Section 18

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding provisions of this Ordinance, a Senior Registrar may, on receipt of the prescribed fee, register the particulars required by those provisions if, in the case of a birth or still-birth, the particulars required under the provisions of section 10 or 14 are furnished within forty-two days after such birth or still-birth has taken place, and, in the case of a death, the particulars required under the provisions of section 15 are furnished within seven days after such death.