5.       Application of Part III

            The provisions of this Part shall apply throughout Botswana.

6.       Duty to notify birth of child

            (1) A prescribed notice of every child born alive or of any still-born child shall be made, within 60 days of such birth or still-birth, to either a District Registrar or a Registration Officer by the-

     (a)     father or mother of the child or by the occupier of the dwelling in which the child is born, in the case of a birth or still-birth that occurs outside a health institution; or

     (b)     medical practitioner or midwife in charge in the case of a birth or still-birth that occurs in a health institution.

            (2) In the case of a child born out of wedlock, no person shall be required to give information under this Act as the child's father.

7.       Duty to notify deaths

            It shall be the duty of every adult relative of a deceased person who was present at his death or in attendance during his last illness or at his dwelling with him, and, in default of such relative, of every adult person present at the death of such deceased person, and, if there was no such adult person present, then of the occupier of the dwelling in which the death occurred, or, in the case of the death or absence or other inability of such occupier, of every adult inmate of the dwelling, or of any person who has caused the body to be buried, to give to the District Registrar or a Registration Officer notice in the prescribed manner of the death within 30 days thereafter.

8.       General duties of District Registrars

             It shall be the duty of every District Registrar or Registration Officer to inform himself as far as possible of every birth, still-birth or death which occurs within his district, and, after the expiry of the time allowed under this Act for giving any notice or information of any such birth, still-birth or death, if the notice or information has not been given, the District Registrar or Registration Officer may by notice in writing under his hand require any person whose duty it is under this Act to give any such information to attend within such time as is specified in the notice at the office of the District Registrar or Registration Officer or at any other place mentioned in the notice, there to give to the District Registrar or Registration Officer, or to any other person named in the notice, such information as may be necessary concerning the birth, still-birth or death, as the case may be.