Section 5
Section 6 of the principal Act is amended—
of Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act 2017
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 5 of 31
Section 5
(a)
by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Inspection of registers, etc.”;
(b)
by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);
and
(c)
by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(2) A public officer may, in the performance of his duties and with the authorization of the
Registrar-General, inspect the registers and indices.”.
Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment)
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Amendment of section 7