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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.