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                                              REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS 
                                              ACT, 1965 (ACT 301)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended </span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRY</span></p>
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                                              1.&nbsp; The central and local offices.</span></p>
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                                              2.&nbsp; Registers of births and 
                                              deaths.</span></p>
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                                              3.&nbsp; The Registrar of Births and 
                                              Deaths.</span></p>
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                                              4.&nbsp; Registration Regions and 
                                              Districts.</span></p>
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                                              5.&nbsp; Power to take affidavits.</span></p>
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                                              6.&nbsp; Disclosure of information.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS</span></p>
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                                              7.&nbsp; Live-birth.</span></p>
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                                              8.&nbsp; Registration of births.</span></p>
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                                              9.&nbsp; Case of doubtful paternity.</span></p>
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                                              10.&nbsp; Registration of name 
                                              subsequent to registration of 
                                              birth.</span></p>
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                                              11.&nbsp; Birth certificate.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;REGISTRATION OF FOETAL 
                                              DEATHS</span></p>
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                                              12.&nbsp; Foetal death.</span></p>
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                                              13.&nbsp; Registration of foetal death.</span></p>
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                                              14.&nbsp; Persons responsible for 
                                              registering foetal death.</span></p>
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                                              15.&nbsp; Burial permit for foetal 
                                              death.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV&#8212;REGISTRATION OF DEATHS</span></p>
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                                              16.&nbsp; Registration of deaths.</span></p>
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                                              17.&nbsp; Persons to furnish 
                                              information as to death.</span></p>
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                                              18.&nbsp; Certificate of medical 
                                              practitioner.</span></p>
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                                              19.&nbsp; Duty of coroner after holding 
                                              inquiry.</span></p>
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                                              20.&nbsp; Death certificate.</span></p>
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                                              21.&nbsp; Provisions as to burial or 
                                              other disposition.</span></p>
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                                              22.&nbsp; No burial without burial 
                                              permit.</span></p>
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                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Occurring on the High Seas and Air 
                                              Space above the High Seas</span></p>
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                                              23.&nbsp; Births and deaths on high 
                                              seas and air space.</span></p>
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                                              PART V&#8212;AUTHORISED BURIAL GROUNDS</span></p>
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                                              25. Local authorities to provide 
                                              burial grounds.</span></p>
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                                              26. Private burial grounds.</span></p>
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                                              27. Exhumation.</span></p>
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                                              28. Saving.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              Fraudulent Registrations and 
                                              Certificates</span></p>
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                                              29.&nbsp; Cancellation of registration 
                                              and birth certificates.</span></p>
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                                              Alterations in Registers</span></p>
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                                              30. Alterations in registers.</span></p>
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                                              Searches</span></p>
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                                              31. Searches of records.</span></p>
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                                              Issue of Certificates and Copies</span></p>
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                                              32. Certified Copy of entry in 
                                              Register&nbsp; of Birth. </span></p>
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                                              33. Certified Copy of entry in 
                                              Register of Deaths.</span></p>
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                                              34. Certificates as evidence.</span></p>
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                                              35. Appeal from refusal of 
                                              Registrar to search or issue 
                                              certificate.</span></p>
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                                              Penalties</span></p>
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                                              36. Failure to carry out duties.</span></p>
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                                              37. Interference with public 
                                              notice.</span></p>
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                                              38. Penalty for improper 
                                              disclosure of information.</span></p>
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                                              39. General penalty.</span></p>
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                                              40. Power to make regulations.</span></p>
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                                              41. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              42. Repeal and saving.</span></p>
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                                              43. Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              44. Application of Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE THREE HUNDRED AND FIRST</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND 
                                              DEATHS ACT, 1965</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to provide for the 
                                              registration of births, foetal 
                                              deaths and deaths and to make 
                                              provision for burial grounds.</span></p>
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                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 29th September, 
                                              1965.</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows: &#8212;</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRY</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;The Central and Local 
                                              Offices.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1)&nbsp; There shall be a central 
                                              office in Accra (in this Act 
                                              referred to as &quot;the central 
