Registration of still-births

(1) The birth of every still-born child shall be registered by the Registrar in a register of still-births containing the heads of information prescribed in the Schedule IX. Schedule IX. (2) In the case of every still-birth, it shall, unless there has been a coroner’s inquiry, be the duty of the person who would, if the child had been born alive, have been required by this Act to give information concerning the birth, to give information to the Registrar of the particulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth. (3) Every such person upon giving information shall either, (a) deliver to the Registrar a written certificate that the child was not born alive, signed by a government medical officer or registered midwife who was in attendance at the birth, or who has examined the body of such child; or (b) make a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no government medical officer or registered medical practitioner or licensed 24 midwife was present at the birth, or has examined the body, or that his or her certificate cannot be obtained and that the child was not born alive. (4) Subject to sections 31 to 33 inclusive and to the prescribed exceptions, the provisions of this Act relating to the registration or entry of the birth of a child born alive shall apply to the registration and entry of a still-born child.