LawgistThe Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act
21Persons authorised to give notice of death
Any of the following persons may give notice of a death, namely:—
(a) any relative of the deceased having knowledge of any of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death;
(b) any person present at the death;
(c) any person occupying, at the time of the death, any part of the house wherein the death occurred and having knowledge of the deceased having died in the house;
(d) any person in attendance during the last illness of the deceased:
(e) any person who has seen the body of the deceased after death.
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C.—Mode of registration
- 19 Duty of Registrar to register births and deaths of which notice is give
- 20 Persons authorised to give notice of birth
- 21 Persons authorised to give notice of death
- 22 Entry of birth or death to be signed by person giving notice
- 23 Grant of certificate of registration of birth or death
- 24 Duty of Registrars as to sending certified copies of entries in register books to Registrar General
- 25 Searches and copies of entries in register books
- 26 Exceptional provision for registration of certain births and deaths
