Police officer’s functions or powers under other written law
s 56
56. To avoid doubt, this Act does not affect a police officer’s functions or powers under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 or any other written law.
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Authorisation to provide information, etc., on behalf of person
s 57
57. Any person who is unable, by reason of illness or other sufficient cause, to make a report, or provide any particulars, information or evidence, required by or under this Act may authorise another person to make the report, or provide the particulars, information or evidence, on behalf of the firstmentioned person.
Payments into Consolidated Fund
s 58
58. All fees, charges and composition sums collected under this Act must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Service of documents
s 59
59. —(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section. (2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served — ( a ) by giving it to the individual personally; ( b ) by sending it by prepaid registered post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address; ( c ) by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there; ( d ) by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address; ( e ) by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or ( f ) by sending it by email to the individual’s email address. (3) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served — ( a ) by giving it to any partner or other similar officer of the partnership; ( b ) by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the partnership’s business address; ( c ) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; or ( d ) by sending it by email to the partnership’s email address. (4) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association may be served — ( a ) by giving it to the secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager; ( b ) by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; ( c ) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; or ( d ) by sending it by email to the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s email address. (5) Service of a document under this section takes effect — ( a ) if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission; ( b ) if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; and ( c ) if the document is sent by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered). (6) However, service of any document under this Act on a person by email may be effected only with the person’s prior consent to service in that way. (7) This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court. (8) In this section — “business address” means — ( a ) in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or ( b ) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore; “email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act; “residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore. —(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section. (2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served — ( a ) by giving it to the individual personally; ( b ) by sending it by prepaid registered post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address; ( c ) by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there; ( d ) by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address; ( e ) by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or ( f ) by sending it by email to the individual’s email address. (3) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served — ( a ) by giving it to any partner or other similar officer of the partnership; ( b ) by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the partnership’s business address; ( c ) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; or ( d ) by sending it by email to the partnership’s email address. (4) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association may be served — ( a ) by giving it to the secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager; ( b ) by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; ( c ) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; or ( d ) by sending it by email to the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s email address. (5) Service of a document under this section takes effect — ( a ) if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission; ( b ) if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; and ( c ) if the document is sent by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered). (6) However, service of any document under this Act on a person by email may be effected only with the person’s prior consent to service in that way. (7) This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court. (8) In this section — “business address” means — ( a ) in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or ( b ) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore; “email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act; “residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore.
Exemption
s 60
60. The Minister may, by order in the Gazette , exempt any person or class of persons, or exclude any event or class of events, from all or any of the provisions of this Act, either generally or in a particular case and subject to any condition the Minister specifies.
Regulations
s 61
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.
Repeal
s 62
62. The Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Cap. 267) is repealed.
Saving and transitional provisions
s 63
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.
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