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Registration of certain births and deaths occurring outside the State.
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4.—(1) This section applies to the birth outside the State of a child of an Irish citizen domiciled in the State and to the death outside the State of an Irish citizen domiciled in the State, where—
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(a) there was not at the time of the birth a system of registration of births or at the time of the death a system of registration of deaths, or
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(b) it is not possible to obtain copies of or extracts from civil records of the birth or death.
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(2) An tArd-Chláraitheoir may, on production of such evidence as appears to him to be satisfactory, cause a birth or death to which this section applies to be registered in the appropriate register to be maintained in Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora.
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(3) The register in which a birth is entered and the register in which a death is entered under subsection (2) shall be deemed to be registers maintained under the Acts, and the Acts shall apply and have effect accordingly.
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(4) After the passing of this Act, no entries shall be made in the Foreign Register kept pursuant to section 41 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863.
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