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CHAPTER 188

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION

BIRTHS AND DEATHS (DIVISION OF THE BAHAMAS) ORDER

(SECTION 4) [Commencement 12th June, 1965]

1. This Order may be cited as the Births and Deaths (Division of The Bahamas) Order.

2. For the purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, the Bahamas is hereby divided into the Districts specified in the Schedule hereto, the names of which are set out in the second column thereof and each such District shall be subdivided in the manner specified in the third column thereof.

SCHEDULE Island Principal

District Name and Limits of

Subdivisions Abaco Green Turtle Cay 1. Green Turtle Cay 2. Cooper’s Town 3. Cedar Harbour & Wood

Cay 4. Mount Hope & Fox Town

& Crown Haven 5. Grand Cay Marsh Harbour 1. Marsh Harbour 2. Hope Town 3. Dundas & Murphy Towns 4. Spring City & Abaco

Farms & Snake Cay 5. Campbell Town

S.I. 116/1965

Citation.

Division into Districts.

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Island Principal District

Name and Limits of Subdivisions

6. Lake City 7. Cherokee Sound 8. Crossing Rocks 9. Man-O-War Cay 10. Great Guana Cay Sandy Point 1. Sandy Point 2. Moore’s Island Acklins Colonel Hill

(Crooked Island) 1. Spring Point to South Point

including Delectable Bay, Pompey and Morant (Myron) Bay

2. Snug Corner to North West Point including Mason Bay, Hard Hill, Pinefield, Andersons, Chester, Lovely Bay

Andros Mangrove Cay 1. Mangrove Cay (from Moxey Town to Lisbon Creek)

2. Driggs Hill 3. Long Bay Cays 4. Kemp’s Bay 5. Deep Creek 6. Mars Bay Fresh Creek 1. Behring Point and Cargill

Creek 2. Bowen Sound 3. Blanket Sound and Stafford

Creek 4. Staniard Creek 5. Fresh Creek including

Coakley Town, Small Hope Bay, Love Hill and Andros Town

Nicoll’s Town 1. Mastic Point 2. Lumber Camp and

Stafford Creek 3. Nicoll’s Town 4. Lowe Sound

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Island Principal District

Name and Limits of Subdivisions

5. Red Bays Berry Islands

Berry Islands 1. Berry Islands including Bullock’s Harbour, Lignum Vitae and Stirrup’s Cays, and Crown Colony and adjacent Cays

Bimini Alice Town 1. Alice Town including Bailey Town, Great Isaac, South Bimini. Cat Cays and other Cays

Cat Island Arthur’s Town 1. Arthur’s Town from Bains Town to Strachan Hill

2. From Thurston Hill to Stevenson

The Bight 1. From the Cove to New Bight

2. From Old Bight to McQueen’s

Crooked Island

Colonel Hill 1. From Brown’s to Major Cay

2. From Church Grove to Landrail Point

Eleuthera Rock Sound 1. Rock Sound 2. Tarpum Bay 3. Green Castle 4. Wemyss Bight including

Davis Harbour and Waterford

5. Bannerman Town including Bannerman Town, Millars and John Millars

6. Deep Creek including Deep Creek Freetown and Delancy Town

1. Governor’s Harbour

Governor’s Harbour 2. Savannah Sound

3. Palmetto Point 4. James’ Cistern

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Island Principal District

Name and Limits of Subdivisions

5. Hatchet Bay including Hatchet Bay and Alice Town

6. Gregory Town Exuma & Cays

Georgetown 1. Williams Town including all Settlements between Hog Cay and the Ferry

2. Rolle Town and Hartswell 3. Georgetown including all

the Settlements from Colebrooke to Paddy Well

4. The Settlements of the Hermitage and Moss Town

5. The Settlements of Ramsey, Mount Thompson and the Forest

6. The Settlements of Farmer’s Hill, Roker’s Point and Steventon

7. Richmond Hill 8. The Settlements of Curtis

Alexander and Stuart Manor

9. Rolleville 10. Barraterre, Arnett’s Track 11. Farmer’s Cay 12. Black Point 13. Staniel Cay and all the

Cays northward to Ship Channel Cays

West End 1. West End Grand Bahama 2. Holmes Rock and

Deadman’s Reef 3. Sea Grape including the

area between Martin Hill on the east and Holmes Rock on the west

4. Eight Mile Rock from Martin Hill on the west to Hawksbill Creek on the east

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Island Principal District

Name and Limits of Subdivisions

Freeport 1. The area from Pinder’s Point to Hunters including the Settlement of Lewis Yard

2. The area from Russel Town to the U.S. Missile Air Force Base including Russel Town, Bevans Town, Smith’s Point and Freetown

3. Freeport Harbour Island and Spanish Wells

Dunmore Town 1. Harbour Island

2. The Bluff 3. Current Settlement

including Current Island 4. Bogue (Upper and Lower) 5. St. George’s Cay including

Spanish Wells and adjacent Islands

Inagua Matthew Town 1. Matthew Town Long Cay Colonel Hill

(Crooked Island) 1. Albert Town

Long Island Clarence Town 1. From Cape Santa Maria to Millerton

2. From Millerton to Pinders Hill

3. From Pinders Hill to Buckleys Hill

4. From Buckleys Hill to Hamilton

5. From Hamilton to Clarence Town

6. From Clarence Town to southern tip of the Island

Mayaguana Abraham’s Bay 1. Abraham’s Bay 2. Pirate’s Well and Betsy Bay New Providence

The Registry, Nassau

1. City and South Central Districts

2. Southern District 3. East Central District

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Island Principal District

Name and Limits of Subdivisions

4. Eastern District 5. Western District Ragged Island

Duncan Town 1. Duncan Town

Rum Cay Cockburn Town (San Salvador)

1. Rum Cay

San Salvador

Cockburn Town (San Salvador)

1. Cockburn Town from North Victoria Hill to Sugar Loaf

2. United Estates including Settlements of Reckley Hill, Polly Hill, Fortune Hill, South Victoria Hill, Old Place, Breezy Hill and Allen’s

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION RULES

(SECTION 40) [Commencement 30th June, 1966]

1. These Rules may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Rules.

2. The Forms A and B set out in the First Schedule to these Rules shall be used respectively for the registration of births and deaths.

3. The Forms C and D set out in the First Schedule to these Rules shall be used respectively for giving notice requiring information relating to a birth, in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of the Act, or a death, in accordance with section 28 of the Act.

4. The Form E set out in the First Schedule to these Rules shall be used by a medical practitioner for the purpose of certifying the cause of death, in accordance with section 23(1)(b) of the Act.

5. The seal to be used by Registrars for the purposes of sealing any document required to be sealed under any

S.I. 49/1966 S.I. 29/1971 S.I. 5/1987 S.I. 66/1989 S.I. 72/1989 S.I. 17/1990

Title.

First Schedule.

Forms for registration of births and deaths.

First Schedule.

Forms of notices for the purpose of sections 16 and 20 of Ch. 188.

S.I. 5/1981, r. 3.

Form of notice for the purpose of section 24.

Seals to be used by Registrars.