) or an order for burial under section 32. Whoever contravenes\nsubsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine\nof fifty dollars.\n34.\nAs to burial of two bodies in one coffin\n34. (1) Where there is in the coffin in which any deceased person is brought for burial\nthe body of any other deceased person, or the body of any still-born child, the\nundertaker or other person who has charge of the funeral shall deliver to the\nperson who buries or performs any funeral or religious service for the burial of\nsuch body or bodies, notice in writing, signed by such undertaker or other\nperson, and stating to the best of that person\u2019s knowledge and belief, with\nrespect to each such body \u2014\n(a) if the body is the body of a deceased person, the name, sex and place of\nabode of the said deceased person;\n(b) if the body has been found exposed and the name and place of abode are\nunknown, the fact of the body having been so found and of the said\nparticulars being unknown; and\n(c) if the body is that of a deceased child without a name or a still-born child,\nthe name and place of abode of the father, or, if it is illegitimate, of the\nmother of such child.\n(2) Whoever fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable\non summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 35\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 21\n\nCertificate of Cause of Death\n35.\nAs to certificate of cause of death\n35. (1) (a) The Registrar-General shall, from time to time, furnish to every Registrar\n\nprinted forms of certificates of cause of death by residing in such\n\nRegistrar\u2019s district.\n(b) In the case of the death of any person who has been attended during that\nperson\u2019s last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner\nshall sign, and give to some person required by this Act to give information\nconcerning the death, a certificate stating to the best of that person\u2019s\nknowledge and belief the cause of death, and such person shall, upon\ngiving information concerning the death, or giving notice of the death,\ndeliver that certificate to the Registrar, and the cause of death as stated in\nthat certificate shall be entered in the register, together with the name of\nthe certifying medical practitioner. The cause of death in such certificate\nshall be stated as nearly as may be in plain English.\n(c) When a post mortem examination is made on the body of any deceased\nperson under the Coroners Act (1995 Revision) it is not necessary that the\ncause of death as stated in a medical certificate of death be entered in the\nregister, but there shall be entered \u2014\n(i)\nin case where an inquest is held concerning the death of such person,\nthe cause of death stated in the certificate of the Coroner under\nsection 30; or\n(ii) in case where no inquest is held, the cause of death stated in the\ncertified copy of the medical report sent to the Registrar by the\nCoroner under the Coroners Act (2020 Revision).\n(2) Whoever is given a medical certificate by a registered medical practitioner in\npursuance of this section and fails to deliver it to the Registrar is guilty of an\noffence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars.\n\nSection 36\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 22\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n36.\nAs to uncertified death\n36. (1) In the case of any death in respect of which no medical certificate of the cause\nof such death can be obtained and no post mortem examination under the\nCoroners Act (2021 Revision) has been made, the person required to give\ninformation concerning the death shall deliver to the Registrar a written\ndeclaration that no medical practitioner attended the deceased during that\nperson\u2019s last illness or, if the deceased were so attended, declare in writing the\nreasons why a medical certificate cannot be obtained. On receipt of such\ndeclaration the Registrar may register the death or, if it appears to that Registrar\nthat it will be possible in the future to obtain a medical certificate of the cause\nof death of the deceased, the Registrar may, without registering the death, issue\na certificate under section 32 that that Registrar has received notice of the death\nof the said deceased:\nProvided that where there is reasonable cause to suspect that the deceased has\ndied either a violent or an unnatural death, or has died a sudden death of which\nthe cause is unknown or has died in such place or under such circumstances as\nto require an inquest in pursuance of any law, such death may not be registered\nuntil investigation under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision) has been made.\n(2) In any case where the Registrar has received notice of a death in respect of which\nno medical certificate of cause of death can be obtained and in which no post\nmortem examination under the Coroners Act (2021 Revision) has been ordered,\nthat Registrar must forthwith send notice in writing of such death to the Chief\nMedical Officer, and if, as a result of investigations into the circumstances of\nthe death, the Chief Medical Officer, at any time within forty-two days of the\ndate of death, sends a written certificate of the cause thereof, the Registrar shall\nenter the particulars of such cause on the counterfoil of the registration form, or\non the form and counterfoil if both are still in that person\u2019s possession, and send\nsuch certificate to the Registrar-General.\nBirths or Deaths on Ships in Caymanian Waters\n37.\nReport of births and deaths on board ships or coasting vessels\n37. In the case of births or deaths on board any ship moored in port or harbour or other\nwater within the limits of the Islands, the master or chief officer shall report such birth\nor death in like manner, and is guilty of an offence and subject to the like penalties in\ncase of disobedience, as is required of the occupier of a house on shore, and the master\nor chief officer of any Caymanian craft shall also in like manner, and subject to the\nlike penalties as aforesaid, report in like manner every birth or death on board any\nsuch craft, whether moored or on any coasting or other voyage within the Islands.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 38\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 23\n\nRegistrars\n38.