BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT Chapter 5:02 (2) Notification may be given in terms of subsection (1)— (a) in the case of a birth, by a person concerned or, if he has not attained the age of eighteen years, by a person who is a responsible person; and (b) in the case of a still-birth or a death, by a person who is a responsible person; and the Registrar-General or the registrar of the district concerned shall, if satisfied that the birth, still-birth or death occurred in Zimbabwe, register such birth, still-birth or death in the appropriate register. 29 Savings Any register kept, registration effected, certificate issued, notice or information given, regulations made or other thing done or deemed to have been done under the Births and Deaths Registration Act [Chapter 30 of 1974] which was valid immediately before the 20th June, 1986, shall on and after that date have effect and be given effect as if it had been kept, effected, issued, given, made or done, as the case may be, under the appropriate provision of this Act, and this Act shall apply thereto accordingly. 13