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Births And Deaths Registration - Supplementary (Ss 24-25)

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24.     Penalties

 

            (1) Any person who without lawful excuse fails to-

     (a)     notify the birth of a child in accordance with section 6, unless some other person has duly so notified the birth;

     (b)     notify a death in accordance with section 7, unless some other person has duly so notified the death;

     (c)     comply with a notice given under section 8 or to give information in accordance with that section;

     (d)     give or transmit any notice, information, memorandum, return or certificate required by this Act to be given or transmitted,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both.

            (2) Without prejudice to any other law, any person who gives to the High Court, the Registrar, a District Registrar or a Registration Officer information in connection with this Act which he does not believe to be true shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.

 

25.     Regulations

 

            The Minister may make regulations-

     (a)     prescribing anything which, in terms of this Act, is or may be prescribed;

     (b)     as to the management of the Registrar's, District Registrar's and of the Registration Officer's office;

     (c)     prescribing duties and powers of the Registrar, District Registrars and Registration Officers;

     (d)     prescribing the fees payable under this Act;

     (e)     prescribing the forms of all registers, returns and other documents required for purposes of this Act;

     (f)      providing for the inspection of registers, returns and indices and for the issue of certified copies.