Section 12
Authority of Registrar-General required for late registration
of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957
Where, after the expiration of sixty days from the date of the birth of any child or fourteen days from the date when any living newborn child is found exposed, the birth of the child has not been registered, the birth shall not be registered except with the written authority of the Registrar-General and in such manner and subject to such fees and conditions as may be prescribed for late registration, and the fact that the authority of the Registrar-General has been obtained shall be entered in the register.
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(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.
(2)
This section shall not apply in the case of a stillbirth.