Section 10
Section 12 of the principal Act is amended—
of Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act 2017
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 10 of 31
Section 10
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “forty-two days from the date of the birth or any child or” the words “sixty days from the date of the birth of any child or fourteen days”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “subject to such conditions” the words “subject to such fees and conditions”; and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) The Registrar-General may waive, in whole or in part, the fees prescribed for late registration referred to in subsection (1) subject to such criteria and conditions as the Minister may determine.”.
Amendment of section 18