Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1972

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Number 25 of 1972


BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT, 1972


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Appointment of registrars.

3.

Authority to register birth or death without attendance, signature of informant.

4.

Registration of certain births and deaths occurring outside the State.

5.

Amendment, adaptation and modification of certain enactments.

6.

Amendment of section 28 of Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880.

7.

Amendment of section 2 (5) of Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952.

8.

Short title, construction and collective citation.


Acts Referred to

Health Act, 1970

1970, No. 1

Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863

1863, c. 11

Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863

1863, c. 90

Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880

1880, c. 13

Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952

1952, No. 8

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Number 25 of 1972


BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT, 1972


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACTS, 1863 TO 1952, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO ENACTMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES. [29th November, 1972]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: