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Chapter: | 173A
| Title: | CIVIL AVIATION (BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS) REGULATIONS | Gazette Number: | |
| Regulation: | 7 | Heading: | Rectification of entries of births, deaths and missing persons | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
Caution : This is a past version. See the current version for the latest position.
(1) If the Director is satisfied that there is an error or omission in any entry made in the record of births, deaths, or missing persons kept in his department, he may, in accordance with evidence of the true facts relating to the entry, rectify it in such manner as may appear to him appropriate.
(1A) Where it appears to the Director that an entry of the birth of a child in the record of births kept in his department should be amended-
(a) where the child is an illegitimate child and no person has been registered as the father of the child, so as to show a person as the father;
(b) so as to reflect the making of a declaration of parentage or legitimacy in respect of the child by a court pursuant to section 6 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap 429); or
(c) so as to reflect an order of a court under section 12 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap 429) that the child be treated in law as the child of the parties to a marriage,
he may amend the entry in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate. (17 of 1993 s. 19)
(1B) In exercising the powers conferred by paragraph (1A) the Director shall have regard to the circumstances and manner in which the Registrar of Births and Deaths may re-register a person's birth for the purposes of the following provisions, namely-
(a) as regards the powers conferred by paragraph (1A)(a), section 12A of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174);
(b) as regards the powers conferred by paragraph (1A)(b), section 12B of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174);
(c) as regards the powers conferred by paragraph (1A)(c), section 12C of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174). (17 of 1993 s. 19)
(2) Within 7 days after the correction or amendment of any entry in his records in accordance with this regulation, the Director shall cause a certified copy of such corrected or amended entry to be transmitted to the Registrar of Births and Deaths. (17 of 1993 s. 19)