chapter 73. an act respecting the registration of births

1933 VITAL STATISTICS. CHAP. 7 3

CHAPTER 73.

An Act respecting the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and the Compilation of Vital Statistics.

[Assented to 7th April, 1933.]

H IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia,

enacts as follows:—• Preliminary.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Vi ta l Statistics Act." short title.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:— interpretation. " District " means a registration district constituted under this

Act: " District Registrar " means the District Registrar of Births,

Deaths, and Marriages appointed under this Act : " House ' ' includes a part of a house and a tenement, building,

room, or dwelling place: " Inspector " means the Inspector appointed for the purposes of

this Act: " Nurse " includes any person who attends at the birth of a

child, other than a legally qualified medical practitioner: " Occupier" includes the governor, keeper, warden, superin

tendent, manager, or resident physician of any gaol, prison, penitentiary, or other place of detention, any children's home or orphanage, any public or private medical, surgical, or maternity hospital or hospital for insane, or any public or private charitable insti tution:

" Prescribed " means prescribed by or under this Act : " Registrar " means the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Mar

riages constituted under this Act : " Undertaker " includes any person who has charge of the body

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Application of Act in respect of Indians.

Duty of physicians and nurses to give notices of births.

Mode of i notices.

Place of registration of births.

Duty of parents and others as to registration.

Power of District Registrar to require further evidence.

Continuing liability of parents and others to perform duties as to registration.

3. (1.) Except as provided in subsection (2), this Act shall not apply in respect of the birth, death, or marriage of any Indian within the meaning of the " Indian A c t " of the Dominion.

(2.) For the purpose of compiling statistics of births, deaths, and marriages of Indians, the Registrar may accept returns in the prescribed form forwarded to him monthly by the respective Indian Agents in the Province; and the Registrar shall keep those returns separate from all other returns and registrations authorized or required by this Act.

Registration of Births.

4. (1.) Every legally qualified medical practitioner who attends at the birth of a child within the Province shall give notice of the birth, or, if there is no legally qualified medical practitioner in attendance at the birth, the nurse in attendance shall give the notice.

(2.) The notice shall be in the prescribed form, and shall be given by mailing it within forty-eight hours after the day of the birth addressed to the District Registrar of the district within which the child was born.

5. (1.) The birth of every child born in the Province shall be registered in the office of the District Registrar of the district within which the child is born.

(2.) For the purpose of registration of the birth:— (a.) The father or the mother of the child; or (&.) If the father of the child is dead or incapable or unknown,

and the mother is dead or incapable, the person standing in the place of a parent to the child, or the nurse in attendance at the birth, or the occupier of the house in which the child is born, if he has knowledge of the birth,—-

shall prepare and certify a statement in the prescribed form respecting the birth, and shall, within thirty days after the day of the birth, deliver the statement to the District Registrar or mail the statement in an envelope addressed to him.

(3.) If the District Registrar is not satisfied as to the correctness or sufficiency of the statement received by him respecting the birth, he may require the production of further evidence of the facts to his satisfaction before registering the birth; and he may also require the attendance at his office of the person who prepared and certified the statement or of other witnesses, and may examine them under oath respecting any matter pertaining to the registration of the birth.

(4.) If the statement required by subsection (2) respecting the birth of a child is not prepared and delivered or mailed in the manner and within the time provided in that subsection, every person upon whom the duty of preparing and delivering or mailing the statement is imposed by that subsection shall remain liable to perform that duty notwithstanding the expiration of the time so

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provided, and shall in respect of each successive period of thirty days thereafter during which he neglects or fails to prepare and deliver or mail the statement be guilty of a distinct omission in violation of the provisions of this section.

6. (1.) Upon the receipt within one year from the day of the completion of regis-birth of a satisfactory statement in the prescribed form respecting DSric^Regfstra^ the birth, the District Registrar shall register the birth in his office.

