§ 63 — Saving and transitional provisions

63.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, this Act extends to and applies in respect of —(a)

a birth, death or stillbirth that is registered under the repealed Act, as if the birth, death or stillbirth (as the case may be) were registered under this Act;

(b)

a birth that is registered or re‑registered under the Adoption of Children Act 1939, or re‑registered under the Legitimacy Act 1934, as if the birth were registered or re‑registered (as the case may be) under this Act; and

(c)

a birth, death or stillbirth that occurs before the appointed date and is required to be registered under the repealed Act but is not so registered before the appointed date.

(2) If the birth of a child in Singapore before the appointed date is not registered under the repealed Act before that date, the child’s birth must be registered under, and in accordance with, this Act, and (to avoid doubt) section 8 applies to a responsible person mentioned in that section for the child.

(3) If an adoption order is made for a child under the Adoption of Children Act 1939 before the appointed date, but the child’s birth is not registered or re‑registered (as the case may be) under that Act before that date, the child’s birth must be registered or re‑registered (as the case may be) under, and in accordance with, this Act.

(4) Sections 7 and 10 only apply to births that occur on or after the appointed date.

(5) If a person dies before the appointed date and the death is required to be registered under the repealed Act but is not so registered before that date —(a)

in the case where the cause of death is certified by a medical practitioner before that date — the death must be registered under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted; or

(b)

in any other case — the death must be registered under, and in accordance with, this Act, and section 23 applies to a medical practitioner who receives a report of the death under the repealed Act as if the report were received under section 22(3).

(6) Sections 22 and 26 only apply to deaths that occur on or after the appointed date.

(7) Section 28 applies to a death that occurs before, on or after the appointed date.

(8) If a child is stillborn in Singapore before the appointed date but the stillbirth is not registered under the repealed Act before that date —(a)

in the case where a certificate mentioned in section 14 of the repealed Act is issued for the stillbirth before the appointed date by a medical practitioner or a registered midwife mentioned in that section — the stillbirth must be registered under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted; or

(b)

in any other case — the stillbirth must be registered under, and in accordance with, this Act, and section 33 applies to a medical practitioner who receives a report of the stillbirth under the repealed Act as if the report were received under section 32(3).

(9) Sections 32 and 35 only apply to stillbirths that occur on or after the appointed date.

(10) Every register provided under the repealed Act continues under this Act as if the register were provided under this Act.

(11) An application made under section 25 of the repealed Act that is pending immediately before the appointed date is to be dealt with under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted.

(12) An appeal made under section 25 of the repealed Act that is pending immediately before the appointed date is to be dealt with under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted.

(13) Any written law or document that refers to the repealed Act or a provision of the repealed Act is to be construed, as far as it is necessary to preserve the effect of the written law or document, as referring to or including a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act, as the case may be.

(14) A police officer who is appointed as a deputy registrar under the repealed Act continues in that appointment for the purposes of registration of deaths mentioned in subsection (5)(a), as if this Act had not been enacted, until the appointment is revoked by the Registrar‑General.

(15) For a period of 2 years after the appointed date, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe any additional provision of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of any provision of this Act that the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

(16) In this section, “appointed date” means the date of commencement of this section.

—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, this Act extends to and applies in respect of —(a)

a birth, death or stillbirth that is registered under the repealed Act, as if the birth, death or stillbirth (as the case may be) were registered under this Act;

(b)

a birth that is registered or re‑registered under the Adoption of Children Act 1939, or re‑registered under the Legitimacy Act 1934, as if the birth were registered or re‑registered (as the case may be) under this Act; and

(c)

a birth, death or stillbirth that occurs before the appointed date and is required to be registered under the repealed Act but is not so registered before the appointed date.

(2) If the birth of a child in Singapore before the appointed date is not registered under the repealed Act before that date, the child’s birth must be registered under, and in accordance with, this Act, and (to avoid doubt) section 8 applies to a responsible person mentioned in that section for the child.

(3) If an adoption order is made for a child under the Adoption of Children Act 1939 before the appointed date, but the child’s birth is not registered or re‑registered (as the case may be) under that Act before that date, the child’s birth must be registered or re‑registered (as the case may be) under, and in accordance with, this Act.

(4) Sections 7 and 10 only apply to births that occur on or after the appointed date.

(5) If a person dies before the appointed date and the death is required to be registered under the repealed Act but is not so registered before that date —(a)

in the case where the cause of death is certified by a medical practitioner before that date — the death must be registered under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted; or

(b)

in any other case — the death must be registered under, and in accordance with, this Act, and section 23 applies to a medical practitioner who receives a report of the death under the repealed Act as if the report were received under section 22(3).

(6) Sections 22 and 26 only apply to deaths that occur on or after the appointed date.

(7) Section 28 applies to a death that occurs before, on or after the appointed date.

(8) If a child is stillborn in Singapore before the appointed date but the stillbirth is not registered under the repealed Act before that date —(a)

in the case where a certificate mentioned in section 14 of the repealed Act is issued for the stillbirth before the appointed date by a medical practitioner or a registered midwife mentioned in that section — the stillbirth must be registered under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted; or

(b)

in any other case — the stillbirth must be registered under, and in accordance with, this Act, and section 33 applies to a medical practitioner who receives a report of the stillbirth under the repealed Act as if the report were received under section 32(3).

(9) Sections 32 and 35 only apply to stillbirths that occur on or after the appointed date.

(10) Every register provided under the repealed Act continues under this Act as if the register were provided under this Act.

(11) An application made under section 25 of the repealed Act that is pending immediately before the appointed date is to be dealt with under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted.

(12) An appeal made under section 25 of the repealed Act that is pending immediately before the appointed date is to be dealt with under, and in accordance with, the repealed Act as if this Act had not been enacted.

(13) Any written law or document that refers to the repealed Act or a provision of the repealed Act is to be construed, as far as it is necessary to preserve the effect of the written law or document, as referring to or including a reference to this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act, as the case may be.

(14) A police officer who is appointed as a deputy registrar under the repealed Act continues in that appointment for the purposes of registration of deaths mentioned in subsection (5)(a), as if this Act had not been enacted, until the appointment is revoked by the Registrar‑General.

(15) For a period of 2 years after the appointed date, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe any additional provision of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of any provision of this Act that the Minister considers necessary or expedient.

(16) In this section, “appointed date” means the date of commencement of this section.