\nRegistrars\u2019 districts; their formation and alteration\n38. The Cabinet may, for purposes of this Act, divide the Islands into such districts as the\nCabinet shall think fit; and every such district is called by a distinct name, and is a\nRegistrar\u2019s district; and the Cabinet may, from time to time if it seems to the Cabinet\nfit, alter the districts of Registrars, by the alteration of the boundaries of districts, by\nthe formation of new districts or by the union of districts, and may take or cause to\nbe taken all measures which seem to the Cabinet to be necessary for carrying such\nalteration into effect, and such alteration shall be made and measures taken\naccordingly; and every such division of the Islands or change in the district of a\nRegistrar shall be published in the Gazette and by advertisement or otherwise as the\nRegistrar-General may direct.\n39.\nAppointment, etc., of Registrars\n39. The Cabinet may appoint fit persons, with such qualifications as the Cabinet may by\nrules declare to be necessary, to be Registrars of births and deaths within each\nRegistrar\u2019s district in the Islands.\n40.\nAppointment and duties, etc., of deputies of Registrars\n40. Every Registrar may, subject to the approval of the Registrar-General, appoint by\nwriting under that person\u2019s hand a fit person to act as that person\u2019s deputy in case of\nthat person\u2019s illness or unavoidable absence, and every such deputy, while so acting,\nhas all the powers and duties, and is subject to all the penalties, herein declared\nconcerning Registrars, and in case of the death or resignation of a Registrar shall act\nas Registrar until another Registrar is appointed, and every Registrar is civilly\nresponsible for the acts and omission of that person\u2019s deputy.\n41.\nRegistrar and Deputy Registrar to reside or have an office within that\nperson\u2019s district\n41. (1) Every Registrar and Deputy Registrar shall dwell in or have a known office\nwithin the district of which that Registrar is Registrar or Deputy Registrar.\n(2) Every Registrar shall, if so directed by the Registrar-General, appoint within or\ncontiguous to that person\u2019s district a station or stations as may be directed by\nthe Registrar-General; every such station shall, for the purposes of this Act with\nrespect to the attendance of persons and registration of births and deaths at the\noffice of the Registrar, be deemed to be that person\u2019s office.\n(3) Every Registrar and Deputy Registrar shall attend at that person\u2019s dwelling\nhouse or office, and at each such station, on the days and at the hours approved\nby the Registrar-General, for the purpose of registering births and deaths.\n(4) Every Registrar shall cause to be placed, in some conspicuous place on or near\nthe outer door of the dwelling-house or office which that Registrar has within\n\nSection 42\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 24\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nthat person\u2019s district, that person\u2019s name, with the addition of Registrar for the\ndistrict for which that person is Registrar, and the hours of that person\u2019s\nattendance as approved by the Registrar-General; and a list of such Registrars\nin any Island, with their residences, shall be kept at each police station, and at\neach post office within such Island.\n42.\nRegistrar to furnish certified returns as required\n42. (1) Every Registrar, when and as required by or under the authority of any law for\nthe time being in force, or of any general or special order made by the Cabinet,\nshall transmit by post or otherwise a return, certified under that Registrar\u2019s hand\nto be a true return, of such of the particulars registered by that Registrar\nconcerning any birth or death as may be specified in any requisition addressed\nto that Registrar by any public officer or government department by or under\nany such authority.\n(2) The officer or government department may, by any such requisition, supply a\nform for the purpose of the return, and in that case the return shall be made in\nthe form so supplied.\n(3) A Registrar making such return is entitled to the appointed fee therefor which\nfee shall be paid by the officer or government department requiring the return:\nProvided that no fee is payable for the particulars required to be supplied by the\nRegistrar to the Chief Medical Officer under section 36(2).\n43.\nRegister books and forms to be provided\n43. The Registrar-General shall provide for the use of Registrars such number of books,\nherein called registration form books, for registering births and deaths respectively,\nand of forms, as shall be necessary for the execution of this Act. Each page of such\nbooks shall contain one form attached to a counterfoil as shown in Forms A, B and C\nin the First Schedule, and the said form and counterfoil shall have such matter printed\nthereon as is indicated in the said Schedule. Each form thus constituting a separate\npage in the said book together with its counterfoil shall be numbered progressively\nfrom the beginning to the end of the book, beginning with number one, and shall\nmoreover have, before or after such number, letters or figures to distinguish the book\nto which they respectively belong. Each form and counterfoil is printed on one side\nonly.\n44.\nHow births and deaths to be registered\n44. The registration of any birth or death under this Act is effected by the Registrar filling\nup, on one of the forms contained on one page of the said book, and on the counterfoil\nthereof, the information required by this Act to be given respecting a birth or death\nand indicated in Forms A, B and C in the First Schedule, and by procuring the said\nform and counterfoil to be signed in that person\u2019s presence in cases where it is\nrequired to be signed.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 45\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 25\n\n45.\nTransmission monthly of registration forms as filled up\n45. Within the first three days of every calendar month the Registrar shall separate from\nthe counterfoil aforesaid the registration forms that have been filled up during the\npreceding month, and send the same by post to the Registrar-General, who then\ncauses the said forms to be filed and safely preserved in the Registry.