(2.) In the case of a birth which has not been registered within Registration of birth one year from the day of the birth, or in case the District Registrar y e ° l s rar" has refused to register the birth, if application for registration is made to the Registrar by statutory declaration accompanied by a statement in the prescribed form respecting the birth, and if the Registrar is satisfied as to the bona fides of the application and the correctness and sufficiency of the facts stated, then, upon payment of a fee of two dollars, the Registrar may cause registration of that birth to be made in the office of the proper District Registrar.

(3.) In case an application for registration of a birth under sub- Appeal from refusal section (2) has been refused by the Registrar, if application for registration. ° s r a n

registration is made in a summary manner to any Judge of the Supreme Court or to a Judge of any County Court, the Judge, upon being satisfied as to the bona fides of the application and the correctness and sufficiency of the evidence adduced on the hearing of the application, may make an order directing the registration of that bir th; and the Registrar, upon the service on him of the order, shall cause registration of that birtii to be made in the office of the proper District Registrar. No order shall be made by a Judge under this subsection unless at least thirty days' notice of the hearing of the application has been served on the Registrar, accompanied by a statement of the particulars of the application and by copies of all papers intended to be produced to the Judge on the hearing of the application.

7. If a living new-born child is found deserted, it shall be the Registration of birth duty of the person who finds the child and of any person in whose °r toundllU8b-charge the child may be placed to give, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to the District Registrar of the district in which the child is found, within seven days after the finding or taking charge of the child, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of the child as the informant possesses.

8. (1.) In registering the birth of an illegitimate child, it shall Registration of birth not be lawful for the name of any person to be entered as the father, children. unless at the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father as evidenced by their signatures to the statement prepared for the purpose of registration of the birth.

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regUtraUtio°nnwhen ^2'-* W h e r e t l i e b i r t n o f a n illegitimate child has been registered, child is legitimated, and where that child has become legitimated by the subsequent inter

marriage of the parents, then, upon the filing by the parents of evidence satisfactory to the Registrar of the legitimation, the Registrar shall cause a new registration of the birth to be entered in substitution for the registration originally made. The original registration shall thereupon be withdrawn from the register and shall thereafter be kept on a separate file.

a^optio^oTchiidren 9 ' ^ Where a child has been adopted pursuant to an order of the Court or a certificate of the Provincial Secretary under the "Adoption Act," and where the birth of the child was registered previous to the adoption, then, upon production of an office copy of the order or a duplicate of the certificate, and upon production of evidence satisfactory to the Registrar of the identity of the child, the Registrar shall cause a marginal notation of the adoption and of any change of name consequent thereon to be made upon the original record of the birth of the child, and shall also cause a like notation to be made upon the copy of the record retained in the office of the District Registrar.

(2.) Where a child has been adopted pursuant to an order of the Court or a certificate of the Provincial Secretary under the "Adoption Act," and where the birth of the child was not registered previous to the adoption, then, upon production of an office copy of the order or a duplicate of the certificate, and upon being furnished by the parent by adoption with such information as is in his possession respecting the birth of the child, the Registrar shall cause registration of the adoption to be made in the office of the proper District Registrar, and if in his opinion the information so furnished is sufficient he shall also cause like registration to be made of the birth of the child.

Notation of names 10. Where the birth of any child has been registered, and the altered or given J ° 7

after registration. name by which the child was registered has been altered, or where the birth was registered without a name, and a name has been given to the child, the parent or guardian of the child, or other person procuring the name to be altered or given, may deliver to the Registrar a certificate thereof signed by the minister or person who performed the rite of baptism upon which the name was given or altered, or, if the child was not baptized, signed by the father, mother, or guardian of the child or other person procuring the name of the child to be given or altered; and the Registrar shall, upon receipt of the certificate, cause a marginal notation of the name so given or altered to be made upon the original record of the birth of the child, and shall also cause a like notation to be made upon the copy of the record retained in the office of the District Registrar.

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1 1 . The secretary or other executive officer or person in charge Duty of hospital „ , ., _ . . . . ,. . « j . ! authorities to make

of the management of every hospital within the meaning ot the returns of births. " Hospital Act," and of every private hospital within the meaning of Par t I I . of that Act, shall, at the expiration of each month, mail to the Registrar a return in the prescribed form of the births of all children born in that hospital or private hospital during that month.

