BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT Chapter 5:02 (b) the registration was effected before the person concerned received a forename; the person concerned or, if he has not attained the age of eighteen years, his responsible parent or legal guardian, may apply to the Registrar-General for the registration of the forename in the appropriate register of births and, on payment of the prescribed fee and on the production of such evidence as the Registrar-General may consider necessary, the Registrar-General may register the changed forename or the forename received by the person concerned. (3) Where the birth of a person has been registered in any register for births and the surname of the person is changed, otherwise than by adoption, the person concerned or, if he has not attained the age of eighteen years, his responsible parent or legal guardian, may apply to the Registrar-General for the registration of the surname, and the Registrar-General shall, on payment of the prescribed fee and on being satisfied that— (a) a notarial deed, as defined in the Deeds Registries Act [Chapter 20:05], setting forth the change of surname has been registered in the Deeds Registry; and (b) the change of surname has been advertised in the Gazette; register the change of surname in the appropriate register for births but without deleting the original surname. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Registrar-General may register a change of surname in the appropriate register for births but without deleting the original surname even where a notarial deed has not been registered, if he is satisfied— (a) that the change of surname is for a lawful purpose; and (b) that the change of surname is not being effected for purposes of fraud or misrepresentation; and (c) in the case of an application to change the surname of a person under the age of eighteen years, that the responsible parent or legal guardian of the person has the right to represent or assist him in changing his surname; and if he considers it necessary and desirable to do so, the Registrar-General may give notice of such change in the Gazette. (5) After the registration of a change of name under this Act every certified copy of the entry concerned shall omit the original surname unless otherwise requested by the applicant. (6) Notwithstanding this section, no change of name of a person who has been adopted and whose name has been registered in the Adopted Children Register shall be made in terms of this section but any such change shall be effected in terms of section 71 of the Children’s Protection and Adoption Act [Chapter 5:06]. 19 Re-registration of births of persons born out of wedlock. (1) Where any person has been registered as born out of wedlock and evidence is presented to the Registrar-General satisfying him that, by operation of any law, the person must be regarded as born in wedlock, the Registrar-General may on application authorize the reregistration of the person’s birth, and such re-registration shall be effective as though the person had been born in wedlock at the time of the initial registration. (2) An application for re-registration in terms of subsection (1) may be made by either of the parents of the person concerned, whether or not he has attained the age of eighteen years, or, if either or both of his parents are dead, by his nearest relative or legal guardian. 20 Responsibility for giving notice of death occurring in Zimbabwe (1) Whenever a person dies it shall be the duty— (a) of every relative who has attained the age of eighteen years present at the death or in attendance during the last illness of such person; or 7