\n46.\nCustody of registration form books by Registrars\n46. Every Registrar shall keep safely the births and deaths registration form books\nsupplied to that Registrar for the purposes of this Act until every place of entry therein\nis filled or until that person ceases to be a Registrar, and shall then return them to the\nRegistrar-General.\n47.\nRegistration form books to be examined by Registrar-General\n47. The registration form books shall, on receipt thereof, be compared with the\nregistration forms filed and preserved in the Registry in accordance with section 45,\nand further be examined by the Registrar-General in such way as may appear\nnecessary.\n48.\nExamination and custody thereof by Registrar-General\n48. The Registrar-General, after making such examination of the said registration form\nbooks as appears necessary, shall retain them for safe custody in the Registry.\n49.\nConstitution of general register of births and deaths\n49. The birth registration forms and death registration forms which have been filled up\nduring any period and which have been filed and preserved in the Registry, in\naccordance with section 45, constitute the general register of births and the general\nregister of deaths respectively for that period.\n50.\nTransfer of books, etc., to successor in office of Registrar\n50. In every case in which a Registrar dies, or otherwise ceases to hold that person\u2019s\noffice all register boxes, keys, books, documents and papers, in that person\u2019s\npossession as such Registrar, or which come into the possession of that person\u2019s\nrepresentatives, shall be given up as soon as conveniently may be to that person\u2019s\nsuccessor in office; and whoever contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and\nliable upon summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment\nfor one year.\nCorrection of Errors\n51.\nHow errors to be corrected\n51. (1) No alteration may be made in any book or register kept under this Act except as\nauthorised by this Act.\n\nSection 52\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 26\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n(2) Any clerical error, which may, from time to time, be discovered in any book or\nregister, may be corrected by any person authorised in that behalf by the\nRegistrar-General, subject to the prescribed rules.\n(3) An error of fact or substance in any such book or register may be corrected by\nentry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by the officer\nhaving the custody of such book or register, upon payment of the appointed fee,\nand upon production to that Registrar by the person requiring such error to be\ncorrected of a statutory declaration setting forth the nature of the error and the\ntrue facts of the case, and made by two persons required by this Act to give\ninformation concerning the birth or death with reference to which the error has\nbeen made, or in default of such persons then by two credible persons having\nknowledge of the truth of the case.\n52.\nRe-registration of birth of legitimated person\n52. (1) The Registrar-General may, on production of such evidence as appears to that\nRegistrar-General to be satisfactory, and, subject to subsection (3), on payment\nof the appointed fee, authorise at any time the re-registration of the birth of a\nlegitimated 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\nmay by regulations prescribe:\nProvided that the Registrar-General shall not authorise the re-registration of the\nbirth of any legitimated person in any case where information with a view to\nobtaining such re-registration is not furnished to that Registrar-General by both\nparents, unless \u2014\n(a) the name of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the\nlegitimated person has been entered in the register under section 19; or\n(b) the paternity of the legitimated person has been established by an\naffiliation order under the Affiliation Act (1995 Revision) or otherwise by\nan order of a court.\n(2) The parents of a legitimated person, or where one of the parents is dead, the\nsurviving parent shall, within three months, furnish to the Registrar-General\ninformation with a view to obtaining the re-registration of the birth of that\nperson.\n(3) No fee for the re-registration of a legitimated person under this Act is payable\nif the necessary information for the purpose is furnished within the time\nspecified in subsection (2).\n(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\nmargin of the original entry of such birth, in the general register of births and in\nthe margin of the entry in the registration form book deposited in accordance\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 53\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 27\n\nwith section 48, and thereafter no certified copy of such original registration\nmay be issued under section 57 except on the order of a court.\n53.\nRe-registration where parents not married\n53. (1) Where the birth of a child has been registered under this Act and the child\u2019s\nfather and mother were not married to each other at the time of the birth and no\nperson has been registered as the father of the child, the Registrar-General shall,\non payment of the appointed fee, re-register the birth so as to show a person as\nthe child\u2019s father \u2014\n(a) at the joint request of the mother and that person and, if the child has\nattained the age of sixteen, together with the written consent of the child;\n(b) at the request of the mother on production of \u2014\n(i)\na declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father\nof the child;\n(ii) a declaration made by that person stating himself to be the father of\nthe child; and\n(iii) if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the\nchild to the registration of that person as that person\u2019s father;\n(c) at the request of that person on production of \u2014\n(i)\na declaration by that person stating himself to be the father of the\nchild;\n(ii) a declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father\nof the child; and\n(iii) if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the\nchild to the registration of that person as that person\u2019s father; or\n(d) at the request of the mother or that person on production of \u2014\n(i)\na court order declaring that person to be the father of the child; and\n(ii) if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the\nchild to the registration of that person as that person\u2019s father,\nbut no birth shall be re-registered under this section except in the manner\nprovided in subsection (2).