s.31Registration of still births
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Section 31Part 0 — Registration of Deaths

Registration of still births

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The birth of every still-born child shall be registered by the Registrar in a Register of still-births containing the heads of information prescribed in Form C in the First Schedule.
In the case of every still-birth, unless there has been an inquest, the person who would, if the child had been born alive, have been required by this Act to give information concerning the birth, shall give information to the Registrar of the particulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth; and every person upon giving such information shall either —
deliver to the Registrar a written certificate that the child was not born alive, signed by a registered medical practitioner or certified midwife who was in attendance at the birth or who has examined the body of such child; or
make a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no registered medical practitioner or certified midwife was present at the birth, or has examined the body, or that that person’s certificate cannot be obtained and that the child was not born alive.
Sections 13, 14, 16, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 55, 65 and 66 apply to the registration and entry of a still-birth in like manner as they apply to the registration or entry of the birth of a child born alive and the word ‘birth’ in the said sections includes still-birth unless such construction is inconsistent with the context.

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