TABLE A - AFFECTED PROVISIONS OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT 51 OF 1992 Text as amended between 1992 up until latest Amendment Act 18 of 2010, which took effect on 1 March 2014. Section 10 Section 9(2) Text with amendments / reading from court judgments illustrated and highlighted in yellow Section 10 declared invalid and deleted in its entirety by Constitutional Court in CCL v DG Minister of Home Affairs) Section 9(2) reference to section 10 deleted 10. Notice of birth of child born out of 10. Notice of birth of child born out of wedlock.—(1) Notice of birth of a child born out wedlock.—(1) Notice of birth of a child born out of wedlock shall be given— of wedlock shall be given— (a) (a) under the surname of the mother; or (b) under the surname of the mother; or (b) at the joint request of the mother and of the person who in the presence of the person to whom the notice of birth was given acknowledges himself in writing to be the father of the child and enters the prescribed particulars regarding himself upon the notice of birth, under the surname of the person who has so acknowledged. at the joint request of the mother and of the person who in the presence of the person to whom the notice of birth was given acknowledges himself in writing to be the father of the child and enters the prescribed particulars regarding himself upon the notice of birth, under the surname of the person who has so acknowledged. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the notice of birth may be given under the surname of the mother if the person mentioned in subsection (1) (b), with the consent of the mother, acknowledges himself in writing to be the father of the child and enters particulars regarding himself upon the notice of birth. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the notice of birth may be given under the surname of the mother if the person mentioned in subsection (1) (b), with the consent of the mother, acknowledges himself in writing to be the father of the child and enters particulars regarding himself upon the notice of birth. Section 9(2) Subject to the provisions of section 10, the notice of birth referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be given under the surname of either the father or the mother of the child concerned or the surnames of both the father and mother joined together as a double barrelled surname. Section 9(2) Subject to the provisions of section 10, the notice of birth referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be given under the surname of either the father or the mother of the child concerned or the surnames of both the father and mother joined together as a double barrelled surname. Page | 4