Section 10

In the case of every child born alive, the father and mother of the child, the occupier of the house in which to his knowledge the child is born, each person present at the birth, the person having charge of the child and, if the birth occurs in a ship or vessel, the master or other person having charge of such ship or vessel, shall, within fourteen days after such birth has taken place, furnish to the

Registrar or any Deputy Registrar of the District within which the birth has happened the particulars of the same in the prescribed form, and shall certify to the correctness of such information by signing his name in the prescribed place on the form.