Child of unmarried mother

(1) Subject to sub-sections (2) and (3), where the parents of a child are not married to each other at the time of the child’s birth and were not married to each other at, or since the time of, its conception, the Registrar shall not enter in the register the name of or any particulars relating to any person as the father of the child except where– (a) the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father jointly request at the time of registration that such an entry be made and both the mother and that person together sign the register, so however, that if the mother is dead or cannot be found it shall be sufficient if the request is made by the father alone and the signature of any other person required to Registration of Births and Deaths[CAP. 157 13 give information as to the birth may be accepted in place of the mother’s signature; (b) the Registrar is furnished with a declaration in the prescribed form signed by the mother of the child and by the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child if executed by each of those persons in the presence of a justice of the peace or a clerk of the court or a marriage officer appointed under the Marriage Act; or CAP. 174. (c) the mother or the person acknowledging himself to be the father attends personally before the Registrar and requests the Registrar in writing to enter the name of the person alleged or acknowledging himself to be the father and presents a declaration from the other of the two parents signed in accordance with paragraph (b) of this sub-section and the request and the declaration are both to the same effect. (2) If at any time after the registration of the birth of a child whose father’s name or any other particulars relating to him are not, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) entered in the register, the Solicitor General or the Registrar of the district is satisfied by statutory declaration or such other evidence as he may think sufficient that both the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father require the name of or any other particulars relating to the father to be entered in the register, the Solicitor General or the Registrar of the district may authorise the entry in the register of the particulars required to be entered as aforesaid, Provided that in any such case it shall not be necessary for the person acknowledging himself to be the father to sign the 14 Provided also that if the mother is dead or cannot be found it shall be sufficient if the request is made by the father alone. (3) If at any time after the registration of the birth of a child whose father’s name is not registered the Solicitor General or the Registrar of the district is satisfied that a declaration of paternity in respect of the child has been made by the Supreme Court or that the father has assumed guardianship of the child under section 15 or 16 of the Families and Children Act, the Solicitor General or the Registrar of the district shall authorise the entry in the register of the name of the father and such other particulars relating to the father as are supplied to him. CAP. 173.