12 . At the beginning of each school term every teacher in charge Duty of teachers to of a school in the Province shall prepare and mail to the Registrar new pupils. a return in the prescribed form respecting all children in the school who are attending school for the first time, stating the name and the date and place of birth of each child, and at the end of the term shall prepare and mail to the Registrar a similar return respecting the children whose attendance began during that term and who were not covered by the preceding return.

1 3 . (1.) In this section the expression '' birth certificate " means cancellation of any certificate or any certified copy or extract in respect of the birth certificates. record of any birth registered under this Act or under any former Act of the Legislature respecting the registration of births.

(2.) Where the Registrar has reason to believe that the registration of the birth referred to in any birth certificate was fraudulently or improperly obtained, or where a birth certificate is found in the possession of any person under circumstances which cause the Registrar to believe that the birth certificate is being had or used for fraudulent or improper purposes, the Registrar may, after such notice to and hearing of the interested parties as he considers proper, make an order cancelling the registration of the birth and requiring the delivery up to him of the birth certificate, or requiring the delivery up to him of the birth certificate for cancellation, or otherwise, as the circumstances of the case may in his opinion require. The person who has in his possession or under his control a birth certificate in respect of which an order has been made by the Registrar under this subsection shall forthwith deliver up the birth certificate to the Registrar.

(3.) Where the Registrar makes an order under subsection (2) in respect of any registration of birth or any birth certificate, any person interested may at any time thereafter appeal therefrom to any Judge of the Supreme Court or to a Judge of any County Court. The procedure to be followed in respect of the appeal shall be as directed by the Judge on the application of the person appealing. The Judge shall proceed to hear the appeal, and for that purpose shall be the absolute judge of the facts as well as of the law, and may make an order confirming or setting aside the order appealed from; and the order of the Judge shall be final, and shall be binding on the Registrar and be given effect by him.

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Place of registration of deaths.

Medical certificate of death.

Personal and statistical information.

Completion of registration of death.

Registration of Deaths.

14 . (1.) The death of every person who dies within the Province shall be registered in the office of the District Registrar of the district within which the death occurs.

(2.) The legally qualified medical practitioner who was last in attendance during the last illness of the person so dying, or the Coroner who conducts an inquest on the body or an inquiry into the death of the person so dying, shall forthwith after the death or inquest or inquiry, as the case may be, complete and sign a medical certificate of the death in the form comprised in the form prescribed for the purposes of registration of death, stating therein the cause of death according to the International List of Causes of Death as last revised by the International Commission called for that purpose, and shall cause the same to be delivered to the undertaker in charge of the body of the deceased.

(3.) Every person, whether a relative of the deceased or not, who was present at his death or has knowledge of the facts shall, upon request of the undertaker in charge of the body of the deceased, give to the undertaker all the information respecting the deceased, so far as known, that is necessary for the completion of the statement of personal and statistical information comprised in the form prescribed for the purposes of registration of death.

(4.) Upon obtaining the particulars of the death pursuant to subsections (2) and (3), the undertaker shall complete the prescribed form, including the insertion therein of a statement of the proposed date and place of the burial, cremation, or other disposition or the removal of the body, and shall forthwith deliver the completed document to the District Registrar or mail it in an envelope addressed to him. Upon the receipt of the particulars of the death in the prescribed form, the District Registrar shall register the same in Ms office.

Certificate of registration.

15 . After the registration of the death the District Registrar shall, without the payment of any fee, prepare and deliver to any person requiring the same for the purpose of the burial, cremation, or other disposition or the removal of the body of the deceased a certificate showing that the death has been duly registered.

Prohibition of burial of the body or holding of funeral service without registration of the death.

