Older Uniform Acts
Uniform Vital Statistics Act (1987)
- Uniform Vital Statistics Act (1987)
- Interpretation
- Notice & Reporting of Birth
- Name of child
- Additional Evidence and Birth Registration
- Foundlings
- Alteration or addition of given name by director
- Stillbirth Registration
- Change of Sex
- Adoption Registration
- Marriage Registration
- Annulment Registration
- Reporting of Death and Medical Certificate
- Form and certificate to division registrar
- Burial Permit
- Births and deaths at sea or on aircraft
- Church records
- Fraudulent or improper registrations and certificates
- Search of records
- Issue of certificates and copies
- Certificates issued by director
- Appeals
- Power to take affidavits
- Publication of statistical information
- Annual Report and Confidentiality
- Offences and Regulations
- All Pages
Additional evidence required by director
5. If the division registrar is not satisfied as to the truth and sufficiency of the statement required under suction 3(1), the division registrar shall refer to the matter to the director who, in order to obtain additional evidence as may be necessary, may
(a) require the attendance of the person who signed the statement, or of any other person, and
(b) examine that person respecting any matter pertaining to the registration of the birth.
Birth registration
6. On the receipt, within one year after the birth, of a statement in the prescribed form respecting the birth, the division registrar, if satisfied as to the truth and sufficiency of the statement, shall register the birth.
Birth registration by director
7. Where a birth is not registered within one year after the birth or the division registrar has referred the matter to the director under section 5, if application for the registration is
(a) made by any person to the director in the prescribed form,
(b) verified by statutory declaration, and
(c) accompanied by a statement in the prescribed form respecting the birth and other evidence as may be prescribed,
the director shall register the birth if satisfied as to the truth and sufficiency of the matters stated in the application and that the application is made in good faith.