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2. Interpretation

In these Regulations “Registrar” means the Registrar of Civil Status, Assistant Registrar or any other person authorized in writing by the Registrar to perform the duties of the Registrar.

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2. Interpretation

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

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

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

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

16. Types of marriages

17. Performance of marriage

18. Registration of marriages

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

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

26. Annual abstract of births and deaths

27. Quarterly transmission of copies of registers

28. Offences

29. General penalty

30. Regulations

30A. Amendment of Schedule

31. Consequential amendment to Civil Code

32. Repeal

33. Transitional

Schedule

ACT

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

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

(Substituted by Act 10 of 2014)

25. Rectification by REGISTRAR

25A. RECTIFICATION OF A CLERICAL ERROR IN A RECORD OF CIVIL STATUS

25C. Change of an entry in a record of civil status

25D. Rectification process

25E. Rectification Order

PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

26. Annual abstract of births and deaths

27. Quarterly transmission of copies of registers

28. Offences

29. General penalty

30. Regulations

30A. Amendment of Schedule

31. Consequential amendment to Civil Code

32. Repeal

33. Transitional

Schedule

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Civil Status (Fees) Regulations – Section 30 (Statutory Instrument 25/2010)

1. Citation

3. Payment of fees

4. Collection of fees

5. Consolidated fund

6. Preparation of documents

7. Exemption

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