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Seychelles
Civil Status Act
Chapter 34
- Commenced on 22 April 1893
- [This is the version of this document from 1 November 2022.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
- [Amended by Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2018 (Act 6 of 2018) on 14 August 2018]
- [Amended by Civil Code of Seychelles (Consequence of Enactment) Act, 2021 (Act 24 of 2021) on 1 July 2021]
- [Amended by Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act 45 of 2021) on 1 June 2022]
- [Amended by Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act 45 of 2021) on 1 November 2022]
Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Civil Status Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires"Act" means an act of the civil status;"affidavit" includes solemn affirmations;"birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction of a foetus from a female, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, where after such expulsion or extraction there is breathing, beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or unmistakable movement of voluntary muscle, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached;[definition of "birth" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"Chief Officer" means the person appointed as Chief Officer of the civil status under section 5 and, when the context permits, includes a civil status officer;[definition of "Chief Officer" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"civil penalty" means a sum of money payable to the Chief Officer or a civil status officer by a person who fails to perform a mandatory administrative duty or obligation under this Act and shall not be deemed a criminal offence;[definition of "civil penalty" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"corpse" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Public Health Act, 2015;[definition of "corpse" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"cremate" means to burn a corpse to ash;[definition of "cremate" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"death" means the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life in a person at any time after the person's birth;[definition of "death" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"death qualifying for an inquest" has the same meaning assigned under the Inquest into Death Act, 2021;[definition of "death qualifying for an inquest" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"district" means the electoral area assigned to a branch civil status office or other civil status office for the purpose of registration of matters concerning the civil status of persons;[definition of "district" inserted by section 2(a)(i) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]"forensic pathologist" has the same meaning assigned under the Inquest into Death Act, 2021;[definition of "forensic pathologist" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"judicial department" includes the Supreme Court and any other court that may exist in Seychelles and the registries thereof;"gazetted" means published in the Seychelles Government Gazette;“interment” [definition of “interment” repealed by section 2(a) of Act 45 of 2021]"the court" means the Supreme Court;"judge" means a Judge in Chambers;"magistrate" means any judicial officer exercising magisterial powers;"Medical Certificate of Cause of Death" means the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death as may be prescribed;[definition of "Medical Certificate of Cause of Death" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"medical practitioner" means a person registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act, Cap. 126;[definition of "medical practitioner" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"midwife" means a person registered as a midwife under the Nurses and Midwives Act, Cap. 150;[definition of "midwife" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"Minister" means Minister responsible for civil status;[definition of "Minister" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"nurse" means a person registered as a nurse under the Nurses and Midwives Act, Cap. 150;[definition of "nurse" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"oath" includes solemn affirmations;"office" means office of the civil status;"officer or civil status officer" means officer of the civil status;"Outer Islands" means the islands or groups of islands listed in Part II of the First Schedule of the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles;[definition of "Outer Islands" inserted by section 2(a)(iii) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]"pathologist" means a medical practitioner who has specialised training, experience or academic qualifications in the field of pathology;[definition of "pathologist" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"Public Health Commissioner" means Public Health Commissioner appointed under the Public Health Authority Act, 2013;[definition of "Public Health Commissioner" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"stillbirth" shall have the definition assigned by the Minister responsible for health by notice published in the Gazette;”[definition of "stillbirth" inserted by section 2(b) of Act 45 of 2021]"register" means register of the civil status.Part I – The Civil Status Department
Offices of civil status
3. Offices of civil status
4. Existing offices
The civil status office existing at Victoria at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed the Central Civil Status Office for Seychelles, and any branch, additional or other civil status office, existing shall be deemed a branch, additional or other civil status office referred to in this Act.Civil status officers
5. Chief Officer of Civil Status
6. Other officers may be appointed
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[section 7 repealed by section 4 of Act 45 of 2021]8. Officers of civil status to be public functionaries
The Chief Officer of the Civil Status, every civil status officer, and any clerk acting as such shall be deemed public functionaries, and be entitled to the protection and be liable to the responsibilities and penalties which by any law are provided with regard to public functionaries.Duties of the civil status officers
9. Chief Officer of the Civil Status
