Section 34
Duties of Commissioners.
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886
About this Act
An Act to provide for the voluntary Registration of certain Births and Deaths, for the establishment of General Registry Offices for keeping Registers of certain Births, Deaths and Marriages, and for certain other purposes.
(1) The Commissioners appointed under the last foregoing section
shall enquire into the state, custody and authenticity of every such register or record as may be sent to the
Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages under section 32;
and shall deliver to the Registrar General a descriptive list or descriptive lists of all such registers or records, or portions of registers or records, as they find to be accurate and faithful.
(2) The list or lists shall contain the prescribed particulars and refer to the registers or records, or to the portions of the registers or records, in me prescribed manner.
(3) The Commissioners, shall also certify in writing, upon some part of every separate book or volume containing any such register or record, or portion of a register or record, as is referred to in any list or lists made by the Commissioners, that it is one of the registers or records, or portions of registers or records, referred to in the said list or lists.
and shall deliver to the Registrar General a descriptive list or descriptive lists of all such registers or records, or portions of registers or records, as they find to be accurate and faithful.
(2) The list or lists shall contain the prescribed particulars and refer to the registers or records, or to the portions of the registers or records, in me prescribed manner.
(3) The Commissioners, shall also certify in writing, upon some part of every separate book or volume containing any such register or record, or portion of a register or record, as is referred to in any list or lists made by the Commissioners, that it is one of the registers or records, or portions of registers or records, referred to in the said list or lists.