                                              office&quot;) and a local office in 
                                              such registration district as may 
                                              be prescribed.</span></p>
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                                              (2)&nbsp;&nbsp; The central office shall be 
                                              the office for registration of all 
                                              births and deaths in the State.</span></p>
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                                              (3)&nbsp;&nbsp; The functions of the local 
                                              offices shall be such as may be 
                                              prescribed. </span></p>
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                                              (4)&nbsp; The central office and the 
                                              local offices shall collectively 
                                              be known as the Births and Deaths 
                                              Registry.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Registers of Births and 
                                              Deaths.</span></b></p>
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                                              There shall be maintained in the 
                                              central office registers of all 
                                              births, foetal deaths and deaths 
                                              occurring in the State.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;The Registrar of Births 
                                              and Deaths.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1)&nbsp; The Central Office shall be 
                                              under the management and control 
                                              of an officer who shall be called 
                                              the Registrar of Births and 
                                              Deaths.</span></p>
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                                              (2)&nbsp; The Registrar of Births and 
                                              Deaths shall be appointed by the 
                                              Government.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Registration Regions and 
                                              Districts.</span></b></p>
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                                              Regulations may provide for the 
                                              division of the country into 
                                              registration regions and 
                                              registration districts, and for 
                                              the appointment of District 
                                              Registrars and Assistant District&nbsp; 
                                              Registrars.[As substituted by the 
                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 
                                              (NLCD 285), s.1] </span></p>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Power to Take 
                                              Affidavits.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Registrar may take the 
                                              affidavit or statutory declaration 
                                              of any person for the purposes of 
                                              this Act upon payment of the 
                                              prescribed fee which shall be paid 
                                              into the Consolidated Fund.[As 
                                              substituted by the Registration of 
                                              Births and Deaths Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 
                                              285), s.2] </span></p>
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                                              Section 6&#8212;Disclosure of 
                                              Information.</span></b></p>
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                                              No person shall communicate or 
                                              allow to be communicated to any 
                                              other person any information 
                                              obtained under this Act, or allow 
                                              any person to inspect or have 
                                              access to any records containing 
                                              information obtained under this 
                                              Act except as authorised by or 
                                              under this Act.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Live-Birth.</span></b></p>
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                                              For the purposes of this Act, 
                                              birth means live-birth which is 
                                              the complete expulsion or 
                                              extraction from its mother of a 
                                              product of conception, 
                                              irrespective of the duration of 
                                              pregnancy, which after such 
                                              separation, breathes or shows any 
                                              evidence of life, such as beating 
                                              of the heart, pulsation of the 
                                              umbilical cord, or definite 
                                              movement of voluntary muscles 
                                              whether or not the umbilical cord 
                                              has been cut or the placenta is 
                                              detached; each product of such 
                                              birth is considered live-born.</span></p>
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                                              Section 8&#8212;Registration of Births.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The birth of every child in 
                                              any district to which this Act 
                                              applies shall be registered by the 
                                              Registrar in the district in which 
                                              the child was born.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where a living new-born child 
                                              is found deserted and no 
                                              information as to the place of 
                                              birth is available, the birth 
                                              shall be registered by the 
                                              Registrar for the district in 
                                              which the child is found.</span></p>
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                                              (3) It shall, subject to 
                                              subsection (2) of section 36 of 
                                              this Act, be the duty of each of 
                                              the following persons&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) the father and the mother of 
                                              the child;</span></p>
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                                              (b) in the case of the death or 
                                              incapacity of the father and 
                                              mother&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              the occupier of the premises in 
                                              which the child is born, if he has 
                                              knowledge of the birth;</span></p>
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                                              (ii) a person present at the 
                                              birth,</span></p>
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                                              (iii) a person having charge of 
                                              the child, to furnish the 
                                              prescribed particulars for 
                                              registration.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The birth shall be registered 
                                              within twenty-one days of the date 
                                              of birth and registration outside 
                                              of this period shall only be made 
                                              on payment of the prescribed fee.</span></p>
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                                              (5) When a birth has not been 
                                              registered within the twenty-one 
                                              day period referred to in 
                                              subsection (4) of this section, 
                                              the Registrar may by notice in 