16 . No person shall bury or cremate or otherwise dispose of the body of any person who dies within the Province, or remove the body from the district within which the death occurred, nor shall any person take part in or conduct any funeral or religious service for the purpose of the burial or cremation or other disposition of the body of the deceased, unless his death has been registered pursuant to this Act and a certificate of the registration thereof has been obtained from the District Registrar, except in accordance with the folloAving provisions:—

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(a.) Where the death has been duly registered in the office of the District Kegistrar, but it is impossible to obtain a certificate of registration before the disposition or removal of the body, the disposition or removal of the body and the funeral or religious service may take place without the obtaining of the certificate:

(ft.) Where the circumstances existing render it impossible to * obtain registration of the death before the disposition or

removal of the body, the disposition or removal of the body and the funeral or religious service may take place without the death being registered; but the person in charge of the disposition or removal of the body or of the funeral or religious service shall forthwith thereafter cause all necessary information to be procured and steps taken to obtain registration of the death pursuant to this Act.

17 . The superintendent, manager, or other person in charge of Returns of burials , . , . . . , i - T T j and cremation.

each public or private cemetery, burial-ground, or crematorium m the Province shall at the expiration of the months of March, June, September, and December, respectively, in each year mail to the Registrar a return in the prescribed form of the burials and cremations which took place in that cemetery, burial-ground, or crematorium during the period of three months last preceding.

Registration of Marriages.

1 8 . (1.) In addition to any registration of the marriage required riace of registration under the " Marriage Act," every marriage that is solemnized within the Province shall be registered pursuant to this Act in the office of the District Kegistrar of the district within which the marriage is solemnized.

(2.) Every minister or clergyman or other person authorized by n „ t y 0f minister law to solemnize marriages shall, a t the time of each marriage marriage"tKo prepare solemnized by him, prepare a record thereof in the form prescribed a record-for the purposes of registration of marriage, which record shall be signed by each of the parties to the marriage and at least two credible witnesses and by the minister, clergyman, or other person by whom the marriage is solemnized.

(3.) The minister or clergyman or other person by whom the Delivery of record to marriage is solemnized shall, within forty-eight hours after the day lh " c xeBls r

of the marriage, deliver the completed record to the District Regist rar or mail it in an envelope addressed to him.

19 . (1.) Upon the receipt within one year from the day of the completion of regis--. .. , j . , , . , , , . , . . , T tration of marriage

marriage of the record of the marriage completed m the prescribed by District li. P G l S £ 1*0,1"

form, the District Registrar shall register the marriage in his office. (2.) In the case of a marriage which has not been registered Registration of

within one year from the day of the marriage, if application for Registrar. registration is made to the Registrar by statutory declaration accom-

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panied by a record of the marriage in the prescribed form, and if the Registrar is satisfied as to the bona fides of the application and the correctness and sufficiency of the facts stated, he shall cause registration of that marriage to be made in the office of the proper District Registrar.

Church Records.

20 . Where a copy of the record kept by any church, that is to say, any religious denomination, sect, congregation, or society, respecting the baptism, burial, or marriage of any person which took place in the Province in connection with that church prior to the commencement of this Act has been attested as a true copy by the Registrar under the Act repealed by this Act or by the Registrar under this Act, and is now on file or is hereafter placed on file in the office of the Registrar, that copy shall be preserved and remain in the custody of the Registrar as par t of the records of his office.

Correction of Errors in Registrations.

2 1 . (1.) If within the month in which the registration of any birth, death, or marriage is made by a District Registrar it is reported to him that an error has been made in the registration, he shall inquire into the facts, and if he is satisfied that an error has been made in the registration he may correct the error according to the facts of the case by notation in the margin of the record, without any alteration being made in the body of the original registration.

(2.) If after the expiration of the month in which the registration of a birth, death, or marriage is made i t is reported to the Registrar that an error has been made in the registration, he may, upon being satisfied as to the facts, cause the error to be corrected in the manner provided in subsection (1) by marginal notation upon both the original record in his office and the copy of the record retained in the office of the District Registrar.

Administration.

22. For the purpose of administering and carrying out the provisions of this Act there shall be in the Department of the Provincial Secretary a branch to be known as the " Vital Statistics Branch," which shall be under the immediate supervision of the Provincial Health Officer, who shall be ex officio Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

Deputy Registrar of 23. An officer, to be known as the " Deputy Registrar of Births, Births, Deaths, and 7 J. ^ o ?