\n(2) On the re-registration of a birth under this section \u2014\n(a) the Registrar-General or an officer designated by the Registrar-General\nshall sign the register;\n(b) in the case of a request under subsection (1)(a) or (b) or, in the case of a\nrequest under subsection (1) (d) made by the mother, the mother shall also\nsign the register; and\n\nSection 54\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 28\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n(c) in the case of a request under subsection (1) (a), (c) or, in the case of a\nrequest under subsection (1) (d) made by the person requesting to be\nregistered as the father of the child, that person shall also sign the register.\n(3) Where both the mother and the person requesting to be registered as the father\nof the child are absent from the Islands and they have both given their written\nconsent that another named person may sign on their behalf the register may be\nsigned by the Registrar-General and that person who shall be over the age of\neighteen.\n(4) The written consent referred to in subsection (3) shall be notarised.\n(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\nmargin of the original entry of such birth, in the general register of births and in\nthe margin of the entry in the registration form book deposited in accordance\nwith section 48, and thereafter, subject to subsection (6), the Registrar- General\nshall only issue a certificate which shows the re-registration.\n(6) After the re-registration of the birth of a person the Registrar-General may only\nissue a certified copy of that person\u2019s original registration under the order of a\ncourt.\n(7) In this section \u2014\n\u201crequest\u201d means a request in writing.\n54.\nChange of registration after parentage testing order\n54. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar-General may, on production of such\nresults of a parentage testing procedure as appear to that Registrar-General to be\nsatisfactory to prove that a person is or is not the father of a child, and, on\npayment of the appointed fee, authorise at any time a change in registration of\nthe birth of a child whose birth is already registered under this Act, and such\nchange in registration shall be effected in such manner and at such place as the\nRegistrar- General may determine.\n(2) Where a person is registered as the father of a child under section 53(d)(i), the\nRegistrar may only change such registration where a court order subsequently\nstipulates that such person is not the father as previously decided by the court.\n(3) Upon the change in registration of a birth in accordance with subsection (1)\nor (2), the Registrar-General shall cause a note of the fact of such change to be\nentered in the margin of the original entry of such birth, in the general register\nof births and in the margin of the entry in the registration form book deposited\nin accordance with section 48, and thereafter, subject to subsection (4), the\nRegistrar-General shall only issue a certificate which shows the change in\nregistration.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 55\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 29\n\n(4) After the change in registration of the birth of a person the Registrar-General\nmay only issue a certified copy of that person\u2019s original registration under the\norder of a court.\nReport\n55.\nRegistrar-General to report annually to Cayman Islands Parliament\n55. The Registrar-General, once in every year, shall lay before the Cayman Islands\nParliament a general report of the working of the department, and as to births and\ndeaths registered during the foregoing year, in such form, and dealing with such\nparticulars, and comprising such analytical and other tables, and at such date as may,\nfrom time to time, be prescribed.\nIndices\n56.\nIndices to registers in Registry, searching and office copies\n56. The Registrar-General shall cause indices of all registers of births and deaths and of\nall civil status registers kept by the Registrar-General to be made and kept in the\nRegistry; and every person shall, subject to such rules as shall, from time to time, be\nmade by the Registrar-General with the approval of the Governor, and on payment of\nthe appointed fee, be entitled to search the said indices between the hours of half past\nnine in the morning and half past three in the afternoon of every Government working\nday.\nCertified Copies\n57.\nCertified copy of entry in registers\n57. (1) Whoever makes application in the prescribed form, and upon payment of the\nappointed fee, is entitled to obtain from the Registrar-General a certified copy\nof any entry in the registers of births and deaths or in the civil status registers\nkept by the Registrar-General and such copy shall show all particulars which\nappear on the original entry and all corrections or additions thereto made under\nthis Act.\n(2) Whoever makes application in the prescribed form and pays the appointed fee\nis entitled to obtain from the Registrar-General a certificate in the prescribed\nform of the birth of any person compiled from the register of births, and no\ncertificate issued under this subsection may include any particulars except the\nname, surname, sex and date and place of birth and such other particulars, if\nany, as may be prescribed, not being particulars relating to parentage or\nadoption:\n\nSection 58\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 30\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nProvided that the Registrar-General may refuse to issue a certified copy or a\ncertificate under this section in any case where there are reasonable grounds to\nsuspect that such certified copy or certificate will be used for an unlawful\npurpose.\nPeriodical Accounts\n58.