                                              writing summon any of the persons 
                                              referred to in subsection (3) of 
                                              this section to attend personally 
                                              at the Births and Deaths Registry 
                                              to furnish the prescribed 
                                              particulars for registration 
                                              within a prescribed time.</span></p>
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                                              (6) No birth shall be registered 
                                              after the expiration of twelve 
                                              months from the date of birth 
                                              except with the written authority 
                                              of the Registrar of Births and 
                                              Deaths and upon payment of the 
                                              prescribed fee, and a note of such 
                                              authority having been given, shall 
                                              be entered in the register.[As 
                                              substituted by the Registration of 
                                              Births and Deaths Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 
                                              285), s.3] </span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Case of Doubtful 
                                              Paternity.</span></b></p>
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                                              Where the paternity of any child 
                                              is in doubt&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) no person shall as the 
                                              putative father of the child be 
                                              required to give information 
                                              concerning the birth of the child; 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (b) the Registrar shall not enter 
                                              the name of any person as father 
                                              of the child except at the joint 
                                              request of the mother and the 
                                              person acknowledging himself to be 
                                              the father of the child and that 
                                              person shall either sign the 
                                              register together with the mother 
                                              or make a declaration in the 
                                              prescribed form acknowledging 
                                              himself to be the father of the 
                                              child.</span></p>
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                                              Provided that if the mother is 
                                              dead the entry in the register may 
                                              be made on the request of the 
                                              person acknowledging himself to be 
                                              the father.[As substituted by the 
                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 
                                              (NLCD 285), s.4] </span></p>
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                                              Section 10&#8212;Registration of Name 
                                              Subsequent to Registration of 
                                              Birth.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1)&nbsp; Where a birth had been 
                                              registered and it is desired to 
                                              change the name of the child, or 
                                              where a birth has been registered 
                                              without a name and a name is 
                                              subsequently given to the child, 
                                              the parent or guardian of the 
                                              child may within twelve months 
                                              after the registration of the 
                                              birth deliver to the Registrar a 
                                              certificate stating the name now 
                                              given to the child and the 
                                              Registrar, upon receipt of such 
                                              certificate and upon payment of 
                                              the prescribed fee, shall, without 
                                              any erasure of the original entry, 
                                              forthwith enter in the register 
                                              the name mentioned in the 
                                              certificate as having been given 
                                              to such child.</span></p>
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                                              (2)&nbsp; Every such certificate shall 
                                              be signed either by the person who 
                                              performed the rite of baptism upon 
                                              the occasion on which the name was 
                                              given or altered, or, if the child 
                                              is not baptised, by the parent or 
                                              guardian of the child.</span></p>
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                                              Section 11&#8212;Birth Certificate.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Registrar shall, as soon as a 
                                              birth is registered, or, where the 
                                              birth has been registered without 
                                              a name, then, upon registration of 
                                              the name, issue a birth 
                                              certificate free of charge to the 
                                              father, mother or a person 
                                              authorised by one of them or by 
                                              the court.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;REGISTRATION OF FOETAL 
                                              DEATHS</span></p>
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                                              Section 12&#8212;Foetal Death.</span></b></p>
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                                              For the purposes of this Act, 
                                              foetal death is death prior to the 
                                              complete expulsion or extraction 
                                              from its mother of a product of 
                                              conception, irrespective of the 
                                              duration of pregnancy; the death 
                                              is indicated by the fact that 
                                              after such separation the foetus 
                                              does not breathe or show any other 
                                              evidence of life, such as beating 
                                              of the heart, pulsation of the 
                                              umbilical cord, or definite 
                                              movement of voluntary muscles.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Registration of Foetal 
                                              Death.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every foetal death which occurs in 
                                              any district to which this Act 
                                              applies shall be registered as 
                                              provided herein.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Person Responsible for 
                                              Registering Foetal Death.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)&nbsp; Where a foetal death occurs, 
                                              the person who would have been 
                                              responsible for the registration 
                                              of birth under subsection (3) of 
                                              section 8 of this Act if it had 
                                              been a birth, shall furnish the 
                                              prescribed statement respecting 
                                              the foetal death.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2)&nbsp; The person furnishing the 
                                              statement required under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall either&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; deliver to the Registrar a 
                                              written certificate in respect of 
                                              the foetal death signed by a 
