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Section 24A

Registration of presumed death

of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957

ActIn forceProvision 29 of 52
Section 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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