Marriages. Deaths, and Marriages," may be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the " Civil Service Act," to hold office during pleasure. The Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages shall act as Chief Clerk in the office of the Registrar, and shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Registrar during the absence of the Registrar.

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Filing of church records of baptisms, burials, and marriages.

Corrections by District Registrars.

Corrections by Registrar.

Vital Statistics Branch.


24 . The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by notice published Registration districts

in the Gazette, divide the Province into registration districts for the purposes of this Act, and may in like manner from time to time extend, reduce, subdivide, or annul any district or merge it in whole or in part in the consolidation of two or more districts.

2 5 . (1.) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a District Eegistrars. person as District Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for each district, who shall hold office during pleasure, and who shall, under the supervision of the Registrar, have charge of the registration office in the district.

(2.) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint one or Deputy District more persons as Deputy District Registrar of Births, Deaths, and egls r a r s ' Marriages for each district, who shall hold office during pleasure, and who shall assist the District Registrar and, as may be required, shall perform his duties.

(3.) Every District Registrar and every Deputy District Regis- power to take t rar shall have power to take the affidavit or receive the solemn a av i s" declaration of any person for the purposes of this Act.

26 . (1.) I t shall be the duty of the District Registrar :•—• Duties of District (a.) To keep all statements, records, notices, and documents R e s i s t r a r s -

received by him under this Act in a place of safety: (b.) To deliver or mail to the Registrar on the first day of each

month a return accompanied by all original registrations made by the District Registrar under this Act during the last preceding month:

(c.) To retain in his office copies of all original registrations so transmitted and to index the same in such manner as may be prescribed by the Registrar.

(2.) The District Registrar shall use all available means to obtain the necessary information for the purpose of completing the registrations required to be made in his office, and if he has reason to believe that a birth, death, or marriage has taken place within his district which has not been registered, he shall inform the proper person of his duty to furnish particulars for the registration of the same, and on failure of that person to furnish the prescribed particulars the District Registrar shall forthwith supply to the Registrar such information as the District Registrar possesses with regard to the matter.

2 7 . A person may be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the inspector. " Civil Service A c t " as Inspector for the purposes of this Act, to hold office during pleasure. The Inspector shall inspect the district registration offices and examine the registrations and documents kept therein under this Act, and shall see that all registrations are legible and made in a proper manner, and shall from time to time,

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Forms.

Keeping: of records in Registrar's office.

Registrar's annual statistical report.

Searches and certificates of registrations in Registrar's office.

Certificates by District Registrars.

Certificates as prima facie evidence.

as required by the Registrar, make a report to him respecting any registration office.

2 8 . The Eegistrar may from time to time prescribe the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act, and he shall procure all necessary printed forms and distribute them to the several District Registrars.

2 9 . (1.) The Registrar shall cause the original registrations of births, deaths, and marriages received from each District Registrar to be arranged and indexed according to the standard statistical publication areas of the Province as constituted or adopted for the purposes of the " Statistics A c t " of the Dominion, and shall keep them carefully in the vault in his office.

(2.) The Registrar shall cause all deaths registered pursuant to this Act to be classified according to the International List of Causes of Death as revised at the last decennial revision thereof by the International Commission assembled for that purpose, and shall supply free of charge to every legally qualified medical practitioner in the Province a physicians' pocket reference-book explanatory of that list.

30 . The Registrar shall, as soon after the first day of January in each year as convenient, cause to be printed for public information a full statistical report of the registered births, deaths, marriages, and adoptions of the preceding year.

3 1 . (1.) Any person, on application therefor in the prescribed form and on payment of the prescribed fees, may have search made of the registrations of births, deaths, marriages, and adoptions kept in the office of the Registrar, and may obtain from the Registrar a certificate in the prescribed form stating the facts as registered in respect of any birth, death, marriage, or adoption of which there is a registration in his office, or a certified copy of any document kept in his office, relating to any registration. Any person, on like application, may have search made of any baptism, burial, or marriage in the copy of any church record kept in the office of the Registrar pursuant to section 20, and may obtain from the Registrar a certificate in the prescribed form stating the facts as so recorded in respect of the baptism, burial, or marriage.

