Cap 175 - BIRTHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS) ORDINANCE 1
Chapter: 175 BIRTHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS)
ORDINANCE
Gazette Number Version Date
Long title 30/06/1997
To authorize the Registrar of Births and Deaths to keep special registers of births for the purpose of registering births
previously registered in specified lost registers.
[18 December 1947]
(Originally 50 of 1947 (Cap 175 1950))
Part: I PRELIMINARY 30/06/1997
Section: 1 Short title 30/06/1997
This Ordinance may be cited as the Births Registration (Special Registers) Ordinance.
Section: 2 Interpretation L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"birth certificate (1872)" (出生證明書 (1872 年)) means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given
pursuant to section 16 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1872 (7 of 1872);
"birth certificate (1896)" (出生證明書 (1896 年)) means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given
pursuant to section 16 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1896 (16 of 1896);
"birth certificate (1934)" (出生證明書 (1934 年)) means a certified and sealed copy of an entry of a birth, given
pursuant to section 24 of the principal Ordinance;
"digital image" (數碼影像), in relation to a document, means an image of the document kept on a computer system
or on an electronic medium; (Added 8 of 2006 s. 20)
"general register office" (登記總處) means the general register office appointed under section 3(1)(c) of the Births
and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174); (Replaced 38 of 1979 s. 2);
"lost register (1872)" (遺失登記冊 (1872 年)) means any register book of births formerly kept in accordance with
the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1872 (7 of 1872) and which, under section 3 of
this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost;
"lost register (1896)" (遺失登記冊 (1896 年)) means any register book of births formerly kept in accordance with
the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1896 (16 of 1896) and which, under section 3 of
this Ordinance, is deemed to have been lost;
"lost register (1934)" (遺失登記冊 (1934 年)) means any register book of births formerly kept in accordance with
the provisions of the principal Ordinance and which, under section 3 of this Ordinance, is deemed to have been
lost;
"No. 1 register (1872)" (第1號登記冊 (1872 年)) means a special register of births kept under the provisions of this
Ordinance for the purpose of registering birth certificates (1872);
"No. 2 register (1872)" (第2號登記冊 (1872 年)) means a special register of births kept under the provisions of this
Ordinance for the purpose of registering evidence other than a birth certificate (1872) of previous registration in
the lost register (1872);
"No. 1 register (1896)" (第1號登記冊 (1896 年)) means a special register of births kept under the provisions of this
Ordinance for the purpose of registering birth certificates (1896);
"No. 2 register (1896)" (第2號登記冊 (1896 年)) means a special register of births kept under the provisions of this
Ordinance for the purpose of registering evidence other than a birth certificate (1896) of previous registration in
the lost register (1896);
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"No. 1 register (1934)" (第1號登記冊 (1934 年)) means a special register of births kept under the provisions of this
Ordinance for the purpose of registering birth certificates (1934);
"No. 2 register (1934)" (第2號登記冊 (1934 年)) means a special register of births kept under the provisions of this
Ordinance for the purpose of registering evidence other than a birth certificate (1934) of previous registration in
the lost register (1934);
"principal Ordinance" (主體條例) means the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174);
"register computer" (登記電腦) means a computer forming the system of storing the particulars under sections 4 and
6A; (Added 8 of 2006 s. 20)
"Registrar" (登記官) means the Registrar of Births and Deaths, and includes any deputy registrar of births and deaths;
(Amended 26 of 1949 s. 2; 8 of 2006 s. 20)
"signed register form" (經簽署登記表格) means a register form completed and signed under section 6A; (Added 8
of 2006 s. 20)
"special register books of births" (特設出生登記簿) means the special register books of births kept by the Registrar
immediately before the commencement of the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Digital Image) Ordinance (8 of
2006); (Added 8 of 2006 s. 20)
"special register of births" (特設出生登記冊) means the No. 1 register (1872), or the No. 2 register (1872), or the
No. 1 register (1896), or the No. 2 register (1896), or the No. 1 register (1934), or the No. 2 register (1934), as
the context requires.
Part: II GENERAL 30/06/1997
Section: 3 Birth registers deemed lost 30/06/1997
All the register books of births specified in Part I, Part II and Part III of the First Schedule are hereby deemed to
have been permanently lost as from the 25th December 1941.