                                              registered medical practitioner or 
                                              midwife who was in attendance at 
                                              the occurrence or who has examined 
                                              the foetus; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; make a declaration to the 
                                              effect that no registered medical 
                                              practitioner or midwife was 
                                              present at the occurrence or has 
                                              examined the foetus, or that his 
                                              or her certificate cannot be 
                                              obtained in respect of the foetal 
                                              death. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Burial Permit for 
                                              Foetal Death.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If the Registrar is satisfied with 
                                              the certificate or the declaration 
                                              referred to in section 14 of this 
                                              Act, he shall register the foetal 
                                              death and forthwith issue a burial 
                                              permit to the person requiring it 
                                              for the purpose of burial or other 
                                              disposition of the body.[As 
                                              substituted by the Registration of 
                                              Births and Deaths Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 
                                              285), s.5] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;REGISTRATION OF DEATHS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Registration of Deaths.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every death which occurs in a 
                                              district to which this Act applies 
                                              shall be registered by the 
                                              Registrar of that district within 
                                              twenty-four hours after the death 
                                              and registration outside of this 
                                              period shall only be made on 
                                              payment of the prescribed fee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No death shall be registered 
                                              after the expiration of twelve 
                                              months from the date of death 
                                              except with the written authority 
                                              of the Registrar of Births and 
                                              Deaths and upon payment of the 
                                              prescribed fee and a note of such 
                                              authority having been given shall 
                                              be entered in the register.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where a dead body is found and 
                                              no information as to the place of 
                                              death is available, the death 
                                              shall be registered by the 
                                              Registrar for the district in 
                                              which the body is found.[As 
                                              substituted by the Registration of 
                                              Births and Deaths Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 
                                              285), s.6] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Persons to Furnish 
                                              Information as to Death.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              It shall, subject to subsection 
                                              (2) of section 36 of this Act, be 
                                              the duty of each of the following 
                                              persons to furnish the Registrar 
                                              with the prescribed particulars of 
                                              a death&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; the nearest relative of the 
                                              deceased present at the death or 
                                              in attendance at the last illness 
                                              of the deceased;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; in default of the above, any 
                                              relative of the deceased residing 
                                              or being within the registration 
                                              district;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c)&nbsp;&nbsp; if no relative is available 
                                              the occupier of the premises in 
                                              which the death occurred;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d)&nbsp; any other adult person 
                                              present at the death or having 
                                              knowledge of the death;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e)&nbsp; the coroner who has been 
                                              notified of the death and has made 
                                              an inquiry or held an inquiry 
                                              regarding the death.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Certificate of Medical 
                                              Practitioner.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The medical certificate stating 
                                              the cause of death shall be issued 
                                              free of charge by the medical 
                                              practitioner who was last in 
                                              attendance during the illness of 
                                              the deceased, and this certificate 
                                              shall forthwith be delivered to 
                                              the Registrar.[As substituted by 
                                              the Registration of Births and 
                                              Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1968 (NLCD 285), s.7]
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Duty of Coroner After 
                                              Holding Inquiry.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)&nbsp; When an inquiry is held on 
                                              any dead body, the coroner who 
                                              holds the inquiry shall forthwith 
                                              complete and sign a certificate 
                                              stating the cause of the death and 
                                              the certificate shall forthwith be 
                                              delivered to the Registrar.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2)&nbsp; Where a death was the result 
                                              of any of the circumstances in 
                                              which a coroner is required under 
                                              the Coroners Act, 1960 (Act 18) to 
                                              hold an inquiry or conduct a 
                                              post-mortem examination, the 
                                              Registrar shall neither register 
                                              the death nor issue a death 
                                              certificate unless ordered to do 
                                              so by a coroner.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Death Certificate.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to subsection (2) of 
                                              section 19 of this Act, upon the 
                                              receipt of the prescribed 
                                              particulars required under section 
                                              17 of this Act or the certificate, 
                                              if any, under section 18 of this 
                                              Act, the Registrar, if he is 
                                              satisfied as to the particulars or 
                                              the certificate, as the case may 
                                              be, shall register the death.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Registrar shall as soon as 
                                              a death is registered issue:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a burial permit free of charge 
                                              in the prescribed form, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a death certificate in the 
                                              prescribed form on payment of the 
                                              prescribed fee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where the body of a deceased 
