Section 19
New sections 24a and 24b
of Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act 2017
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 24
the following sections:
“Registration of presumed death 24a. (1) When an order from a Court has been granted pertaining to a missing person’s presumed death under any written law, the person who has been granted the order may forward the order to the Registrar for the purpose of registering the particulars of the missing person’s presumed death.
(2)
On receipt of the order under subsection (1), the
Registrar shall make an entry in a register containing the name of the missing person and such other information as may be necessary in relation to the missing person’s presumed death.
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Certificate of Presumed Death 24b. The Registrar, upon registering a missing person’s presumed death, shall issue a Certificate of Presumed Death to the person forwarding the Court order under section 24a.”.
Amendment of section 26