\nRegistrar to forward account to Registrar-General\n58. Every Registrar shall make out an account for such periods as shall, from time to time,\nbe appointed by the Registrar-General of the number of births, deaths and still-births\nwhich that Registrar has registered and of the number of other entries made under this\nAct for which a fee payable by the Registrar-General from the public revenues is\nappointed, and forward the said account to the Registrar-General, who, if satisfied\nwith the correctness of such account, shall authorise the Treasury to pay the appointed\nfees to the said Registrar:\nProvided that no fee may be paid for any registration or for any other entry made\nunless such registration or entry has been made in accordance with the instructions of\nthe Registrar-General.\nSeal of Office\n59.\nSeal of office; its use\n59. The Registrar-General has charge of the seal of the Registry for sealing all certified\ncopies of entries given therein; and every certified copy of an entry purporting to be\nsealed or stamped with such seal (which seal it shall not be necessary to prove) is\nadmissible, subject to section 60, as evidence of the birth or death to which the same\nrelates, without any further or other proof of such entry, and no certified copy\npurporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect unless it is\nsealed or stamped as aforesaid.\nEvidence\n60.\nHow far certified copies evidence\n60. (1) An entry of a birth or death in a registration form book may not be given in\nevidence of such birth or death unless it purports to be signed by some person\nprofessing to be the informant, and such person purports to be such a person as\nis required by law at the date of such entry to give to the Registrar information\nconcerning such birth or death, or unless such entry purports to have been made\nupon a certificate from a Coroner or from some other person duly authorised to\ngive the same.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 61\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 31\n\n(2) When, from any such entry as aforesaid, it appears that more than three months\nintervened between the day of the birth and the day of the registration of the\nbirth of any child, such entry is not evidence of such birth unless the same\npurports \u2014\n(a) if it appears that not more than twelve months have so intervened, to be\nsigned by the witnesses by this Act required to witness the entry as well as\nby the Registrar; or\n(b) if more than twelve months have so intervened, to have been made with\nthe authority of the Registrar-General and in accordance with the\nprescribed rules.\n(3) When more than twelve months have intervened between the day of a death or\nthe finding of a dead body and the day of the registration of the death or the\nfinding of such body, the entry made of the death in any registration form book\nunder this Act is not evidence of such death unless such entry purports to have\nbeen made with the authority of the Registrar-General and in accordance with\nthe prescribed rules.\n(4) In the case of a certified copy of an entry in any register under this Act such\nentry may be assumed to be accurately taken from a registration form in manner\nrequired by this Act; but such copy may not be given in evidence as aforesaid\nunless it purports to be a copy of an entry taken from a registration form signed\nor made as above stated.\nExemption from Stamp Duty\n61.\nExemption from stamp duty\n61. Certified copies of registers under this Act are exempt from stamp duty.\nFinancial\n62.\nExpenses of carrying out this Act\n62. All expenses of carrying this Act into execution, not herein otherwise provided for,\nare payable out of the moneys provided for the purpose by the Cayman Islands\nParliament.\nCivil Status Records\n63.\nRegistrar-General to keep Civil Status registers\n63. The Registrar-General has custody of and is responsible for the safe keeping of all\nCivil Status Registers and documents relating thereto.\n\nSection 64\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 32\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n64.\nEntries in registers, how far evidence\n64. Subject to section 60 every copy of an entry in a Civil Status Register regarding births\nand deaths, sealed and stamped with the seal of the Registry is admissible as evidence\nof the facts therein set forth.\nOmission to Register\n65.\nRefusal or omission to register, or losing or injuring register books\n65. Every Registrar who refuses or without reasonable cause omits to register any birth\nor death, or particulars concerning which information has been tendered to that\nRegistrar by an informant and which that Registrar ought to register, and every person\nhaving the custody of any register book of births and deaths who negligently loses or\ninjures or allows the injury of the same, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary\nconviction to a fine of two hundred dollars.\n66.\nOmissions to give information or certificate required by this Act and general\npenalty\n66. (1) Whoever, being required by this Act to give information concerning any birth\nand death, or any living new-born child, or any dead body, wilfully refuses to\nanswer any question put to that person by the Registrar relating to the particulars\nrequired to be registered concerning such birth or death, or fails to comply with\nany requisition of the Registrar made in pursuance of this Act, or refuses or fails\nwithout reasonable excuse to give or send any certificate in accordance with this\nAct, or being the parent of any child fails to give information concerning the\nbirth of such child, as required by this Act, is guilty of an offence and liable on\nsummary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars.\n(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act for which no penalty is\nspecifically provided, by this or any other law, is guilty of an offence and liable\non summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.\nMiscellaneous\n67.\nForms in First Schedule incorporated\n67. The forms in the First Schedule or forms as nearly resembling the same as\ncircumstances admit shall be used in all cases in which they are applicable and when\nso used are valid in law.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSection 68\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 33\n\n68.