✨ Registry Ordinance Notices
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
H. G. GOULAND, Provincial Secretary.
Vol. I.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1854. [No. XII.
Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, 1st May, 1854.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be publicly notified that the full provisions of the Ordinance for the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages will be carried into effect: and in order to warn all persons of the penalties to which they may become liable by neglecting to comply with those provisions,
His Honor further directs the publication of the following digest of certain parts of the said Ordinance.
By order of His Honor the Superintendent,
H. G. GOULAND,
Provincial Secretary.
Registry of Births.
When a child is born in any house the Father, Mother, or occupier of the house, must give notice of such birth to the Deputy Registrar of the District within 42 days.
Within such 42 days the Father or Mother, or in case of their death, illness, absence or inability, the occupier of the house, must give information upon being requested to do so, to the Deputy Registrar, of the several particulars required to be registered.
The birth of a child may be registered after the 42 days upon the solemn declaration of any person present at the birth of the several particulars required to be registered.
If any child be baptized or named after the birth shall have been registered, the parents or guardian, or other person causing such name to be given, must within 7 days deliver to the Deputy Registrar a certificate signed by the minister baptizing the child, or the Deputy Registrar before whom the name shall have been given. The name can then be added in the Register.
The registry must be signed by the person giving the information, together with his description and place of abode.
Fees to be Paid for Registering Births.
No fee is payable if the required notice be given within 42 days; ten shillings and sixpence if the registry be made after 42 days; one shilling to the Minister or Deputy Registrar giving a certificate of the naming of a child whose birth has been previously registered; one shilling to the Deputy Registrar for adding such name to the registry.
Fines for Not Registering, or Wrongly Registering any Birth.
For not giving notice of a birth within 42 days, £10.
For knowingly registering a birth after 42 days, except as provided by the Ordinance, £50.
For registering any birth after six months therefrom, £50.
For a Deputy Registrar’s refusing, or without reasonable cause omitting to register any birth, £50.
Registry of Deaths.
If a death shall happen in any house, the father, mother, or the occupier of the house, must give notice of the death to the Deputy Registrar of the District within 10 days.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1854, No 12
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🏛️ Publication of Registry Ordinance Provisions
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 May 1854
Registry, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Ordinance
- H. G. Goulard, Provincial Secretary