(2.) Any person, on application therefor and on payment of the prescribed fee, may obtain from a District Registrar a certificate in the prescribed form stating the facts as registered in respect of any birth, death, or marriage of which there is a registration in his office not included in any monthly return made by him to the Registrar.

(3.) Every certificate purporting to be issued pursuant to this section shall be received in every Court in the Province as prima facie evidence of the facts therein certified to be registered or

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recorded; and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature or official position of the person by whom the certificate purports to be signed.

3 2 . (1.) Subject to the regulations, the fees to be paid for Fees, searches and certificates under this Act shall be as follows:—

(a.) For a search for one registration confined to one statistical area and a period of not more than three years, twenty-five cents:

(5.) For a search for one registration extending beyond one statistical area or over a period of more than three years, two dollars:

(c.) For a certificate as to any registration, or a certified copy of any document, in addition to the fee for the search, fifty cents:

(d.) For a certificate by a District Registrar, including the search, fifty cents.

(2.) For the purposes of the administration of any office or branch of any department of the Executive Government of the Province, or of the Department of Pensions and National Health of the Dominion, the Registrar may, on application in writing made by any officer charged with the administration of tha t office, branch, or department, cause any search to be made or certificate to be issued under this Act without the payment of any fee.

Offences and Penalties.

3 3 . Every person who in violation of any provision of this Act Failure to give neglects or fails to give any notice or certificate or to prepare or particulars"?18

furnish any statement or particulars respecting the birth, death, or marriage's? s' ° r

marriage of any person, within the time limited by this Act, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.

34 . Every person who wilfully makes or causes to be made a false False statements, statement in any notice, certificate, or other document respecting any particulars required to be furnished or registered under this Act shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars; and every legally qualified medical practitioner who wilfully makes a false statement as to the cause of the death of any person, or representing himself as having been in attendance during the last illness of any person when in fact he was not called in attendance until after the death of that person, shall in addition to any fine imposed by this section be subject to discipline by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.

3 5 . If a District Registrar fails to deliver or mail to the Registrar any return required by this Act, and if, after a notice demanding the return is mailed to him by the Registrar by registered mail,

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Neglect of District Registrar to make returns.


General penal ty .

Compliance by one person sufficient.

Power to make regulat ions .

Retrospect ive appl icat ion of Act.

Cont inuat ion of exis t ing records.

Repeal.

Commencement.

the District Eegistrar fails to deliver or mail the return to the Registrar within one month from the day on which the notice was delivered or mailed, the District Eegistrar shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars; and each succeeding month's continuance of such failure to deliver or mail the return shall constitute a new and distinct offence.

3 6 . Every person guilty of any act or omission in violation of any of the provisions of this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

3 7 . If a notice, certificate, statement, return, or other document required by this Act to be made or furnished by more persons than one is duly made and furnished by any one of them, the other or others shall not be liable to any penalty in respect of any failure on his or their part to make or furnish the same; but this section shall not relieve any legally qualified medical practitioner from liability to penalty in respect of any notice or certificate required to be made or furnished by him.

Regulations.

3 8 . The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make such regulations as are considered necessary or advisable for the prescribing of fees to be paid for anything done or permitted to be done under this Act, and for the purpose of effectually securing the due observance and carrying-out of the provisions of and obtaining the information required by this Act.

Supplementary.

3 9 . So far as may be necessary for the due registration of any birth, death, marriage, or adoption, the provisions of this Act shall aPPly i n respect of any unregistered birth, death, marriage, or adoption that has occurred heretofore as well as to births, deaths, marriages, and adoptions hereafter occurring.

4 0 . All records and registrations respecting births, deaths, marriages, and adoptions kept in the office of the Registrar under the Act repealed by this Act shall be kept in and be deemed to be records and registrations of the office of the Registrar under this Act.

4 1 . The " Vital Statistics Act," being chapter 268 of the " Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1924," and all amendments thereof are repealed.

4 2 . This Act shall come into operation on the first day of July, 1933.

VICTORIA, B.C. : Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.

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