Section: 4 Maintenance of registers and storage of information L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
(1) The Registrar shall maintain the following registers-
(a) No. 1 register (1872) in Form 1 in the Second Schedule;
(b) No. 2 register (1872) in Form 2 in the Second Schedule;
(c) No. 1 register (1896) in Form 1 in the Third Schedule;
(d) No. 2 register (1896) in Form 2 in the Third Schedule;
(e) No. 1 register (1934) in Form 1 in the Fourth Schedule; and
(f) No. 2 register (1934) in Form 2 in the Fourth Schedule.
(2) The registers shall be kept in the form of digital image in the general register office.
(3) On the commencement of the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Digital Image) Ordinance (8 of 2006), the
special register books of births shall form part of the registers maintained by the Registrar under this section and be
recorded in the form of digital image by the Registrar.
(4) The Registrar shall cause the particulars of the entries contained in the special register books of births to be
stored in the manner described in section 6A(3)(b).
(Replaced 8 of 2006 s. 21)
Section: 4A Disposal of special register books of births L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
Where-
(a) the special register books of births or any part of them has been recorded in the form of digital image;
and
(b) the particulars of the entries contained in such register books or such part of them have been stored in
the manner described in section 6A(3)(b),
the Registrar may destroy or otherwise dispose of such register books or such part of them (as the case may be) in
such manner as he thinks fit.
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(Added 8 of 2006 s. 22)
Section: 5 Requirement of registration in No. 1 registers 30/06/1997
(1) Any person in possession of a birth certificate (1872) may require the Registrar to register the birth to which
such certificate relates in the No. 1 register (1872) and such birth shall be registered accordingly without payment of
any fee.
(2) Any person in possession of a birth certificate (1896) may require the Registrar to register the birth to which
such certificate relates in the No. 1 register (1896) and such birth shall be registered accordingly without payment of
any fee.
(3) Any person in possession of a birth certificate (1934) may require the Registrar to register the birth to which
such certificate relates in the No. 1 register (1934) and such birth shall be registered accordingly without payment of
any fee.
(Amended 26 of 1949 s. 3)
Section: 6 Requirement of registration in No. 2 registers 30/06/1997
(1) Any person who is unable to produce a birth certificate (1872) but who by means of other evidence satisfies
the Registrar that his birth was registered in the lost register (1872) may require the Registrar to register his birth in the
No. 2 register (1872) and such birth shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.
(2) Any person who is unable to produce a birth certificate (1896) but who by means of other evidence satisfies
the Registrar that his birth was registered in the lost register (1896) may require the Registrar to register his birth in the
No. 2 register (1896) and such birth shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.
(3) Any person who is unable to produce a birth certificate (1934) but who by means of other evidence satisfies
the Registrar that his birth was registered in the lost register (1934) may require the Registrar to register his birth in the
No. 2 register (1934) and such birth shall be registered accordingly without payment of any fee.
(4) No birth shall be registered in the No. 2 register (1872), the No. 2 register (1896) or the No. 2 register
(1934) except with the consent of the Registrar and the fact of such consent having been given shall be entered in any
such register.
(Amended 26 of 1949 s. 3)
Section: 6A Register forms L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
(1) The Registrar shall, before registering a birth under section 5 or 6, arrange for a register form to be-
(a) completed; and
(b) signed by the person who requires such registration.
(2) The register form shall-
(a) (in the case of a registration under section 5(1)) contain such particulars as set out in Form 1 in the
Second Schedule;
(b) (in the case of a registration under section 5(2)) contain such particulars as set out in Form 1 in the
Third Schedule;
(c) (in the case of a registration under section 5(3)) contain such particulars as set out in Form 1 in the
Fourth Schedule;
(d) (in the case of a registration under section 6(1)) contain such particulars as set out in Form 2 in the
Second Schedule;
(e) (in the case of a registration under section 6(2)) contain such particulars as set out in Form 2 in the
Third Schedule;
(f) (in the case of a registration under section 6(3)) contain such particulars as set out in Form 2 in the
Fourth Schedule.
(3) The Registrar shall, on registration of a birth under section 5 or 6, cause-
(a) the signed register form that relates to the birth to be recorded in the form of digital image; and
(b) the particulars contained in the form to be stored in the database of a register computer in the form of
data which are capable of being retrieved and reproduced in a legible form.
(4) The image recorded in accordance with subsection (3)(a) shall form part of the relevant register in which
the birth shall be registered.