\nPowers to alter forms, and make and alter rules\n68. (1) The Cabinet may, by order, from time to time, alter all or any of the forms\ncontained in the First Schedule, or in any order under this section, in such\nmanner as may appear best for carrying this Act into effect, or to prescribe new\nforms for that purpose, and from time to time, make rules prescribing any\nmatters authorised by this Act to be prescribed.\n(2) Orders and rules made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.\n(3) Every form, when altered under this section, has the same effect as if it had been\ncontained in a Schedule, and every rule made under this section has, while in\nforce, the same effect as if it were enacted in this Act.\n69.\nFees payable and power to alter delete or add to such fees\n69. (1) The fees prescribed in the Second Schedule are payable in respect of the services\nrendered under the sections therein specified.\n(2) The Cabinet may, by order, from time to time, alter, delete or add to the fees\nprescribed in the Second Schedule.\n69A. Sending of information etc. by electronic means\n69A. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Act, any information,\nparticulars or other record required to be sent to the Registrar-General, a\nRegistrar or other person under this Act may be sent \u2014\n(a)  by electronic means to the e-mail address provided by that person; and\n(b)  in the form of an electronic record.\n(2)  The Electronic Transactions Act (2003 Revision) shall apply in respect of an\nelectronic record sent under subsection (1).\n(3)  In this section \u201csent\u201d includes delivered, furnished, given and provided.\n70.\nValidation\n70. (1) Any re-registration or change in registration before the 7th July, 2006 of the\nbirth of a child to whom section 53 or 54 relates that would have been lawful\nand effective if those sections had been in force at the time when it was done is\nvalidated and declared to have been lawfully done and effective.\n(2) This Act does not alter any order or determination made by a court before the\n7th July, 2006.\n(3) If any legal proceedings have been commenced before the 7th July, 2006 but\nare not finally determined before that time, they shall be dealt with and\ndetermined as if sections 53 and 54 had not been enacted.\n\nSection 71\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 34\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n71.\nSavings and transitional\n71. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Births and Deaths Registration\nAct (2021 Revision), where a child was born in the Islands on or after 11th February,\n2020, and the particulars of the birth of the child have not been registered, the\nRegistrar may register the birth in accordance with this Act.\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nFIRST SCHEDULE\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 35\n\n FIRST SCHEDULE\nFORMS\nForm A\n(sections 2, 11, 31, 43, 44, 67)\nBIRTH REGISTRATION FORM\nBIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF------------------------------------------------------------\nNo.\nPlace\nUsual residence of mother\nof\n\nbirth----------------------------------------\n\nDate of birth -------------- Sex-----------\n ----------------------------------------------\nSurname of child --------------------------\nTown or village---------------------------\nGiven names_____________________\nFirst\n\nOther\nPhysician or registered\nmidwife in attendance\nNo. of children previously born\nto mother\nFather\nMother\nName and\nName and\nsurname\n-----------------------------------------------\nmaiden\nsurname------------------------------------\nAge at time of the birth------ years------\nAge at time of the birth------ years------\nOccupation --------------------------------\nOccupation---------------------------------\nBirthplace ----------------------------------\nBirthplace----------------------------------\nInformant\nName and\nResidence ----------------------------------\nsurname------------------------------------\n\nQualification-------------------------------\nTown or village---------------------------\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate\nSigned in my presence by the said\ninformant\n\n(or)\n\n     Entered by me from the particulars\non a certificate received from\n\n(Witness) ----------------------------------\nSigned---------------------------------------\nDate-----------------------------------------\nRegistrar\nName if added after registration of birth\n\nName----------------------------------------  Date added---------------------------------\nAuthority-----------------------------------\n\nFIRST SCHEDULE\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 36\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nForm B                             DEATH REGISTRATION FORM\nDEATH IN THE DISTRICT OF----------------------------------------------------------\nNo.\nPlace of death\nUsual residence of deceased\n\nTown or village\nParticulars of deceased\nCause of death\nDate of\nI                     (a)---------------------------\ndeath----------------------------------------\n(Immediate cause)         due to\nFull name----------------------------------\n                       (b)--------------------------\nSex-------------Condition-----------------\n                                       due to\nAge----years------months----days-------\n                       (c)\nOccupation or calling---------------------\n-----------------------------------------------\nII\n(Contributory)\n\nBirthplace----------------------------------\nCertified by---------------Qualification\nInformant\nName and\nsurname------------------------------------\nResidence-----------------------------------\nQualification-------------------------------\nTown or village---------------------------\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate\nSigned in my presence by the said\ninformant\n(or)\n\nEntered by me from the particulars on\na certificate received from\n\n(Witness)\nSigned---------------------------------------\nDate-----------------------------------------\nRegistrar\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nFIRST SCHEDULE\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 37\n\nForm C                         STILL-BIRTH REGISTRATION FORM\n\nSTILL-BIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF--------------------------------------------------\nNo.