Part II Registration of Births
21 Still-births.
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Except so far as otherwise provided by this section or as may be prescribed, the provisions of this Part of this Act shall, so far as applicable, apply to still-births in like manner as they apply to births of children born alive.
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Any qualified informant giving information to the F3district registrar for a registration district of the particulars required to be registered concerning a still-birth shall—
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F4produce to the registrar a certificate in the prescribed form stating that the child was not born alive, and, where possible, the cause or probable cause of deathF10, any other relevant medical information and such particulars of the condition of the mother before the still-birth as may be requested in that form, which certificate shall, if a registered medical practioner was present at the birth or has examined the body of the child, be F5attested in the prescribed manner by him, and otherwise shall be F5attested in the prescribed manner by any F1registered midwife who was present or examined the body; F11...
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Every registered medical practitioner or F1registered midwife who was present at a still-birth or examined the body of a still-born child shall, at the request of any person who by virtue of this Act is required to
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deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a district registrar for a registration district nominated by that person.
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The F8district registrar for a registration district, upon registering a still-birth, shall give to the informant without fee a certificate in the prescribed form stating that the still-birth has been registered F9or, if the person so requests, deliver such a certificate on that person's behalf to a keeper or other person having charge of a place of interment nominated by that person.
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