Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965
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38 Search of indexes kept by Registrar General.
(1) The Registrar General shall cause to be made and keep alphabetical indexes of the entries in the registers of births, deaths and marriages sent to him under this Act or any enactment repealed by this Act.
(2) On payment to him of such fee or fees as may be prescribed, the Registrar General shall, at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose—
(a) cause a search to be made of the said indexes on behalf of any person or permit that person to search the indexes himself, and
(b) issue to any person an extract of any entry in the said registers which that person may require.
(3) The Registrar General may, if he sees fit in any particular case, and on payment to him of such fee or fees as may be prescribed, cause a search to be made for, and allow any person to have an extract of, any entry in a register of still-births which has been transmitted to him.
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38 Search of indexes kept by Registrar General.
(1) The Registrar General shall cause to be made and keep alphabetical indexes of the entries in the registers of births, deaths and marriages sent to him under this Act or any enactment repealed by this Act.
(2) On payment to him of such fee or fees as may be prescribed, the Registrar General shall, at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose—
(a) cause a search to be made of the said indexes on behalf of any person or permit that person to search the indexes himself, and
(b) issue to any person an extract of any entry in the said registers which that person may require.
(3) The Registrar General may, if he sees fit in any particular case, and on payment to him of such fee or fees as may be prescribed, cause a search to be made for, and allow any person to have an extract of, any entry in a register of still-births which has been transmitted to him.
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