Short form of birth certificate

(1) Every person shall be entitled, upon payment of the prescribed fee, to obtain from a Registrar, a shortened form of birth certificate in the form given in the Schedule XI, of the birth of any person compiled from entries in the records and registers. Schedule XI. (2) A shortened form of birth certificate shall be compiled in accordance with and shall contain the particulars required by sub-sections (3) to (5). Registration of Births and Deaths[CAP. 157 29 (3) Opposite the words “Christian or given names” in the forms of short birth certificates, there shall be inserted the registered person’s name as recorded in the entry, and immediately thereafter the word “Surname” there shall be inserted– (a) where it appears from the entry that the registered person is legitimate, the surname of his father as recorded therein, or, if more than one such surname is so recorded, then such one of them as the applicant may request; or (b) where it appears from the entry that the registered person is illegitimate, the surname of the mother as recorded therein, or, if more than one surname is so recorded, or if the birth is registered on the joint information of his mother and father, then the surname to be inserted in the short birth certificate shall be such one of the surnames recorded in the entry as the applicant may request. (4) Opposite the words “Sex” and “Date of Birth” respectively shall be inserted the particulars thereof in the entry. (5) Opposite the words “Place of Birth” there shall be inserted the name of the district and the registry in which the birth was registered.