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belief, of the particulars required to be registered concerning
such birth, and to sign the register in the presence of the
Registrar; and it shall be the duty of such person, unless
the birth is registered before the expiration of the time
specified in such requisition, to comply with such requisi-
tion.

17. In case any living new-born child is found exposed, it
shall be the duty of any person finding such child, and of any
person in whose charge such child may be placed, to give, to
the best of his knowledge and belief, to the Registrar, within
seven days after the finding of such child, such information
of the particulars required to be registered concerning the
birth of such child as the informant possesses, and in the
presence of the Registrar to sign the register.

18. (1) After the expiration of three months next after
the birth of any child, a Registrar shall not register such
birth except as in this section provided; that is to say, in
case the birth of any child has not been registered as
hereinbefore required, the Registrar may, after three, and
not later than twelve, months next after the birth, by notice
in writing, require any of the persons required by this
Ordinance to give information concerning the birth to
attend personally at the Superintendent Registrar’s office,
within such time (not less than seven days after the receipt
of the notice, and not more than twelve months after the
date of the birth) as may be specified in the notice, and make
before the Superintendent Registrar a solemn declaration,
according to the best of the declarant’s knowledge and
belief, of the particulars required to be registered concerning
the birth, and sign the register in the presence of the
Registrar and Superintendent Registrar; and upon any
of the said persons attending before a Registrar and
Superintendent Registrar, whether in pursuance of a
requisition or not, and making such a declaration as
aforesaid, and giving information concerning the birth, the
Registrar shall then and there, in the presence of such
Superintendent Registrar, register the birth according to
the information of the declarant, and the Superintendent
Registrar before whom the declaration is made shall,¥as

Information
respecting
finding of
new-born
child to be
given to
Registrar.

Registry
after expira-
tion of three
months from
birth.