ACT
(Acts 9 of 2010 and 10 of 2014)
Act 9 of 2010 .. in force 17 March 2010 (S.I. 24/2010)
Amended by Act 10 of 2014 .. in force 12 May 2014
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Interpretation |
PART 2
ADMINISTRATION
| 3. | Records of civil status and registration districts |
| 4. | Registrar, Assistant Registrars, Civil Status Assistants |
| 5. | District Registrars |
| 6. | Registers of Civil Status |
| 6A. | Register of births |
PART 3
BIRTHS
| 7. | Notification of births |
| 8. | Births to be registered in Saint Lucia |
| 9. | Responsibility to apply to register a birth and form of application |
| 10. | Timeframe for the registration of the birth of a child |
| 11. | Registration of parental details |
PART 4
NAME AND CHANGE OF NAME
| 12. | Child's name |
| 13. | Application to change child's forename within a year of birth |
| 14. | Issuance of updated records of a birth or adoption |
| 15. | Change of name by registration of notarial instrument |
PART 5
MARRIAGES
| 16. | Types of marriages |
| 17. | Performance of marriage |
| 18. | Registration of marriages |
PART 6
DEATH
| 19. | Death in a house or elsewhere |
| 20. | Requisition by Registrar of information concerning death |
| 21. | Registration of death on receipt of information under section 19 or 20 and medical certificate |
| 22. | Information from coroner |
| 23. | Time restrictions for registration |
| 24. | Requirement for certificate of death |
PART 7
RECTIFICATION OF RECORDS OF CIVIL STATUS
| 25. | Rectification by Registrar |
| 25A. | Rectification of a clerical error in a record of civil status |
| 25B. | Insertion of a person's name on a Birth Certificate |
| 25C. | Change of an entry in a record of civil status |
| 25D. | Rectification process |
| 25E. | Rectification Order |
PART 8
MISCELLANEOUS
| 26. | Annual abstraction of births and deaths |
| 27. | Quarterly transmission of copies of registers |
| 28. | Offences |
| 29. | General penalty |
| 30. | Regulations |
| 30A. | Amendment of ScheduleB |
| 31. | Consequential amendment to Civil Code |
| 32. | Repeal of Civil Status Act |
| 33. | Transitional |
| Schedule | |
AN ACT to provide for the records of civil status and for related matters.
Commencement [17 March 2010]