Certificate of registration

(1) The Certificate of Registration of Birth set out in the Schedule IV to this Act shall be issued in duplicate, without fee or reward, except as is provided in this Act or any Rules made thereunder, and– (a) the original thereof shall be given to the informant of the birth; or (b) the duplicate thereof shall be forwarded forthwith by each deputy Registrar referred to in section 6 or in the Village Councils Act for the information contained therein to be entered in the appropriate register by the clerk of the magistrates’ court in the district where the birth occurs. CAP. 88. (2) Immediately upon entering the information referred to in sub-section (1)(b) in the appropriate register, the clerk of court shall forthwith submit the register to the Registrar of the relevant 18 district who shall issue a birth certificate under his hand in the form set out in the Schedule XI to this Act. Schedule XI. (3) After the issue of a birth certificate under sub-section (2), the clerk of court shall forthwith submit such certificate to the relevant deputy Registrar referred to in section 6 or in the Village Councils Act, and such deputy Registrar shall be responsible for delivering the certificate to the person who reported the occurrence of the birth. (4) The Minister may make rules providing for the subsistence and other travelling allowances to be paid to any deputy Registrar referred to in section 6 or in the Village Councils Act to enable such deputy Registrar to submit the Certificates of Registration of Births issued by them to the relevant clerk of the magistrate’s court in his district in a prompt and timely manner.