\nPlace of\nUsual residence of mother\nstill-birth-----------------------------------\n\nDate of\nTown or village\nstill-birth-----------------------------------\nSex------------------------------------------\nCertificate or\ndeclaration\nupon which\nregistered\nCause of still-birth\n(a) Foetal cause---------------------------\n(b) Maternal cause------------------------\nDid child die before or during labour?\nFather\nMother\nName and\nsurname-----------------------------------\nName and maiden\nsurname------------------------------\nAge at time of the still-birth------years\nAge at time of the still-birth------years\nOccupation --------------------------------\nOccupation --------------------------------\nBirthplace----------------------------------\nBirthplace----------------------------------\nInformant\nName and\nsurname------------------------------------\nResidence\n\nQualification-------------------------------\nTown or village---------------------------\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate\nSigned in my presence by the said\ninformant\n(or)\n\nEntered by me from the particulars on\na certificate received from\nSigned---------------------------------------\n(Witness)\nRegistrar\nDate-----------------------------------------\n\nFIRST SCHEDULE\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 38\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nForm D                          CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH\n(section 57(2))\n\nBIRTH IN THE DISTRICT OF ---------------------------------------------------No.-------------\nPlace of birth-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nDate of birth --------------------------------------  Sex ----------------------------------------\nName of child------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nI, --------------------------------------------------------------------, Registrar-General, do hereby\ncertify that the above particulars have been compiled from an entry in the general register.\nDate---------------------------------------------\n\nRegistrar-General\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nFIRST SCHEDULE\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 39\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\nForm E\nBURIAL ORDER CERTIFICATE\n(section 1)\nI\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026., Registrar\/ Hospital Administrator\/ Coroner* in the\nCayman Islands, hereby certify that I have received on this day a notice of death\/ still birth*\nfor \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 of\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026\n\n(Full name)\n\n(Place of residence)\nwho died on\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. at\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\u2026          and\n\n(date of death\/ still birth)\n\n(place of death\/ still birth)\nwhose age is stated to be \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 and authorise the burial or other form of disposition\nof the body.\n\nSignature\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Date\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\n* delete where appropriate\nRELEASE OF BODY FOR BURIAL\n(section 2)\nI\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026, being\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\n\n(name)\n\n(relation to the deceased)\ntake delivery of the body for burial or other form of disposition.\n\nSignature\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026Date\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\nAddress\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\n.\nNOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION\n(section 3)\nI,\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026, hereby notify that the body of\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\n\n(name)\n\n(name of deceased)\nwas disposed of by\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026on\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\n\n(type of disposal)\n\n(date)\nat\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\n\nSignature\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Date\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\n\nTitle\/ Designation\/ capacity\/\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\nAddress\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\nAfter disposition of body a copy of this form must be returned by mail or fax to:\nThe Registrar\n\nFax : 345 949-0969\nThe General Registry\n\n  Tel: 345 946-7922\nCayman Islands Government\nGrand Cayman, Cayman Islands\n\nFIRST SCHEDULE\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 40\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSECOND SCHEDULE\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 41\n\nSECOND SCHEDULE\nFEES\n(sections 2 and 69)\nSection\nof Act\nService performed or other occasion for fee\nAmount of\n      fee $\n\nPart I\n\nFEES PAYABLE FROM THE PUBLIC REVENUE TO\nREGISTRARS WHO ARE NOT CIVIL SERVANTS\n\nA-By the Registrar-General\n\n58.\nRegistration of each birth, death and still-birth. For every\nregistration\n2.00\n\n19.\nEntering the name of the father of the child of a single\nwoman\n25.00\n\n20.\nEntering a name mentioned in a certificate of naming if\nsuch certificate be delivered to the Registrar within fortytwo days of the birth\n2.00\n\nB-By other Public Officers or Government\nDepartments\n\n42.\nFurnishing upon requisition to any public officer or\ngovernment department a return of particulars concerning\nany birth or death registered-\n\n      For each separate birth or death in such return\n1.00\n\n      For furnishing a return when no birth or death\n      required by the return has been registered\n1.00\n\nSECOND SCHEDULE\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 42\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nPart II\n\nFEES PAYABLE TO REGISTRARS (OR TO THE\nREGISTRAR-GENERAL) BY PRIVATE PERSONS\n\n16\nand\n27.\nAttending, in pursuance of a written requisition, at the\nresidence of the person making such requisition or at the\nhouse in which a birth or death took place and there\nregistering such birth or death (payable by the person\nmaking the requisition)\n10.00\n\n17.