BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT Chapter 5:02 to give notice of the birth or still-birth in the prescribed form to the registrar of the district in which the birth or still-birth, as the case may be, occurred. (2) Notice in terms of subsection (1) shall be given— (a) in the case of a birth, within forty-two days from the date of the birth; (b) in the case of a still-birth, as soon as possible but in any case within thirty days of the still-birth. (3) The giving of notice by any of the responsible persons referred to in subsection (1) shall be a discharge of the duty under that subsection of any other person referred to therein to give notice of the birth or still-birth. (4) In the case of a still-birth, the medical practitioner or the midwife, as the case may be, who was in attendance at the still-birth or who examined the body of the child shall sign a certificate stating that the child was still-born. (5) The certificate referred to in subsection (4) shall be given to a responsible person referred to in subsection (1) by the medical practitioner or midwife whose signature it bears by personal delivery or registered post. (6) A responsible person shall give notice of a still-birth by— (a) delivering to the registrar the certificate referred to in subsection (4); or (b) making a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no medical practitioner or midwife was present at the still-birth or examined the body and that the child was not born alive. 12 Registration of birth of a child born out of wedlock (1) Notwithstanding section eleven, no person shall be required to give information acknowledging himself to be the father of a child born out of wedlock. (2) A registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as the father of a child born out of wedlock, except— (a) upon the joint request of the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child; or (b) if the mother of the child is dead or has abandoned or deserted the child, upon the request of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child; or (c) if the alleged father of the child is dead, upon the joint request of the child’s mother and a parent or near relative of the alleged father. (3) A request in terms of subsection (2) shall be made in the form and manner prescribed. 13 Registration of birth occurring outside Zimbabwe (1) In the case of a birth occurring outside Zimbabwe of a child whose father or, in the case of a child born out of wedlock, whose mother, is at the time of his birth a citizen of Zimbabwe otherwise than by descent, notice of the birth may be given to the Registrar-General, in the form and in the manner prescribed, by any responsible person referred to in subsection (1) of section eleven. (2) Sections eleven and twelve shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of the birth of a child born out of wedlock occurring outside Zimbabwe. (3) The Registrar-General may refuse to register a birth referred to in subsection (1) where the person whose birth it is sought to register has attained the age of eighteen years, unless the Registrar-General is satisfied that that person is a citizen of Zimbabwe. 5