It shall be the duty of the Chief Officer of the Civil Status to enforce the provisions of this Act. He shall report to the Commissioner of Police any offence against this Act, and to the Minister any neglect of duty committed by any person charged with such duty, and any irregularity or omission appearing in any register.10. Further duties of the Chief Officer of Civil Status
11. Duties of other officers
12. When an officer cannot act
An officer shall not receive, draw up and register any act in which his own status or that of any of his ancestors, parents, descendants, sisters or brothers shall be concerned, but such act may be received by any other officer.This article shall not apply to any outlying island where there is only one person competent to act as civil status officer.13. Yearly indexes
Every officer charged with the keeping of any register of births, deaths or marriages shall prepare current alphabetical indexes of the content of such registers, and every entry in such indexes shall be made immediately after the act to which it relates has been registered. The said indexes shall be closed at the end of each year and shall be in duplicate. In the case of a district or additional office one of such duplicates shall be kept with the records of his office, and the other shall together with the duplicate of the register be sent to the Chief Officer of the Civil Status.14. Decennial tables
The Chief Officer of the Civil Status shall within twelve months after the commencement of this Act prepare a decennial alphabetical table with statistical abstracts of all deaths, births, marriages, adoptions and divorces which have occurred during the ten years ending the 31st December, 1892, and afterwards, shall prepare a similar decennial table within the first six months after each tenth year from the 31st December, 1891.The said tables and abstracts shall be prepared and registered in accordance with forms prepared by the Chief Officer of the Civil Status.Such alphabetical tables both annual and decennial shall further be typed, and a copy of the same sent to every office to be kept there and open to the public for information.Part II – Registers and Act of the civil status
Registers
15. Duty to maintain registers
It is the duty of the Chief Officer to maintain the following registers—16. Pages to be numbered
17. Closing of registers
The officer in every district or additional office, and in the central office the Chief Officer of the Civil Status shall immediately after the last act entered in the register draw up, date and sign a memorandum in which the number of acts entered in the register shall be recorded.18. Closed registers
18A. Electronic storage registers
19. Instruments to be authenticated
20. Power to verify
The Minister or any officer deputed by him, the Chief Justice, a magistrate, and any Justice of the Peace, the Chief Officer of the Civil Status, the Principal Secretary responsible for health, the Attorney General, and the Auditor General, shall have power at any time, to examine, inspect and verify the registers of any civil status officer.[section 20 amended by section 7 of Act 45 of 2021]21. Errors, etc., to be reported
All errors, omissions, or irregularities discovered in the course of inspection under the preceding section shall be at once made known to the Minister, who will thereupon refer the matter to the Attorney General for any action that may be necessary in order to have the register rectified.22. Extracts from registers
22A. Issue of forms to the public
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[section 23 repealed by section 2(d) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]Rules as to registration of declarations
24. Date, etc., to be mentioned in every Act
In every act the year, month and day of receiving the same, shall be stated, as well as the names, surname, national identity number, profession and residence of all persons therein mentioned.[section 24 amended by section 2(e) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]25. Only statements of parties to be recorded
It shall not be lawful for any officer to mention or record in any act either as a note or as a statement in the body of the act anything beyond what the parties are bound to declare to him.26. When parties may be represented by agents
In any case in which the parties interested are not bound by law to appear in person they may be represented before the officer by an agent expressly appointed to represent them by an authentic deed.27. Witnesses to act
Persons appearing as witnesses to any act must not be under eighteen years of age; the witnesses may be selected by the parties, and relatives may be so selected.28. Act to be read to parties and signed by them
29. Acts of the civil status drawn up abroad
Any act of the civil status drawn up in any country out of Seychelles shall be deemed valid as an act of the civil status if it has been drawn up in accordance with the law in force in such country.30. When acts are not vitiated
Part III – Registration of births, stillbirths and abandoned children
[Part III amended by section 2(g) and 2(h) of 10 of 2000, by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021 and substituted by section 9 of Act 45 of 2021]31. Interpretation under Part III
In this Part unless the context otherwise requires—"child" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;"Director responsible for children affairs" means the person acting in the capacity or performing the functions of head of the division or section responsible for children affairs in the Ministry or department responsible for children affairs;"late registration" means the registration of a birth after the time specified in section 37(1);"person" means a natural person and includes a child;"relative" means the grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, older sister or older brother, and includes a guardian, of a child;"the register" means a register of births or register of stillbirths and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.[section 31 substituted by section 9 of Act 45 of 2021]32. Notification of births and stillbirths
33. Particulars of notification of birth and stillbirth
34. Registration of births
35. Registration of child born to an unmarried mother
The Chief Officer shall not enter the name of any man on the register of births as the father of a child born to an unmarried mother unless the Chief Officer receives—36. Re-registration of birth to include particulars of father
At any time after the birth of a person who is registered in the register of births but whose father's name is not entered on the register, the Chief Officer shall authorize the entry of the name and particulars of the father if the Chief Officer is satisfied that—37. Late registration and re-registration of child