                                              person has been removed into Ghana 
                                              from some place outside of Ghana 
                                              for disposal, and no order has 
                                              been given by a coroner in respect 
                                              thereof, the Registrar of the 
                                              district in which it is intended 
                                              to dispose of the body, if it 
                                              appears that the death is not 
                                              required by law to be registered 
                                              in Ghana, shall upon application 
                                              by the person procuring the 
                                              disposal and upon payment of the 
                                              prescribed fee issue a burial 
                                              permit.[As substituted by the 
                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 
                                              (NLCD 285), s.8] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Provisions as to Burial 
                                              or Other Disposition.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)&nbsp; No person shall bury or 
                                              otherwise dispose of the body of 
                                              any person who dies in any 
                                              district to which this Act applies 
                                              except as provided herein.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2)&nbsp; Regulations may provide for 
                                              the disposal of dead bodies.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;No Burial Without 
                                              Burial Permit.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The owner or manager of an 
                                              authorised burial ground shall not 
                                              permit the burial of a dead body 
                                              in the burial ground, unless a 
                                              burial permit has been delivered 
                                              to him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that in the case of 
                                              reburial after an authorised 
                                              exhumation, a burial permit shall 
                                              not be required.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The owner or manager of an 
                                              authorised burial ground shall 
                                              endorse the burial permit with the 
                                              prescribed particulars and shall 
                                              then return it to the Registrar of 
                                              the district in which burial took 
                                              place.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The owner or manager of an 
                                              authorised burial ground, shall at 
                                              the end of each month, transmit to 
                                              the Registrar a return of the 
                                              burials that took place that month 
                                              in the burial ground.[As 
                                              substituted by the Registration of 
                                              Births and Deaths Act, 1965 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 
                                              285), s.9] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Occurring on the High Seas and Air 
                                              Space above the High Seas</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Births and Deaths on 
                                              High Seas and Air Space.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Upon receipt of an information in 
                                              respect of birth of a child, 
                                              foetal death or death of a person 
                                              on board a ship or an aircraft 
                                              whose port or place of registry is 
                                              in Ghana, the Registrar, if he is 
                                              satisfied as to the truth and 
                                              sufficiency of the particulars 
                                              received, shall register the 
                                              birth, foetal death or death, as 
                                              the case may be.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;AUTHORISED BURIAL GROUNDS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Burial in Authorised 
                                              Burial Grounds.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by the Mortuaries and 
                                              Funeral Facilities Act, 1998 (Act 
                                              563), s.40(1)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;Local Authorities to 
                                              Provide Burial Grounds.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by the Mortuaries and 
                                              Funeral Facilities Act, 1998 (Act 
                                              563), s.40(1)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;Private Burial Grounds.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by the Mortuaries and 
                                              Funeral Facilities Act, 1998 (Act 
                                              563), s.40(1)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27&#8212;Exhumation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by the Mortuaries and 
                                              Funeral Facilities Act, 1998 (Act 
                                              563), s.40(1)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28&#8212;Saving.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [Repealed by the Mortuaries and 
                                              Funeral Facilities Act, 1998 (Act 
                                              563), s.40(1)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Notwithstanding the repeal of the 
                                              Part Specified in section 40(1) of 
                                              the Mortuaries and Funeral 
                                              Facilities Act, 1998 any burial 
                                              ground use under the provisions of 
                                              the Part is hereby continued in 
                                              existence but subject to the 
                                              provisions of this Act.[Inserted 
                                              and to be cited as the Mortuaries 
                                              and Funeral Facilities Act, 1998 
                                              (Act 563), s.40(2)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Fraudulent Registrations and 
                                              Certificates</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29&#8212;Cancellation of 
                                              Registration and Birth 
                                              Certificates.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) On written application by any 
                                              person and after notice to and 
                                              hearing of all persons interested, 
                                              or where the holding of a hearing 
                                              is not possible, on receipt of a 
                                              statutory declaration or such 
                                              other evidence satisfactory to the 
                                              Registrar as may be adduced by any 
                                              person interested, the Registrar, 
                                              if he is satisfied that a 
                                              registration is false or 
                                              improperly made or that a 
                                              certificate obtained is being used 
                                              for fraudulent or improper 
                                              purposes shall&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; order that a note be made on 
                                              the register to that effect, as 
                                              the case may be;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) order every certificate issued 
                                              in respect of that registration to 
                                              be delivered to him for&nbsp; 
                                              cancellation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where a registration is false 
                                              or improperly made no certificate 
                                              shall be issued in respect of that 
