30 No. 41970
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12 OCTOBER 2018
Birth outside Republic
11.(1) A notice of birth given for a child born of South African citizens outside the Republic as
contemplated in section 13 of the Act shall be on Form DHA–24 illustrated in Annexure 1 and be
accompanied by―
(a)
Form DHA–529 illustrated in Annexure 5; and
(b)
an unabridged birth certificate or other similar document issued by the relevant authority
in the country where the birth occurred.
(2) A notice of birth contemplated in subregulation (1) must comply with the requirements as set
out in regulation 3, 4 or 5, as the case may be.
(3) A notice of birth contemplated in subregulation (1) must be given to the Head of a South African
diplomatic or consular mission or to any district or regional office of the Department in the Republic.
(4) The Director-General must, in respect of each notice received in terms of this regulation,
determine the citizenship of the parents in accordance with the provisions of the South African
Citizenship Act, and if one of the parents is a South African citizen, register the birth in terms of
section 5(2) of the Act and issue a birth certificate to the parents.
(5) Any person who, in terms of section 6 of the South African Citizenship Act, has lost and
subsequently applied for resumption of his or her South African citizenship and requires his or her
child to be registered in terms of this regulation, must give such notice in the Republic.
CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK
Notice of birth of child born out of wedlock
12.(1) A notice of birth of a child born out of wedlock shall be made by the mother of the child on
Form DHA-24 illustrated in Annexure 1 or Form DHA–24/LRB illustrated in Annexure 2, whichever
applicable.
(2) The person who acknowledges that he is the father of the child born out of wedlock must―
(a) enter his particulars and sign on Part A4 of Form DHA-24 illustrated in Annexure 1 at the
offices of the Department and in the presence of an official of the Department as
contemplated in section 10(1)(b) of the Act;
(b)in the case of late registration of birth, submit an affidavit on Part A4 of Form DHA–24/LRB
illustrated in Annexure 2 in which he―
(i)
states his relationship to the mother; and
(ii)
acknowledges paternity of the child; and
(c) have his fingerprints verified online against the national population register: Provided that
in the event of the father being a non-South African citizen, he must submit a certified
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