Registration Of Births And Deaths

Cap. 157 · Revised Edition 2020 · 55 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3District Registrars of births and deaths
s. 4District Registries
s. 5Deputy Registrars
s. 6Deputy Registrars in remote localities
s. 7Books to be provided
s. 8Registrars to register all births and deaths
s. 9Entries in register, how made
s. 10Child born in district
s. 11Child born on board vessel upon territorial waters not in a district
s. 12Where birth not registered, Registrar may summon persons responsible
s. 13Child of unmarried mother
s. 14Father’s particulars
s. 15Re-registration of birth on subsequent marriage
s. 16Foundlings
s. 17Certificate of registration
s. 18Registration of birth after twelve months, how effected
s. 19Alteration of name after registration, how registered
s. 20Certificate of alteration of name
s. 21Death in a house in a district
s. 22Death in a district not in a house or where dead body found
s. 23Death on board ship on the territorial waters not in a district
s. 24Death on the territorial waters not in a district nor on board ship
s. 25Where death not registered, Registrar may summon persons responsible
s. 26Registration of death after twelve months, how effected
s. 27Medical practitioner, if any in attendance, to certify the cause of death
s. 28Coroner to furnish certificate of cause of death
s. 29Certificate of cause of death to be obtained before burial
s. 30Registration of still-births
s. 31Burial of deceased and still-born children
s. 32Production of certificates by persons presenting body of still- born child for burial
s. 33Person burying still-born child shall inform Registrar
s. 34Custody of registers
s. 35Registers not to be removed
s. 36Filled or disused registers to be forwarded to Solicitor General
s. 37Monthly returns of births and deaths to be furnished
s. 38Clerical errors, how rectified
s. 39Erroneous entries, how rectified
s. 40Corrections to be reported to Solicitor General
s. 41Re-registration on loss, etc., of register
s. 42Searches and certificates
s. 43Certified extracts
s. 44Short form of birth certificate
s. 45Rules and tables of fees
s. 46Registers of baptisms and burials
s. 47Names may be added
s. 48Prohibition of removal of body out of Belize without notice
s. 49Penalty for removing a register from registry
s. 50Penalty for neglecting to give information of a birth or death
s. 51Penalties for giving false information or making false certificates
s. 52Penalty for defacing or destroying a register
s. 53Penalty for sending or publishing false statements
s. 54Recovering penalties
s. 55Penalties to be paid into Consolidated Revenue Fund