                                              registration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A person who has in his 
                                              possession or under his control a 
                                              certificate in respect of which an 
                                              order has been made under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall forthwith, upon receipt of 
                                              the order, deliver the certificate 
                                              to the Registrar, who shall 
                                              preserve it in a permanent file 
                                              together with the order and all 
                                              documents relating thereto.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Alterations in Registers</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30&#8212;Alterations in 
                                              Registers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No alteration shall be made in 
                                              any register of births, foetal 
                                              deaths or deaths except as 
                                              authorised by this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any clerical error which may 
                                              from time to time be discovered in 
                                              any such register may, in the 
                                              prescribed manner and subject to 
                                              the prescribed conditions, be 
                                              corrected by any person authorised 
                                              in that behalf by the Registrar.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) An error or omission of fact 
                                              or substance in any such register 
                                              may be corrected by ruling one 
                                              clear line through the original 
                                              entry and. by an entry in the 
                                              appropriate column or columns 
                                              which shall be dated and 
                                              authenticated&nbsp; by the&nbsp; signature 
                                              of the Registrar, having custody 
                                              of the register, upon payment to 
                                              him by the person requiring the 
                                              error to be corrected of the 
                                              prescribed fee and upon production 
                                              to him by that person of a 
                                              statutory declaration setting 
                                              forth the nature of the error or 
                                              omission, and the true facts of 
                                              the case made by any two of the 
                                              persons referred to in subsection 
                                              (3) of section 8 or section 17 of 
                                              this Act of the birth or death 
                                              with reference to which the error 
                                              has been made, or in default of 
                                              such persons, then by two credible 
                                              persons having knowledge of the 
                                              truth of the case.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Where an error of fact or 
                                              substance (other than an error 
                                              relating to the cause of death)&nbsp; 
                                              occurs in the information given by 
                                              a coroner's certificate concerning 
                                              a dead body upon which or a death 
                                              touching which he has held an 
                                              inquiry, the coroner, if satisfied 
                                              by evidence on oath or statutory 
                                              declaration that such an error 
                                              exists, may certify under his hand 
                                              to the Registrar having custody of 
                                              the register in which the 
                                              information is entered, the nature 
                                              of the error and the true facts of 
                                              the case as ascertained by him on 
                                              that evidence, and the error may 
                                              thereupon be corrected by that 
                                              Registrar in the register by 
                                              ruling one clear line through the 
                                              original entry and by an entry in 
                                              the appropriate column or columns 
                                              of the facts so certified by the 
                                              coroner, which entry shall be 
                                              dated and authenticated by that 
                                              Registrar having custody of the 
                                              register.[As substituted by the 
                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 
                                              (NLCD 285), s.10] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Searches</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31&#8212;Searches of Records.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Registrar, upon the 
                                              application of any person and the 
                                              giving by that person of such 
                                              information as the Registrar 
                                              thinks fit and upon the payment by 
                                              that person of the prescribed fee, 
                                              shall on being satisfied that the 
                                              information is not to be used for 
                                              an improper purpose, cause to be 
                                              made on behalf of that person a 
                                              search</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a)&nbsp; for the record of the 
                                              registration in his office of any 
                                              birth, foetal death or death; and
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; for the record of any burial 
                                              in his office.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Registrar shall make a 
                                              report on the search which shall 
                                              state whether or not the birth, 
                                              foetal death, death or burial is 
                                              registered or recorded and, if 
                                              registered, shall state the 
                                              registration number thereof, and 
                                              shall contain no further 
                                              information.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Issue of Certificates and Copies</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32&#8212;Certified Copy of Entry 
                                              in Register of Births.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Registrar upon the 
                                              application of any person and the 
                                              giving by that person of such 
                                              information as the Registrar 
                                              thinks fit and upon the payment by 
                                              that person of the prescribed fee, 
                                              shall on being satisfied that the 
                                              information is not to be used for 
                                              an improper purpose cause to be 
                                              issued to that person a certified 
                                              copy of the entry in the Register 
                                              of Births in respect of any 
                                              person.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A certified copy issued under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be a true copy of the entry 
                                              in the Register of Births together 
                                              with a certificate to that effect 
                                              at the end which shall be signed 
                                              by the Registrar having custody of 
                                              the register.[As substituted by 