38. Finding an abandoned child
39. Registration of an abandoned child
39A. Registration of births occurring outside Seychelles
39B. Surname of child
39C. Information to be given to parents
Where a birth is registered under this part, an officer shall inform the parents of their duty to maintain the child under sections 4 and 6 of the Children Act, Cap. 28, and that failure to fulfil that duty is an offence.[section 39C inserted by section 9 of Act 45 of 2021]Part IV – Acts of marriage
Qualifications and conditions necessary for contracting marriage
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[section 40 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]41. ***
[section 41 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]42. ***
[section 42 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]43. ***
[section 43 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]44. ***
[section 44 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]45. ***
[section 45 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]46. ***
[section 46 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]47. ***
[section 47 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]48. ***
[section 48 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]49. ***
[section 49 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]50. ***
[section 50 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]51. ***
[section 51 repealed by section 2(k) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]Publication
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[section 52 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]53. ***
[section 53 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]54. ***
[section 54 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]55. ***
[section 55 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]56. ***
[section 56 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]57. ***
[section 57 repealed by section 2(m) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000 and by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]58. ***
[section 58 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]59. ***
[section 59 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Oppositions to marriage
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[section 60 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]61. ***
[section 61 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]62. ***
[section 62 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]63. ***
[section 63 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]64. ***
[section 64 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]65. ***
[section 65 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]66. ***
[section 66 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]}67. ***
[section 67 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Dispensations
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[section 68 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Proof of consent of parents, guardians, etc.
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[section 69 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Celebration of marriage
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[section 70 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]71. ***
[section 71 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]72. ***
[section 72 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Legitimation of natural children in act of marriage
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[section 73 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Fees
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[section 74 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]75. ***
[section 75 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]76. ***
[section 76 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Marriages in articulo mortis
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[section 77 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]78. ***
[section 78 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]79. ***
[section 79 repealed by section 1(b) of Act 24 of 2021]Part V – Registration of deaths
[Part V amended by by section 2(r) and 2(s) of Act 10 of 2000 and substituted by section 10 of Act 45 of 2021]80. Body of the deceased to be examined by medical practitioner or pathologist
Subject to this Act or any other written law, the body of a deceased person or the remains of a body shall be examined by a medical practitioner, pathologist or forensic pathologist.[section 80 substituted by section 10 of Act 45 of 2021]81. Obligation to give notification of death
82. Obligation to declare death
83. Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
84. Prohibition on issuing a medical certificate of death
85. Registration of death occurring in Seychelles
86. Certificate of death
87. Registration of presumed death and certificate of presumed death
88. Registration of deaths occurring outside Seychelles
89. Authorization of burial or cremation
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[section 90 repealed by section 10 of Act 45 of 2021]91 ***
[section 91 repealed by section 10 of Act 45 of 2021]Part VI – Divorce, acknowledgment of children adoption, and changes with respect to names
92. Copy of judgment to be sent to Chief Officer of Civil Status
Acknowledgment of natural children
93. Registration of acknowledgment
Change of name
94. Application for change of name
95. Notice of application in Gazette
96. Chief Officer of Civil Status may authorise proposed change
If within the prescribed period no opposition is made to the application, or if any such opposition is made but is not considered well founded and if it further appears that there are any good and sufficient grounds in support of the application, the Chief Officer of the Civil Status may grant such application and authorise the proposed change and addition.97. Notice of authorisation to be published
The Chief Officer of the Civil Status shall cause to be gazetted any decision by him authorising any such change and addition.Thereupon the name authorised to be borne by the applicant shall thenceforth be deemed his name, and the surname of family name as altered or added to in conformity with such decision shall thenceforth be the surname or family name of the applicant and that of his wife and children and of any other person by law entitled to bear the surname or family name of such applicant.98. Proviso relative to name assumed under contract of marriage, testament and donation
Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of any person to assume and bear any surname or family name which he may be entitled to assume and bear under any contract of marriage, testament or donation.99. Chief Officer of Civil Status to rectify acts of civil status
When a notice authorising a change or addition of name or surname or family name has been published under section 97 the Chief Officer of the Civil Status shall forthwith inscribe in the margin of the act of birth of the applicant and of any other act concerning such applicant, the alteration or addition authorised by such notice.Part VII – Amendment and cancellation of acts of the civil status
100. Amendment of Acts
A judge may, upon the written application of the Chief Officer of the Civil Status or any party, order the amendment without any fee, stamp or registration due of any act whenever such judge shall be satisfied that any error has been committed in any such act or in the registration thereof. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any interested person from asking by action before the Supreme Court for the rectification or cancellation of any act.[section 100 amended by section 2(v) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]101. Powers of Attorney General
It shall be lawful for the Attorney General to dispute the validity of any act or to require the rectification or annulment thereof whenever he shall deem it fit. Every proceeding by or on behalf of the Attorney General for any purpose aforesaid shall be by motion and rule calling upon the parties interested to show cause against such application.102. Costs
In no case in which the Attorney General deems fit to act or is called upon to act, with respect to matters relative to the civil status, or otherwise with respect to the provisions of this Act, shall any liability for costs or damages be incurred by the Attorney General or by Government, in any way or upon any ground whatsoever.103. Judgment not binding upon parties not called
Any order of a judge or magistrate or judgment of the court for the amendment, rectification or annulment of any act shall not be binding upon any interested party who shall not have either moved or applied for such order or judgment or shall not have been made a party to it.104. Amendment to be noted in margin of act
Any such order or judgment shall be entered verbatim in a special register, which shall not be a duplicate register and a summary mention of the amendment, rectification of annulment decreed shall be made in the margin of the act in every register in which such act has been registered.105. Completing acts left incomplete
Whenever it shall be discovered that either before or after the commencement of this Act any act has not been entered, filed up, signed or otherwise completed in any register by the officer having charge of such register, a judge may upon the application of the Chief Officer of the Civil Status authorise by an order in writing, any officer for the time being in charge of the register to enter, fill up, sign or otherwise complete any such acts in any such registers.106. Costs of proceeding to be borne by officer in fault
The officer who ought to have entered, filled up, signed or otherwise completed any such act shall be liable for the costs of any such application to the judge and of any further proceedings that may become necessary upon such application:Provided that nothing herein contained shall bar any criminal prosecution to which such officer may be liable under this Act or the Penal Code.107. Acts completed under Judge's order to be valid
All acts entered, filled up, signed and otherwise completed under the above provisions shall be as valid as if such acts had been, at the time of the declaration, entered, filled up, signed and otherwise completed in conformity with this Act.Part VIIA – Miscellaneous
[Part VIIA inserted by section 11 of Act 45 of 2021]107A. Electronic submissions and signatures
Part VIII – Offences and penalties
108. Penalty against officer for breach of provisions as to registration, etc
Any officer who—109. Solemnising marriage in articulo mortis without complying with Act
Any minister of religion who shall celebrate a marriage in articulo mortis otherwise than in strict conformity with the provisions of this Act or who shall fail to send to the officer of the civil status the act of any such marriage as required shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees.110. Destroying or injuring acts of the civil status
Every person who shall wilfully destroy or injure or cause to be destroyed or injured any register of the civil status or any instrument connected therewith, shall be deemed guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years, or to both a fine and a term of imprisonment.[section 110 amended by section 12 of Act 45 of 2021]111. Forgery by officer
Sections 335, 337 and 347 of the Penal Code shall be applicable to any officer who—112. Counterfeiting, altering, etc., acts
Any person not being an officer who—113. Penalty for making false statement or declaration
Any person who—114. Concealment, substitution of children, etc
115. Penalty for concealing birth
116. When a newborn child is found
Any person who, having found a newborn child, shall neglect to make the declarations and fulfil the formalities required of him by section 38 shall be guilty of and on conviction liable to a fine of level 1 on the standard scale or imprisonment not exceeding six months.[section 116 amended by section 16 of Act 45 of 2021]117. ***
[section 117 repealed by section 17 of Act 45 of 2021]118. Concealing the body of a person deceased by the effect of violence
Whoever shall conceal, privately bury or otherwise dispose of the body of a person killed, or who has died from the effects of any blow or wound, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.119. Penalty for obstructing marriages by unwarranted or malicious oppositions
If any person makes opposition to a marriage without having a right under the laws of Seychelles to oppose the marriage, or if it appears to the court that the opposition is made maliciously, the court may inflict upon such opposing party a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees besides costs of suit.120. ***
