Births and Deaths Registration Act Zimbabwe “still-birth” means any child which has issued forth from its mother after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and which did not, after being completely expelled from its mother, breathe or show any signs of life. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be regarded as— (a) born out of wedlock if his parents were not married to each other at the time of his conception or birth and have not subsequently married each other; (b) born in wedlock if his parents were married to each other at the time of his conception or birth, or have subsequently married each other; and, for the purpose of determining whether or not such a person’s parents were or have been married to each other, a putative or voidable marriage shall be regarded as a valid marriage. Part II – Registrars and registers 3. Registrar-General and registrars Subject to the laws relating to the Public Service, there shall be— 4. 5. (a) a Registrar-General of Births and Deaths whose office shall be the central registering office for all notices of births, still-births and deaths and for all such returns as are required in terms of this Act; and (b) a registrar for each district; and (c) such deputy registrars and assistant registrars as are necessary. Registrars to keep and maintain registers and to forward notices to Registrar-General (1) A registrar shall keep and maintain registers in the prescribed form in which he shall register the birth, still-birth or death of any person which has occurred in his district and of which he has received notice in the prescribed form. (2) A registrar shall sign and forward to the Registrar-General, by registered post within the time prescribed, all notices of births, still-births or deaths and all medical certificates of the causes of death, together with all other documents relating thereto, received by him. Registrar-General to keep and maintain registers The Registrar-General shall keep and maintain registers in which he shall register the birth, still-birth or death of any person of which he has received notice in terms of this Act. 6. Certified copies of entries (1) The Registrar-General or a registrar may, upon receipt of payment of the prescribed fee, issue to an applicant a certified copy of any entry in any register in his custody. (2) The Registrar-General or a registrar may— (3) (a) refuse to issue a certified copy of any entry referred to in subsection (1) where he is not satisfied that such copy is required for a lawful purpose; or (b) issue a limited number of certified copies of any entry referred to in subsection (1) to an applicant. If any person is aggrieved by a decision in terms of subsection (2), he may appeal— (a) in the case of a decision by a registrar, to the Registrar-General; or By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 2