Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

Year: 1886

Enactment Date: 1886-03-08

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section 3: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,--"sign" includes mark, when the person making the mark is unable to write his name;
     "prescribed" means prescribed by a rule made 1 *** under this Act; and
     "Registrar of Births and Deaths" means a Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under this Act.
Notes:
1. The words "by the G.G. in C." rep. by the A.O. 1937.
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