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(Added 8 of 2006 s. 23)
Section: 7 Indexes and searches L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
(1) The Registrar shall cause indexes of the special register of births to be made, and any person shall be
entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to require the Registrar to cause a search to be made of such indexes and
register and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register certified under the hand of the Registrar and sealed or
stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office. (Amended 26 of 1949 s. 3; 8 of 2006 s. 24)
(2) If the particulars of an entry have been stored in the manner described in section 6A(3)(b), the Registrar
may cause to be produced a copy of such entry by using such particulars, and the copy so produced, if certified and
sealed (or stamped) in accordance with subsection (1), shall be deemed to be a certified copy of such entry in the
special register of births. (Added 8 of 2006 s. 24)
Section: 8 Official seal and evidential value of registers 30/06/1997
(1) The Registrar shall cause to be sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the general register office all
certified copies of entries given in the said office.
(2) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1872) and in the No. 1 register (1896)
shall be received as evidence of the birth to which the same relates without other or further proof of such entry.
(3) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 1 register (1934) shall be of equivalent
evidential value to that accorded to a birth certificate (1934) by section 24 of the principal Ordinance.
(4) Every entry and every certified copy of an entry in the No. 2 register (1872), the No. 2 register (1896) or the
No. 2 register (1934) shall be received as proof that evidence (other than a certified and sealed copy of an entry of
birth) to the satisfaction of the Registrar has been produced that the birth to which such entry or certified copy thereof
relates was registered in the appropriate lost register. (Replaced 17 of 1953 s. 2)
(Amended 26 of 1949 s. 3)
Section: 9 Fees 30/06/1997
There shall be paid in respect of any matter for which a fee is prescribed under this Ordinance, the fees specified
respectively in Part I of the Fifth Schedule.
Section: 10 Offences and penalties L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
Offences and penalties
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 25)
(1) Any person who having custody of or access to the special register of births or certified copies thereof, or of
any part thereof, carelessly loses or injures the same or carelessly allows the same to be injured whilst in his keeping
or possession commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (Amended L.N. 25 of
1996; 8 of 2006 s. 25)
(2) Any person who having the custody of or access to the database referred to in section 6A(3)(b)-
(a) alters any data in the database or allows such data to be altered, other than for the purpose of carrying
out duties under this Ordinance;
(b) carelessly loses or damages any data in the database or allows such data to be lost or damaged; or
(c) otherwise tampers with the database so that the data contained in it or any part of such data becomes
incapable of being retrieved or reproduced in a legible form,
commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1 or to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Added 8 of 2006 s. 25)
Section: 11 (Repealed 48 of 1972 s. 4) 30/06/1997
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Section: 12 Correction of errors L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
Correction of errors
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 26)
(1) With regard to the correction of errors in the special register of births, the following provisions shall have
effect- (Amended 8 of 2006 s. 26)
(a) no alteration in any such register shall be made except as authorized by this Ordinance;
(b) any clerical error which may be discovered in any such register shall, as soon as possible, be corrected
by the Registrar, who shall place his initials in the margin opposite the entry in which such error has
been discovered;
(c) an error of fact or substance in any such register may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any
alteration of the original entry) by the Registrar on payment of the prescribed fee and on production to
him by the person requiring such error to be corrected of a declaration in the prescribed form setting
forth the nature of the error and the true facts of the case, and made by 2 credible persons to the
satisfaction of the Registrar having knowledge of the truth of the case, and the Registrar shall initial
such marginal entry and shall add thereto the day and month and year when such correction is made.
(see Fifth Schedule, Part II, Form 1) (Amended 26 of 1949 s. 3)
(2) In relation to an entry the particulars of which have been stored in the database referred to in section
6A(3)(b)-
(a) where the Registrar is aware of a clerical error in such particulars, he shall correct the error as soon as
possible; and
(b) where an error that is corrected under subsection (1)(c) relates to the entry, the Registrar shall amend
such particulars accordingly. (Added 8 of 2006 s. 26)
Section: 13 Forms and regulations 71 of 1999 01/07/1997
Remarks:
Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 71 of 1999 s. 3
(1) The forms prescribed in the Schedules shall be used in the cases to which they refer.
(2) The Chief Executive may by order published in the Gazette provide for- (Amended 71 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) the amendment of the Schedules; and
(b) the due carrying out of the Ordinance.
(Replaced 41 of 1967 s. 2)
Schedule: 1 LOST REGISTERS OF BIRTHS 30/06/1997
[section 3]
PART I
Registers of births formerly kept pursuant to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1872.
Serial
No.
Particulars of lost registers
of births
Office where birth
registered
1. Register for the period 19th August 1874 to 31st December 1874,
both days inclusive.
General Register Office.
2. Register for the period 1st January 1875 to 13th September 1896,
both days inclusive.
-do-
3. Register for the period 1st January 1873 to 13th September 1896,
both days inclusive.
