Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965

23 Duty to give information of particulars of death

(1) Subject to the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act, in the case of every death it shall be the duty of—

(a) any relative of the deceased;

(b) any person present at the death;

(c) the deceased's executor or other legal representative;

(d) the occupier, at the time of death, of the premises where the death took place ; or

(e) if there is no such person as is mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs, any other person having knowledge of the particulars to be registered,

to attend personally at the registration office and give to the registrar, within eight days, or such other period, not being less than three days, as may be prescribed, from the date of the death or, in a case where the body of a dead person has been found, from the date of the finding, information to the best of his knowledge and belief of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death, and to sign the register in the presence of the registrar:

Provided that the giving of that information and the signing of the register by any one of those persons shall constitute a discharge of any duty imposed by this subsection on any other person.

(2) Nothing in this or the last foregoing section shall authorise the registration of the particulars of any death in two or more registers, or more than once in any one register.

(3) If it appears to the Registrar General that the particulars of the death of any person have been registered in two or more registers, or more than once in any one register, he may give directions for the cancellation of all those registrations except such one of them as may be specified in the directions.