22   No. 41970 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12 OCTOBER 2018 “late registration of birth” means a notice of birth given after the expiry of the period of 30 days contemplated in section 9(3A) of the Act; “medical practitioner” means a person registered as a medical practitioner under the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974) and who has a valid practice number issued by the relevant health professions council; “national population register” means the population register contemplated in section 5 of the Identification Act; “non-South African citizen” means a person who holds a valid temporary residence visa contemplated in sections 11 to 23 of the Immigration Act, and includes an asylum seeker or refugee issued with a permit in terms of section 22 or 24 of the Refugees Act; “Refugees Act” means the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998); “South African Citizenship Act” means the South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (Act No. 88 of 1995); “the Act” means the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992); and “valid passport” means a valid passport as contemplated in regulation 2 of the Regulations made under the Immigration Act. Powers and duties of Director-General 2.(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Director-General shall— (a) safeguard and take charge of, and subject to the provisions of section 6(1) of the Act, preserve all books, registers, forms, notices, records and any other document of which he or she is the custodian, or which is required to be furnished to him or her, in terms of the Act or these Regulations; (b) keep supplies of forms, certificates, notices, registers and any other document required to be used with regard to the implementation of the provisions of the Act and these Regulations with a view to supply such forms, certificates, notices, registers or any other document to any person contemplated in section 4(1) of the Act; and (c) receive from informants and persons referred to in section 4(1) of the Act, the completed registers, forms, notices or any other documents accompanied by supporting declarations and certificates, where prescribed, and verify such documents. (2) If a birth has been registered twice in the national population register, the Director-General shall cancel one of the two registrations. (3) The Director-General must reject a notice of birth or death if he or she is satisfied that the notice— (a) is not in compliance with the Act; 2 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za