Aberdeen District Office.
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4. Register for the period 1st January 1888 to 13th September 1896,
both days inclusive.
Yau Ma Tei District Office.
PART II
Registers of births formerly kept pursuant to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 1896.
Serial
No.
Particulars of lost registers
of births
Office where birth
registered
1. Register for the period 14th September 1896 to 31st December
1900, both days inclusive.
General Register Office.
2. Register for the years 1903 to 1911 -do-
3. Register for the period 1st January 1912 to 27th October 1912, both
days inclusive.
-do-
4. Register for the period 14th September 1896 to 31st December
1912, both days inclusive.
Aberdeen District Office.
5. Register for the period 14th September 1896 to 31st December
1912, both days inclusive.
Yau Ma Tei District Office.
6. Register for the years 1908 to 1912. Kowloon City District
Office.
PART III
Registers of births formerly kept pursuant to the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174).
Serial
No.
Particulars of lost registers
of births
Office where birth
registered
1. Register for the years 1936 and 1937. General Register Office
2. Register for the period 5th November 1941 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
-do-
3. Register for the period 18th April 1936 to 31st December 1936, both
days inclusive.
Eastern District Office.
4. Register for the year 1937. -do-
5. Register for the period 11th March 1937 to 31st December 1937,
both days inclusive.
Western District Office.
6. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
-do-
7. Register for the years 1936 and 1937. Central District Office.
8. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
-do-
9. Register for the period 8th June 1937 to 31st December 1937, both
days inclusive.
Shau Kei Wan District
Office.
10. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Stanley District Office.
11 Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Aberdeen District Office.
12. Register for the years 1936 and 1937. Yau Ma Tei District Office.
13. Register for the period 11th December 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
-do-
14. Register for the period 3rd December 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Sham Shui Po District
Office.
15. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Hung Hom District Office.
16. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941, Kowloon City District
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both days inclusive. Office.
17. Register for the years 1936 and 1937. Au Tau District Office.
18. Register for the period 8th April 1941 to 24th December 1941, both
days inclusive.
-do-
19. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Cheung Chau District Office.
20. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Lok Ma Chau District Office.
21. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Ping Shan District Office.
22. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Sai Kung District Office.
23. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Sha Tau Kok District Office.
24. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Sha Tin District Office.
25. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Sheung Shui District Office.
26. Register for the year 1937. Tai Po District Office.
27. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
-do-
28. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
Tsuen Wan District Office.
29. Register for the year 1937. Tai O District Office.
30. Register for the period 1st January 1940 to 24th December 1941,
both days inclusive.
-do-
(Replaced G.N.A. 214 of 1949)
Schedule: 2 L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
[sections 4 & 6A]
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 27)
FORM 1 [No. 1 Register (1872)]
REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS
出生登記冊
, 1872, Births in the district of , Hong Kong.
1872 年 月 日，香港 區出生登記。
Registration No.
登記編號
When born
出生日期
Name，if any
名字(如有的話)
Sex
性別
Surname and name of father
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父親姓名
Maiden surname and name
of mother
母親婚前姓氏及名字
Rank or profession of father
父親職位或職業
Signature，description and
residence of informant
申報人簽署、身分及住址
When registered
登記日期
Signature of Registrar
登記官簽署
Baptismal name if added
after registration of birth
出生登記後加上的教名
FORM 2 [No. 2 Register (1872)]
REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS
出生登記冊
, 1872, Births in the district of , Hong Kong.
1872 年 月 日，香港 區出生登記。
Registration No.
登記編號
When born
出生日期
Name，if any
名字(如有的話)
Sex
性別
Surname and name of father
父親姓名
Maiden surname and name
of mother
母親婚前姓氏及名字
Rank or profession of father
父親職位或職業
Signature，description and
residence of informant
申報人簽署、身分及住址
When registered
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登記日期
Consent and signature
of Registrar
登記官同意及簽署
Consent given 同意
A.B.
Registrar. 登記官
Baptismal name if added
after registration of birth
出生登記後加上的教名
(Second Schedule replaced L.N. 499 of 1995)
Schedule: 3 L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
[sections 4 & 6A]
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 28)
FORM 1 [No. 1 Register (1896)]
REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS
出生登記冊
, , Births in the district of , Hong Kong.
年 月 日，香港 區出生登記。
Registration No.
