Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

4.   Making of entry where parent attends

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    (1)   The registrar of the district in which is situated the place where the birth occurred, on receiving the written authority of the Registrar of Civil Status to re-register the birth of a legitimated person in a case where a parent attends, shall in the presence of the parent enter the birth in the register of births in the manner provided in this regulation.

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    (2)   The registrar shall enter in the register the particulars stated in the authority as the information furnished to the Registrar of Civil Status for entry in the register of births.

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    (3)   The registrar shall ascertain from the parent the particulars of the occupation of the father and shall enter those particulars in the register.

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    (4)   The registrar shall call upon the parent to verify the particulars entered in the register and to sign the register.

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    (5)   The registrar shall enter in the register next below the signature of the parent the word “father” or “mother” as the case may be, followed by the postal address of that parent's residence.

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    (6)   The registrar shall enter in the register the date on which the entry is made, expressing the day of the month and the month in words and the year in figures, and add the words “on the authority of the Registrar of Civil Status”.

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    (7)   The registrar shall sign the register and add his or her official description.