Section 28
Duty of Superintendent-Registrar and Registrar to procure registration
of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957
Notwithstanding any omission to report or to furnish information as to any birth, stillbirth or death within the time required by the preceding provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the
Superintendent-Registrar and the Registrar to procure by all means in their power the best and most accurate information respecting any birth, stillbirth or death which may have occurred within their registration areas and to cause particulars of the same to be recorded
(so far as is practicable) in the manner prescribed.
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(2)
It shall be the duty of every police officer, penghulu and headman to obtain information of every birth, stillbirth and death within his respective area and also information respecting the lawful father and the mother of every child born in his area and respecting the occupier of any house in his area in which any birth, stillbirth or death may have taken place and to give notice thereof to the Registrar.
(3)
Any police officer, penghulu or headman who has in his possession any such information and wilfully neglects or omits to disclose the same to the Registrar shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty ringgit.