Chapter:	174	Title:	BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 452 of 1997
Section:	9	Heading:	Registration of births, certificates of birth	Version Date:	31/10/1997

(1) In every case where the information required by sections 7 and 8 is given within 42 days of the birth of any child, exclusive of the day of birth, such birth shall be registered without any fee and shall be deemed to be registered in the births register on the submission of the signed register form. (Amended 1 of 1965 s. 4)
(2) When such information is given after the expiration of the said 42 days and within 12 months after the said birth, exclusive of the day of birth, the birth shall be registered on payment by the informant of a fee of $140 and shall be deemed to be registered in the births register on the submission of the signed register form together with the fee. (Amended 34 of 1939 s. 2; 1 of 1965 s. 4; 48 of 1975 s. 2; 67 of 1984 s. 3; 51 of 1986 s. 2; L.N. 73 of 1991; L.N. 196 of 1993; L.N. 362 of 1994; L.N. 241 of 1995; L.N. 283 of 1996; L.N. 452 of 1997)
(3) No birth shall be registered after the expiry of 12 months from the date thereof except with the consent of the Registrar and then only on payment by the informant of a fee of $680, and the fact of such consent having been given shall be noted in the signed register form, and if such consent has been given, such birth shall be deemed to be registered in births register on the submission of the signed register form together with the fee. (Amended 34 of 1939 s. 2; 1 of 1965 s. 4; 48 of 1975 s. 2; 67 of 1984 s. 3; 51 of 1986 s. 2; L.N. 73 of 1991; L.N. 196 of 1993; L.N. 362 of 1994; L.N. 241 of 1995; L.N. 283 of 1996; L.N. 452 of 1997)
(4) Any person obtaining registration of any birth under any subsection of this section shall be entitled at the time of registration to receive free a certificate of such registration in the prescribed form. (See Form 3)