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http://www.paclii.org/nr/legis/num_act/bdamo19571966293/

PART II - REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.

6.-(1) The Registrar shall register each birth occurring on the Island, particulars of which are furnished to him in accordance with this Ordinance and, for this purpose, shall maintain a Register of Births.

(2) The registration of a birth under this Part shall be effected by an entry in the Register of Births in accordance with Form l.

(3) The Administrator may certify that a register or record of births maintained or purporting to have been maintained under the authority or approval of the Administrator or a predecessor in office of the Administrator and in existence immediately prior to the commencement of this Ordinance is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true record of births that have occurred on the Island from and including the twenty-fifth day of January, 1915, and the register or record so certified shall form part of the Register of Births.

Particulars of birth to be furnished.

7.-(1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, where a child is born on the Island, a parent of the child shall within twenty-one days after the date of the birth, notify the Registrar of the birth and furnish to the Registrar such information as the Registrar requires for the purpose of registering the birth.

Penalty: Ten pounds.

(2) Where the notification of the birth of a child cannot be given by a parent of the child, the occupier of the building or place where the child is born shall, within twenty-one days after the date of the birth, notify the Registrar of the birth and furnish to the: Registrar such information as the Registrar requires for the purpose of registering the birth.

Penalty: Ten pounds.

http://www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/index.html Information included on birth certificates and district records

Provision was made on the certificates for the information tabulated below and marked yes. However, on many certificates, some of that information was omitted by the informant and/or registrar. Theoretically, the same information was provided in the district records. Note that in some cases certificates were issued on the older stationery until it was exhausted.

start finish	7-1842 6-1856	6-1856 12-1874	1-1875 7-1907	7-1907 6-1948	6-1948 1-1968	1-1968 present
Date of birth	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Place of birth	no	yes	> 1882	yes	yes	yes
Name of child	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Sex	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Father's full name	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Father's age, birth place	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Father's occupation	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Usual residence	no	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Mother's maiden name	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Mother's age, birth place	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Mother's former married surname	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Year of marriage	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Number of previous living, dead issue	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Informant's signature, descriptⁿ, residence	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Authorized person	no	no	no	no	yes	no
Registration District	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Registration date	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
District Registrar's signature	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no