\nRegistering a birth after the expiration of three months\nfrom the date of birth, in the presence of a Justice of the\nPeace or other witness (payable by the informant; unless\nthe Registrar, having knowledge of the birth, failed to\nissue a requisition within three months of the date thereof\nor unless the delay was due to the Registrar\u2019s default)\n1.00\n\n17.\nRegistering a birth after the expiration of twelve months\non the authority of the Registrar-General (payable by the\ninformant or declarant)\n20.00\n\n18.\nTaking, attesting and transmitting a declaration of\nparticulars of a birth required to be registered in another\ndistrict (payable by the informant)\n2.00\n\n20.\nEntering the baptismal or other name on the registration\nform and counterfoil (or on the counterfoil only) of a birth\nalready registered (payable by the informant except in\ncase of a name entered on the authority of a certificate of\nnaming within forty-two days of the date of birth)-\n25.00\n\n21.\nDelivering a certificate of having registered a birth upon\ndemand to the person giving information concerning the\nbirth (payable by the person demanding the certificate)\n\n1.00\n28.\nDelivering a certificate of having registered the death of\na deceased person who was a member of a friendly\nsociety (payable by the person demanding the certificate)\n10.00\n\n29.\nRegistering a death after the expiration of twelve months,\non the authority of the Registrar-General, (payable by the\ninformant or declarant unless the Registrar, having\n10.00\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nSECOND SCHEDULE\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 43\n\nknowledge of the death, failed to issue a requisition or\nunless the delay was due to the Registrar\u2019s default)\n\n51.\nCorrecting an error of fact in the register or registration\nform book, to be paid by the person requiring the error to\nbe corrected to the officer to correct the same\n5.00\n\nPart III\n\nFEES PAYABLE TO THE  REGISTRAR-GENERAL\nONLY\n\n52.\nRe-registration of birth of legitimated person after\nspecified time\n10.00\n\n53.\nRe-registration of birth where parents not married\n25.00\n\n54\nChange in registration after production of results of\nparentage testing procedure\n25.00\n\n57.\nFor a Certificate of Birth (to be paid by the applicant who\nis \u2014\n10.00\n\n(a)    less than sixty five years of age; or\n\n(b)  requesting the Certificate of Birth on behalf of a\nperson who is less than sixty-five years of age).\n\n.\n\n57.\nFor a Certificate of Birth (to be paid by the applicant who\nis \u2014\n5.00\n\n(a)    sixty-five years of age or older; or\n\n(b)   requesting the Certificate of Birth on behalf of a\nperson who is sixty-five years of age or older).\n\nSECOND SCHEDULE\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 44\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this  5th day\nof January, 2021.\nKim Bullings\nClerk of the Cabinet\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 45\n\nENDNOTES\nTable of Legislation history:\nSL #\nLaw #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\n\n56\/2020\nCitation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020\n3-Dec-2020\nLG89\/2020\/s1\n139\/2020\nBirths and Deaths Registration (Amendment of the Second\nSchedule) Order, 2020\n8-Dec-2020\nLG89\/2020\/s2\n\n25\/2020\nBirths and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 2020\n7-Jul-2020\nLG49\/2020\/s1\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Law (2007 Revision)\n9-Jul-2007\nG14\/2007\/s4\n25\/2006\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration (Fees) Order, 2006\n26-Jun-2006\nG13\/2006\/s14\n\n15\/2006\nBirths and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 2006\n7-Jul-2006\nGE14\/2006\/s7\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Law (1996 Revision)\n22-Jan-1996\nG2\/1996\/s3\n\n23\/1991\nFees (Miscellaneous Amendment) Law, 1991\n15-Jan-1992 GE15Jan\/1991\/s1\n\n2\/1988\nBirths and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Law, 1988\n29-Jul-1988\nG19\/1988\/s2\n\n14\/1978\nBirths and Deaths Registration Law, 1978\n22-Jun-1978\nG14\/1978\/s7\n\nENDNOTES\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 46\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nPage 47\n\nENDNOTES\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act (2021 Revision)\n\nPage 48\nRevised as at 31st December, 2020\nc\n\n(Price $8.80)","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:30:51.340442+00","cms_id":"1978-0014","law_type":"principal","year":"1978","number":"14","title":"Births and Deaths Registration Act","status":"in_force"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"5302","expr_id":"394","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"1978-0014_2021 Revision.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1978\/1978-0014\/1978-0014_2021 Revision.akn.xml","content_md5":"55590601e1642ef348c7c2b635f29ecd","byte_size":"90463","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:30:52.545515+00"},{"file_id":"787","expr_id":"394","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1978\/1978-0014\/1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/PRINCIPAL\/1978\/1978-0014\/1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"2bfc39e8c315b2475f126442dd1aabeb","byte_size":"1055058","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:34.016345+00"},{"file_id":"788","expr_id":"394","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/1978\/1978-0014\/1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/1978\/1978-0014\/1978-0014_2021 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"2bfc39e8c315b2475f126442dd1aabeb","byte_size":"1055058","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:34.016345+00"}],"paragraph_count":63,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"394","doc_id":"394","quality_state":"needs_review","quality_score":"84","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise}","llm_categories":"{truncated_text,other}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,manual_review,reextract_full_text,strip_page_furniture}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"medium\": 1}","finding_summary":"Sample shows abrupt truncation of section list and stray pricing note; requires verification of full content and cleanup of extraneous text.","assessed_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:44.895633+00","updated_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:44.895633+00"}}