Births and Deaths Registration Act (3) Zimbabwe Any person who, without lawful excuse— (a) destroys or damages or renders illegible or causes to be destroyed or damaged or rendered illegible any register or certified copy of an entry therein or any part thereof; or (b) falsifies or counterfeits or causes to be falsified or counterfeited any register or certified copy of an entry therein or any part thereof; or (c) inserts or causes to be inserted in any register or certified copy of an entry therein or any part thereof any false entry; or (d) issues, gives or utters any false certificate or certifies any writing to be a copy of or extract from a register or any entry therein, knowing such copy or extract to be false in any material particular; or (e) counterfeits the signature, seal, impression or stamp of the Registrar-General or any registrar; or (f) knowingly permits any act referred to in paragraph (a) to (e) to be committed in relation to any register of which he has the custody or care or in relation to any certified copy of an entry in such register or any part thereof; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level ten or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [subsection as amended by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001] (4) 28. Without derogation from its powers in any civil proceedings, a court may, at the conclusion of any criminal proceedings, order the Registrar-General to— (a) register any birth, still-birth or death of a person; or (b) delete, remove or correct any false information or entry; or (c) reproduce or replace any destroyed or damaged register or document. Registration of birth or death which occurred before 20.6.1986 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, notification may be given of the birth, still-birth or death of any person which occurred in Zimbabwe prior to the 20th June, 1986, and which was not registered under any enactment then in force relating to the registration of such births, still-births or deaths. (2) Notification may be given in terms of subsection (1)— (a) in the case of a birth, by a person concerned or, if he has not attained the age of eighteen years, by a person who is a responsible person; and (b) in the case of a still-birth or a death, by a person who is a responsible person; and the Registrar-General or the registrar of the district concerned shall, if satisfied that the birth, still-birth or death occurred in Zimbabwe, register such birth, still-birth or death in the appropriate register. 29. Savings Any register kept, registration effected, certificate issued, notice or information given, regulations made or other thing done or deemed to have been done under the Births and Deaths Registration Act [Chapter 30 of 1974] which was valid immediately before the 20th June, 1986, shall on and after that date have effect and be given effect as if it had been kept, effected, issued, given, made or done, as the case may be, under the appropriate provision of this Act, and this Act shall apply thereto accordingly. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 11