                                              the Registration of Births and 
                                              Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1968 (NLCD 285), s.11]
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33&#8212;Certified Copy of Entry 
                                              in Register of Deaths.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Registrar, upon the 
                                              application of any person and the 
                                              giving by that person of such 
                                              information as the Registrar 
                                              thinks fit and upon the payment by 
                                              that person of the prescribed fee, 
                                              shall on being satisfied that the 
                                              information is not to be used for 
                                              an improper purpose cause to be 
                                              issued to that person a certified 
                                              copy of the entry in the Register 
                                              of Deaths in respect of any 
                                              person.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A certified copy issued under 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be a true copy of the entry 
                                              in the Register of Deaths together 
                                              with a certificate to that effect 
                                              at the end which shall be signed 
                                              by the Registrar having custody of 
                                              the register.[As substituted by 
                                              the Registration of Births and 
                                              Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1968 (NLCD 285), s.11]
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34&#8212;Certificates as 
                                              Evidence.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every certificate purporting to be 
                                              issued under this Act shall be 
                                              admissible in any court as prima 
                                              facie evidence of the facts 
                                              certified to be recorded, and 
                                              every certified copy purporting to 
                                              be issued under this Act shall be 
                                              so admissible as prima facie 
                                              evidence of the facts recorded 
                                              therein; and it shall not be 
                                              necessary to prove the signature 
                                              or official position of the person 
                                              by whom the certificate or 
                                              certificate copy purports to be 
                                              signed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35&#8212;Appeal from Refusal of 
                                              Registrar to Search or Issue 
                                              Certificate.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where an application for a 
                                              certified copy or a search in 
                                              respect of the registration of a 
                                              birth, foetal death or death is 
                                              refused by the Registrar, then if, 
                                              within one year of the refusal, 
                                              application is made to a judge of 
                                              the High Court, the judge, upon 
                                              being satisfied that the 
                                              application is made in good faith 
                                              and that the applicant has good 
                                              reason for requiring the certified 
                                              copy or search, may make an order 
                                              requiring the Registrar to issue 
                                              the certified copy or make the 
                                              search; and the clerk of the court 
                                              shall forthwith forward a copy of 
                                              the order to the Registrar who 
                                              shall comply therewith.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the Registrar has made 
                                              an order under section 29 of this 
                                              Act any person interested may, 
                                              within two years thereafter, 
                                              appeal therefrom to a judge of the 
                                              High Court; and the judge may make 
                                              an order confirming or setting 
                                              aside the order of the Registrar 
                                              and the order of the judge shall 
                                              be final.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3)&nbsp; At least 14 days notice of 
                                              the application or appeal shall be 
                                              served on the Registrar.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Penalties</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36&#8212;Failure to Carry out 
                                              Duties.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)&nbsp; Any person who fails to give 
                                              any notice, or to furnish any 
                                              statement, certificate or 
                                              particulars required under this 
                                              Act, within the time limited by 
                                              this Act, shall be guilty of an 
                                              offence and shall be liable on 
                                              conviction thereof to a fine not 
                                              exceeding forty-eight cedis.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2)&nbsp; Where more than one person is 
                                              required&nbsp; to give any notice, or 
                                              to register, or to furnish any 
                                              statement, certificate or 
                                              particulars required under this 
                                              Act and the duty is carried out by 
                                              any one of such persons, the 
                                              others shall cease to be liable.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 37&#8212;Interference with 
                                              public Notice. </span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who wilfully removes, 
                                              defaces or destroys a public 
                                              notice relating to the 
                                              registration of births, foetal 
                                              deaths or deaths shall be guilty 
                                              of an offence and shall be liable 
                                              on conviction thereof to a fine 
                                              not exceeding fifty cedis.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 38&#8212;Penalty for Improper 
                                              Disclosure of Information.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who contravenes the 
                                              provisions of section 6 of this 
                                              Act shall be guilty of an offence 
                                              and shall be liable on conviction 
                                              thereof to a fine not exceeding 
                                              two hundred and fifty cedis or to 
                                              a term of imprisonment not 
                                              exceeding six months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 39&#8212;General Penalty.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who contravenes any 
                                              provision of this Act, for which 
                                              no penalty is provided, shall be 
                                              guilty of an offence and on 
                                              conviction shall be liable to a 
                                              fine not exceeding one hundred 
                                              cedis.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 40&#8212;Power to make 
                                              Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Minister may by 
                                              legislative instrument make 