[section 120 repealed by section 18 of Act 45 of 2021]121. Penalty for not making declarations in cases of suspicious, violent or sudden deaths
In any case of a suspicious, or violent or sudden death, the persons declaring such death, when acquainted with the circumstances of such death who shall fail to disclose such circumstances, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.122. Attempt
If any person attempts to commit any offence for which the punishment of imprisonment is provided in this Act, such person shall be liable to be punished as if he had been guilty of the full offence whenever such attempt has been made manifest by a commencement of execution and has been suspended or has failed in its effect only by circumstances independent of the will of such person.123. Accomplices
Persons who in any of the ways referred to in the Penal Code, shall be accomplices in any offence for which the punishment of imprisonment is provided in this Act, shall be liable to the punishment provided for such offence in the same manner as if such offence was one provided for by the Penal Code.124. Offences to be reported to the police
It shall be the duty of the Chief Officer of the Civil Status, of every judge or magistrate, of every officer and of every police officer to report to the Commissioner of Police every offence against this Act of which they may become aware.125. Inquiries by Commissioner of Police
The Commissioner of Police shall inquire into every offence against this Act which has been reported to him, or in any other way brought to his cognisance or touching which it may appear that information ought to be obtained.126. Commissioner of Police to report to Attorney General. Power of direction given to Attorney General
The Commissioner of Police shall report to the Attorney General all offences against this Act brought to his knowledge, the steps taken by him in connection therewith and the result of such steps, and the Attorney General shall by virtue of his office have power to issue such instructions as he is empowered to issue under any law in force in Seychelles.127. Fees payable under this Act
Part IX
[Part IX repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]128. ***
[section 128 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]129. ***
[section 129 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]130. ***
[section 130 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]131. ***
[section 131 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]132. ***
[section 132 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]133. ***
[section 133 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]134. ***
[section 134 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]135. ***
[section 135 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]136. ***
[section 136 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]137. ***
[section 137 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]138. ***
[section 138 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]139. ***
[section 139 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]140. ***
[section 140 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]141. ***
[section 141 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]142. ***
[section 142 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]143. ***
[section 143 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]144. ***
[section 144 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]145. ***
[section 145 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]146. ***
[section 146 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]147. ***
[section 147 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]148. ***
[section 148 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]149. ***
[section 149 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]150. ***
[section 150 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]151. ***
[section 151 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]152. ***
[section 152 repealed by section 2(w) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]153. ***
[section 153 repealed by section 2(w) of 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]154. ***
[section 154 repealed by section 2(w) of 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]155. ***
[section 155 repealed by section 2(w) of 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]156. ***
[section 156 repealed by section 2(w) of 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]Part X – Outer Islands
[heading amended by section 2(x) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]Special provisions relating to late registration of births and deaths
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[section 157 repealed by section 19 of Act 45 of 2021]158. ***
[section 158 repealed by section 19 of Act 45 of 2021]159. ***
[section 159 repealed by section 19 of Act 45 of 2021]160. ***
[section 160 repealed by section 19 of Act 45 of 2021]161. ***
[section 161 repealed by section 19 of Act 45 of 2021]162. Police officer in charge of stations on islands may be appointed officer of civil status for certain purposes
163. Police officers may be also given power as civil status officer
[amended by section 2(ab)(ii) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]It shall be lawful for the President, subject to the conditions mentioned in section 162, to appoint any non-commissioned officer in charge of the any police station to act as officer of civil status for the purpose mentioned in that section:[section 163 amended by section 2(ab)(i) of Act 10 of 2000 w.e.f. 1 December 2000]Provided that every such officer shall, between the first and sixth day of each month, produce his registers of deaths to the Chief Officer of the Civil Status for inspection and such Chief Officer shall initial each act registered therein.History of this document
01 November 2022 this version
Amended by
Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2021
01 June 2022
01 July 2021
14 August 2018
Amended by
Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2018
31 December 2015
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Subsidiary legislation
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Civil Status (Celebration of Marriage Fees) Regulations, 2019 | Statutory Instrument 64 of 2019 |
Civil Status (Medical Certificate of Cause of Death) Regulations, 2022 | Statutory Instrument 56 of 2022 |
Civil Status (Notification of Birth and Death Forms) Regulations, 2022 | Statutory Instrument 57 of 2022 |