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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.

(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.

(3) It shall, subject to subsection (2) of section 36 of this Act, be the duty of each of the following persons-

(a) the father and the mother of the child;

(b) in the case of the death or incapacity of the father and mother-

(i) the occupier of the premises in which the child is born, if he has knowledge of the birth;

(ii) a person present at the birth,

(iii) a person having charge of the child, to furnish the prescribed particulars for registration.

(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.

(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.

(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]