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Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

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8 Penalty for improper registration after 12 months from date of birth.

Save as provided in section 7, a registrar shall not register the birth of any child after the expiration of 12 months from the date of birth . . . , from the date of the finding, and any person who registers any birth, or causes any birth to be registered, in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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8 Penalty for improper registration after 12 months from date of birth.

Save as provided in section 7, a registrar shall not register the birth of any child after the expiration of 12 months from the date of birth . . . , from the date of the finding, and any person who registers any birth, or causes any birth to be registered, in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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