DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS
VERITAS MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF RELIABLE INFORMATION,
BUT CANNOT TAKE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION SUPPLIED.
CHAPTER 5:02
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT
Acts 11/1986, 7/1994, 6/2000 (s. 151)1, 22/2001 (s. 4)2.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
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Short title.
Interpretation.
PART II
REGISTRARS AND REGISTERS
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Registrar-General and registrars.
Registrars to keep and maintain registers and forward notices to Registrar-General.
Registrar-General to keep and maintain registers.
Certified copies of entries.
Evidence of certified copy of entry in register.
Correction of error in register.
Members of Public Service may examine registers.
PART III
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, STILL-BIRTHS AND DEATHS
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Compulsory registration of births, still-births and deaths.
Responsibility for giving notice of the birth or still-birth of a child.
Registration of birth of a child born out of wedlock.
Registration of birth occurring outside Zimbabwe.
Registration of birth of adopted child born outside Zimbabwe.
Notice of birth of abandoned child.
Registration of birth where place or date thereof unknown.
Notice of birth given by persons who are not responsible persons.
Change of name in register.
Re-registration of birth of persons born out of wedlock.
Responsibility for giving notice of death occurring in Zimbabwe.
Registration of death occurring outside Zimbabwe of person on duty.
Notice by person finding exposed body.
Duty of registrar in case of death of person not attended by medical practitioner.
Powers of Registrar-General and registrars.
Health Professions Act [Chapter 27:19] (amendment of definitions of "medical practitioner" and
"midwife" in section 2).
Criminal Penalties Amendment Act (amendment of penalties in section 27).
Print-out prepared by the Law Reviser, Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Harar,
to reflect the law as at the 1st April, 2004