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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

present, to sign the same, but the informant shall not be obliged to
sign such entries if he objects so to do.

6. At any time after one month and not later than six months
   next after the birth of any child the Registrar may, by notice in writing,
   require the parent or some person present at the birth to attend personally at his office within the time specified in the notice and give
   information of the particulars required to be registered, and the Registrar shall thereupon register the birth according to the information so
   given.

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS.

7. (1.) Within one month from the date of the death of any person
   occurring on or after the 1st day of July, 1916, the following particulars
   shall be furnished to a Registrar appointed under regulation 1 hereof :—
   (a.) The date and place of death.
   (b.) The name and residence of the deceased.
   (c.) The age of the deceased (if known).
   (d.) The sex of the deceased.
   (e.) The name and residence of the father and mother respectively
   of the deceased.
   (f.) Description of the father and mother of the deceased (if Natives,
   whether of full blood, or quarter, half, or three-quarter
   caste, as the case may be).
   (g.) If married, name of husband or wife.
   (h.) Number and sex of children living (if any).
   (i.) Whether deceased attended by medical practitioner during
   last illness, and, if so, the certified cause of death.
   (j.) Name and description of informant.
   (2.) The persons hereinafter specified shall be deemed responsible
   for duly furnishing to the Registrar the particulars hereinbefore
   referred to in respect of the death of any person :—
   (a.) Every occupier of the house or building in which the death
   took place.
   (b.) Any person present at such death.
   (3.) Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding subclause of
   these regulations, if any of the persons therein enumerated duly
   furnishes the required information, the others of those persons shall
   thereupon be released from the obligation to furnish such information.

8. The Registrar, on being furnished with such particulars as he
   deems sufficient, and on being satisfied as to the truth thereof, shall
   also register the death of any person who may have died at any time
   within the six months immediately preceding the coming into operation
   of these regulations.

9. (1.) On receipt of the particulars of the death of any person as
   aforesaid the Registrar shall enter the same in the Register of Deaths,
   and on a duplicate sheet to be supplied for the purpose by the Resident
   Commissioner.
   (2.) On the receipt of any particulars of the death of any person
   which the Registrar deems sufficient the Registrar may enter the same
   in the Register of Deaths and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid, notwithstanding that the full particulars required by these regulations
   have not been furnished.
   (3.) The said Register shall be in the form No. 2 in the First Schedule
   hereto or to the effect thereof, and shall be printed both in English and
   in Maori.
   (4.) Upon completing the entries in the Register and on the duplicate
   sheet aforesaid the Registrar shall request the informant, if then
   present, to sign the same, but the informant shall not be obliged to
   sign such entries if he objects so to do.

10. (1.) On the death of any person who has been attended during
    his last illness by a medical practitioner, that practitioner shall sign and
    deliver or cause to be delivered to the Registrar a certificate on the
    form No. 3 in the First Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof, stating
    to the best of his knowledge and belief the causes of death (both primary
    and secondary) and the duration of the last illness of the deceased.
    (2.) The particulars set forth in the said certificate shall be entered,
    together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner, in the
    Register of Deaths and on the duplicate sheet.
    (3.) Every medical practitioner required to give a certificate concerning any death who refuses or neglects to give the same, and any
    person to whom any such certificate is given who fails to deliver the
    same to the Registrar of Deaths, or one such Registrar, in the island
    where the death occurred, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.