Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874

5 Registry after expiration of three months from birth

After the expiration of three months next after the birth of any child, a registrar shall not register such birth, except as in this section provided ; that is to say, in case the birth of any child has not been registered in accordance with the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1836 to 1874, the registrar may, after three and not later than twelve months next after the birth, by notice in writing, require any of the persons required by this Act to give information concerning the birth to attend personally at the district register office, within such time (not less than seven days after the receipt of the notice, and not more than twelve months after the date of the birth) as may be specified in the notice, and make before the superintendent registrar a solemn declaration, according to the best of the declarant's knowledge and belief, of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth, and sign the register in the presence of the registrar and superintendent registrar; and upon any of the said persons attending before a registrar and superintendent registrar, whether in pursuance of a requisition or not, and making such a declaration as aforesaid,; and giving information concerning the birth, the registrar shall then, and there, in the presence of such superintendent registrar, register the birth according to the information of the declarant, and the superintendent registrar before whom the declaration is made shall, as well as the registrar and declarant, sign the entry of the birth.

After the expiration of twelve months next after the birth of any child, that birth shall not be registered except with the written authority of the Registrar General for registering the same, and except in accordance with the prescribed rules, and the fact of such authority having been given shall be entered in the register.

Every person who registers or causes to be registered the birth of any child in contravention of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.