§ 61 — Regulations

61.—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:(a)

matters relating to registration of births, deaths and stillbirths, including reporting and registration requirements and procedures, particulars to be recorded in registers, recording of particulars in registers after registration, and alteration of records in registers;

(b)

matters relating to certificates for registered events, including issue, collection, receipt, custody, use, surrender, cancellation and replacement of certificates;

(c)

matters relating to extracts from records in registers, including applications for, and issue, collection, receipt, custody, use and surrender of, extracts;

(d)

in the case of re‑registration of births of adopted children — applications for, and issue, collection, receipt, custody, use and surrender of, extracts from or copies of former records in the register of births superseded by such re‑registration;

(e)

in the case of records in registers containing entries made in a language other than English, or entries made during the Japanese occupation of Singapore — the Registrar‑General’s power to translate or substitute such entries when issuing extracts from or copies of (mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d)) such records;

(f)

appeals that may be made to the Minister (or any other specified person) from specified decisions of the Registrar‑General under this Act, and the powers, practice and procedures in relation to such appeals;

(g)

the fees to be paid in respect of any matter under or in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged.

(3) Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $3,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both.

—(1) The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:(a)

matters relating to registration of births, deaths and stillbirths, including reporting and registration requirements and procedures, particulars to be recorded in registers, recording of particulars in registers after registration, and alteration of records in registers;

(b)

matters relating to certificates for registered events, including issue, collection, receipt, custody, use, surrender, cancellation and replacement of certificates;

(c)

matters relating to extracts from records in registers, including applications for, and issue, collection, receipt, custody, use and surrender of, extracts;

(d)

in the case of re‑registration of births of adopted children — applications for, and issue, collection, receipt, custody, use and surrender of, extracts from or copies of former records in the register of births superseded by such re‑registration;

(e)

in the case of records in registers containing entries made in a language other than English, or entries made during the Japanese occupation of Singapore — the Registrar‑General’s power to translate or substitute such entries when issuing extracts from or copies of (mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d)) such records;

(f)

appeals that may be made to the Minister (or any other specified person) from specified decisions of the Registrar‑General under this Act, and the powers, practice and procedures in relation to such appeals;

(g)

the fees to be paid in respect of any matter under or in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged.

(3) Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $3,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both.