Medical practitioner, if any in attendance, to certify the cause of death

(1) Where a person who has been attended during his last illness by a medical practitioner dies, the medical practitioner shall sign and deliver to some person required by this Act to give information concerning the death, a certificate in the form given in the Schedule VI, or as near thereto as circumstances shall admit, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the cause (2) The person to whom such certificate is delivered shall, upon giving information concerning the death, deliver such certificate to the Registrar, and the cause of death as stated in the certificate shall be entered in the register, together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner. CAP. 126. Schedule VII.