登記編號
When and where born
出生日期及地點
Name，if any
名字(如有的話)
Sex
性別
Surname and name of father
父親姓名
Maiden surname and name
of mother
母親婚前姓氏及名字
Rank or profession of father
父親職位或職業
Signature，description and
residence of informant
申報人簽署、身分及住址
When registered
登記日期
Signature of Registrar
登記官簽署
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Name if added
after registration of birth
出生登記後加上的名字
( Amended 8 of 2006 s. 28)
FORM 2 [No. 2 Register (1896)]
REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS
出生登記冊
, , Births in the district of , Hong Kong.
年 月 日，香港 區出生登記。
Registration No.
登記編號
When and where born
出生日期及地點
Name，if any
名字(如有的話)
Sex
性別
Surname and name of father
父親姓名
Maiden surname and name
of mother
母親婚前姓氏及名字
Rank or profession of father
父親職位或職業
Signature，description and
residence of informant
申報人簽署、身分及住址
When registered
登記日期
Consent and signature
of Registrar
登記官同意及簽署
Consent given 同意
A.B.
Registrar. 登記官
Name if added
after registration of birth
出生登記後加上的名字
( Amended 8 of 2006 s. 28)
(Third Schedule replaced L.N. 499 of 1995)
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Schedule: 4 L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
[sections 4 & 6A]
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 29)
FORM 1 [No. 1 Register (1934)]
REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS
出生登記冊
, , Births in the district of , Hong Kong.
年 月 日，香港 區出生登記。
Registration No.
登記編號
When and where born
出生日期及地點
Name，if any
名字(如有的話)
Sex
性別
Surname and name of father
父親姓名
Maiden surname and name
of mother
母親婚前姓氏及名字
Rank or profession of father
父親職位或職業
Signature，description and
residence of informant
申報人簽署、身分及住址
When registered
登記日期
Signature of Registrar
登記官簽署
Name if added
after registration of birth
出生登記後加上的名字
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 29)
FORM 2 [No. 2 Register (1934)]
REGISTER BOOK OF BIRTHS
出生登記冊
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, , Births in the district of , Hong Kong.
年 月 日，香港 區出生登記。
Registration No.
登記編號
When and where born
出生日期及地點
Name，if any
名字(如有的話)
Sex
性別
Surname and name of father
父親姓名
Maiden surname and name
of mother
母親婚前姓氏及名字
Rank or profession of father
父親職位或職業
Signature，description and
residence of informant
申報人簽署、身分及住址
When registered
登記日期
Consent and signature
of Registrar
登記官同意及簽署
Consent given 同意
A.B.
Registrar. 登記官
Name if added
after registration of birth
出生登記後加上的名字
(Amended 8 of 2006 s. 29)
(Fourth Schedule replaced L.N. 499 of 1995)
Schedule: 5 L.N. 91 of 2007 27/08/2007
[section 9]
PART I
FEES
The following fees shall be paid in connection with searches, corrections of errors and certified copies of entries
in the registers- (Amended 8 of 2006 s. 30)
Item Particular Fee
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$
1. A search either in indexes or in the registers for any given entry over a
period not exceeding 5 years, i.e. a particular
search ....................................................................
140
2. A search either in indexes or in the registers for information other than that
concerning any given entry, i.e. a general
search .....................................................................
680
3. A correction of an error in any register ................................. 425
4. A certified copy of an entry in any of the registers ................
but
140
if posted to an addressee outside Hong Kong .........................
and
275
if required to be sent by airmail ............................................. an additional amount equal to
the airmail postage at the
normal rate.
(Replaced L.N. 77 of 1991. Amended L.N. 207 of 1993; L.N. 340 of 1994; L.N. 205 of 1995; L.N. 231 of 1996;
L.N. 435 of 1997; 8 of 2006 s. 30)
PART II [section 12]
FORM 1
DECLARATION FOR CORRECTION OF ERROR IN
SPECIAL REGISTER OF BIRTHS
We, A.B. of ................................................................................................... and C.D.
of ..................................................................................................................... solemnly and sincerely declare that when
the birth of E.F. was registered on the .................................... day of ..........................................., the following errors
of fact or substance occurred in the register, viz., (here set forth the error or errors).
And we further solemnly and sincerely declare that the true facts of the case are as follows-(here set forth the
true facts).
And we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Oaths
and Declarations Ordinance (Cap 11).
(Signed) A.B.
C.D.
Declared at ..................................................................................................... in Hong Kong this ........................ day
of .................................
Before me,
(Signed)
Registrar.
Cap 175 - BIRTHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS) ORDINANCE 14
(Replaced L.N. 215 of 1974. Amended L.N. 498 of 1994; 8 of 2006 s. 30)