                                              regulations providing for any 
                                              matter which under this Act is to 
                                              be provided for by regulations or 
                                              is to be prescribed and generally 
                                              for carrying into effect the 
                                              provisions of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Without prejudice to the 
                                              generality of the provisions of 
                                              subsection (1) of this section, 
                                              the regulations may&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) provide for the form of any 
                                              certificate declaration or return 
                                              to be given or made under&nbsp; this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) provide for the regulation and 
                                              control of burial grounds.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) provide for payment of fees 
                                              in. respect of any of the 
                                              following matters:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              the&nbsp; allocation of grave spaces;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) the exhumation of a corpse, 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) generally in respect of any 
                                              matter for which fees are to be 
                                              prescribed for carrying into 
                                              effect the provisions of the Act 
                                              and Regulations made 
                                              thereunder.[As substituted by the 
                                              Registration of Births and Deaths 
                                              Act, 1965 (Amendment) Decree, 1968 
                                              (NLCD 285), s.12] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 41&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, except where the 
                                              context otherwise requires, the 
                                              following expressions have the 
                                              meanings hereby respectively 
                                              assigned to them, that is to say&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;birth&quot; has the meaning assigned 
                                              to it by section 7 of this Act;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;burial&quot; includes cremation;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;burial ground&quot; includes a 
                                              cemetery;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;disposal&quot; in relation to a dead 
                                              body, means disposal by burial, 
                                              cremation or any other means;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;district&quot; means a registration 
                                              district created under section 4 
                                              of this Act and includes area of 
                                              authority of a District Assembly; 
                                              [As amended by the Local 
                                              Administration Act, 1971 (Act 
                                              359), sch.5 and further amended by 
                                              the Local Government Act, 1993 
                                              (Act 462), sch.7]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;district to which this Act 
                                              applies&quot; means a district to which 
                                              the provisions of this Act 
                                              relating to the registration of 
                                              births, foetal deaths and deaths 
                                              apply by virtue of an instrument 
                                              made under section 44 of this Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for the registration 
                                              of births and deaths;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;occupier&quot; in relation to any 
                                              institution, includes the 
                                              governor, keeper, master, matron, 
                                              superintendent, or other chief 
                                              resident officer, and, in relation 
                                              to a house let in separate 
                                              apartments or lodgings, includes 
                                              any person residing in the house 
                                              who is the person under whom the 
                                              lodgings or separate apartments 
                                              are immediately held, or his 
                                              agent;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;prescribed&quot; means prescribed by 
                                              regulations made under section 40 
                                              of this Act;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Registrar&quot; means Registrar of 
                                              Births and Deaths and includes an 
                                              officer of the District Assembly 
                                              designated for the purpose by 
                                              District Executive.[As substituted 
                                              by the Registration of Births and 
                                              Deaths Act, 1965 (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1968 (NLCD 285), s.13 and 
                                              further amended by the Local 
                                              Government Act, 1993 (Act 462), 
                                              sch.7]] </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;relative&quot; includes a relative by 
                                              marriage.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 42&#8212;Repeal and Saving.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1)&nbsp; The Births, Deaths, and 
                                              Burials Ordinance (Cap. 80) as 
                                              subsequently amended is repealed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) An instrument made under the 
                                              enactment repealed by this Act and 
                                              in force immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act, shall 
                                              continue in force as if made under 
                                              the corresponding provision of 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 43&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall come into operation 
                                              on such day as the Minister may by 
                                              legislative instrument appoint.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 44&#8212;Application of Act.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act, so far as it relates to 
                                              the registration of births, foetal 
                                              deaths and deaths, shall apply to 
                                              such districts as the Minister by 
                                              legislative instrument may specify 
                                              and to the area of authority of 
                                              every District Assembly, which 
                                              shall for the purposes of this Act 
                                              be deemed to have been specified 
                                              by the Minister by legislative 
                                              instrument made under this 
                                              section.[As amended by the Local 
                                              Administration Act, 1971 (Act 
                                              359), s. sch.5 and further amended 
                                              by the Local Government Act, 1993 
                                              (Act 462), sch.7.]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              amended by</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS 
                                              ACT, 1965 (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1968 
                                              (NLCD 285).1</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              LOCAL ADMINISTRATION ACT, 1971 
                                              (ACT 359).2</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1993 (ACT 
                                              462).3</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              MORTUARIES AND FUNERAL FACILITIES 
                                              ACT, 1998 (ACT 563).4</span></p>
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