REGISTRATION.
The attention of Coroners and Justices of the Peace is directed to the following extract from the " Registration Act, 1858" :
" 13. In case any new born child or any dead body shall be found exposed, a constable of the district shall forthwith inform the Registrar thereof, anrl of the place where such child or dead body was found ; and where an inquest shall be held on any dead body the Coroner or Justice of the Peace holding the same shall notify to the Registrar of the district the verdict.of the jury, with all other particulars required to be registered concerning the death, and such Eegistrar shall make the entry in his register book accordingly, and the same shall be signed by the Coroner or Justice of the Peace by whom the information has been given." "20. Every registrar, immediately upon registering any death, or as soon thereafter as he shall be required so to do, shall without fee or reward deliver to the person giving information, or to the undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral, a certificate under his hand'according to the form in schedule C, hereto annexed, that such death has been duly registered ; and such certificate shall be delivered by such undertaker or other person to ,the minister or officiating person who *shall be required to bury or perform any funeral or religious service for the burial ; and if any dead body shall be buried, for which no certificate shall have been so delivered, the person who shall bury the same, or perforin any funeral or religious service for the burial, or who shall, in any other way dispose of the body, shall forthwith give notice of the facts to the registrar : Provided always 4hat the coroner or justice of the peace holding any inquest upon any dead body for which no certificate shall have been delivered as aforesaid, may order the body to be buried, if he shall think fit, before registration ; and shall in such case give a certificate of his order in writing under his hand in the form in schedule B, hereto annexed, to the mistake? or other prm living eta'go Of tt»o ffIPF&V* '
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 21, 17 June 1871, Page 14
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364REGISTRATION. New Zealand Mail, Issue 21, 17 June 1871, Page 14
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