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Section 16

Registration of objectionable or undesirable names

of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957

ActIn forceProvision 19 of 52
Section 16

Where it appears to the Registrar that the name of a child sought to be entered in a register of births is objectionable or undesirable he shall refer the matter to the Registrar-General and the Registrar-General may cause such name to be registered or not to be registered as he shall deem fit.