6 & 7 Wil. 4, c. 86. entitled to receive; and the said registrar or superintendent-registrar, upon receipt of such certificate and on payment of the fee of 1s., which he shall be therefore entitled to receive, shall, without any erasure of the original entry, forthwith register therein that the child was baptized by such name, and the registrar shall thereupon certify upon the said certificate the additional entry so made, and shall forthwith send the said certificate through the post office to the registrar-general."

Some person present at death, or

required to give particulars of death, so far as known.

Sect. 25. "Some person present at the death, or in attendance during the last illness of every person dying in England after the said first day of March, occupier of house, or in case of the death, illness, inability, or default of all such persons, the occupier of the house or tenement, or if the occupier be the person who shall have died, some inmate of the house or tenement in which such death shall have happened, shall, within eight days next after the day of such death, give information, upon being requested so to do, to the said registrar, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief of the several particulars hereby required to be known and registered, touching the death of such Registrar to make person: provided always, that in every case in which an inquest shall be entry of finding of held on any dead body the jury shall inquire of the particulars herein required to be registered concerning the death, and the coroner shall inform the registrar of the finding of the jury, and the registrar shall make the entry accordingly."

jury upon coroners'

inquests.

Registry of per

Sect. 26. "If any of his majesty's English subjects shall die at sea on sons dying at sea. board of a British vessel, the captain or commanding officer of the vessel on board of which such death shall have happened shall forthwith make a minute of the several particulars hereinbefore required to be inserted in the register touching such death, so far as the same may be known, and the name of the vessel wherein the death took place, and shall, on the arrival of such vessel in any port of the United Kingdom, or by any other sooner opportunity, send a certificate of the said minute through the post office to the registrar-general, who shall file the same, and enter a copy thereof under his hand in the marine register book, and keep the same with the other registers, according to the provisions of this act."

Registrar to give

certificate of re

undertaker, who shall deliver the same to the mi

ing person.

Coroner may or

Sect. 27. "Every registrar, immediately upon registering any death, or as soon thereafter as he shall be required so to do, shall, without fee or reward, gistry of death to deliver to the undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral a certificate under his hand, according to the form of schedule (E.) to this act annexed, that such death has been duly registered, and such certificate shall nister or officiat- be delivered by such undertaker or other person to the minister or officiating person who shall be required to bury or to perform any religious service for the burial of the dead body, and if any dead body shall be buried for which no such certificate shall have been so delivered, the person who shall bury or perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial shall forthwith give notice thereof to the registrar: provided always, that the coroner, upon holding any inquest, may order the body to be buried, if he shall think fit, before registry of the death, and shall in such case give a certificate of his order in writing, under his hand, according to the form of schedule (F.) to this act annexed, to such undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral, which shall be delivered as aforesaid; and every person who shall bury or perform any funeral or any religious service for the burial of any dead body for which no certificate shall have been duly made and delivered as aforesaid, either by the registrar or coroner, and who shall not within seven days give notice thereof to the registrar, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding 101. for every such offence."

der body to be

buried, and give

certificate thereof.

No dead body to
be buried without

certificate of re-
gistry or of in-
quest.
Penalty, 101.

Register to be signed by the in

formant.

Registrars to

Sect. 28. "Every person by whom the information contained in any register of birth or death under this act shall have been given shall sign his name, description, and place of abode in the register; and no register of birth or death, according to this act, shall be given in evidence which shall not be signed by some person professing to be the informant, and to be such party as is herein required to give such information to the registrar."

Sect. 29. "Every registrar shall make out an account four times in every make out accounts year of the number of births and deaths which he shall have registered since

quarterly.

the last quarterly account, and the superintendent-registrar shall verify and 6 & 7 Wil. 4, c. 86. sign the same, and the guardians or overseers of the parish, township, or Guardians or place in or for which he shall be registrar, on production of the said account overseers to pay so verified and signed, shall pay to the said registrar, out of the monies in registrars. their hands or power as such guardians or overseers, such sums as he shall be entitled to receive on the said account according to the following scale; (that is to say,) for the first twenty entries of births and deaths in every year which he shall have registered, whether the same be of births or of deaths indiscriminately, 2s. 6d. each, and 1s. for every subsequent entry of births or deaths in each year; and in the case of an union the said several sums shall be charged to the account of the parishes in which such births or deaths respectively shall have occurred."

Sect. 30. "The registrar-general shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Marriage register the rector, vicar, or curate of every church and chapel in England wherein books to be promarriages may lawfully be solemnized, and also to every person to whom vided. the recording clerk of the society of friends commonly called Quakers, at their central office in London, shall from time to time certify in writing under bis hand to the registrar-general to be a registering officer in England of the said society, and also to every person whom the president for the time being of the London committee of deputies of the British Jews shall from time to time certify in writing under his hand to the registrar-general to be the secretary of a synagogue in England of persons professing the Jewish religion, a sufficient number in duplicate of marriage register books, and forms for certified copies thereof, as hereinafter provided; and the cost of all such books and forms shall be paid by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish or chapelry out of the monies in their hands as such churchwardens and overseers, or by the registering officer or secretary respectively, to whom the same shall be furnished."

Sect. 31. "Every clergyman of the church of England, immediately after Marriage registers every office of matrimony solemnized by him, shall register in duplicate in to be kept in two of the marriage register books the several particulars relating to that duplicate. marriage according to the form of the said schedule (C.); and every such registering officer of the Quakers, as soon as conveniently may be after the solemnization of any marriage between two Quakers in the district for which he is registering officer, and every such secretary of a synagogue, immediately after every marriage solemnized between any two persons professing the Jewish religion, of whom the husband shall belong to the synagogue whereof he is secretary, shall register or cause to be registered in duplicate in two of the said marriage register books the several particulars relating to that marriage according to the form of the said schedule (C.); and every such registering officer or secretary, whether he shall or shall not be present at such marriage, shall satisfy himself that the proceedings in relation thereto have been conformable to the usages of the said society, or of the persons professing the Jewish religion, as the case may be; and every such entry as hereinbefore is mentioned (whether made by such clergyman or by such registering officer or secretary respectively as aforesaid) shall be signed by the clergyman or by the said registering officer or secretary as the case may be, and by the parties married, and by two witnesses, and shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of each book, and the number of the place of entry in each duplicate marriage register book shall be the same."

and the register

Sect. 32. "In the months of April, July, October, and January, on such Certified copies of days as shall from time to time be appointed by the registrar-general, every registers of births registrar shall make, and deliver to the superintendent-registrar of his dis- and deaths to be trict, on durable materials, a true copy, certified by him under his hand sent quarterly, according to the form of schedule (D.) to this act annexed, of all the entries books when filled, of births and deaths in the register book kept by him since the last certificate, to the superinthe first of such certificates to be given in the month of July in the year tendent-registrar. 1837, and to contain all the entries made up to that time; and the superintendent-registrar shall verify the same, and if found to be correct shall certify the same under his hand to be a true copy; and if there shall have been no birth or death registered since the delivery of the last certificate the registrar

6 & 7 Wil. 4, c. 86. shall certify the fact, and such certificate shall be delivered to the superintendent-registrar as aforesaid, and countersigned by him; and the registrar shall keep safely each of the said register books until it shall be filled, and shall then deliver it to the superintendent-registrar, to be kept by him with the records of his office."

Duplicates and
certified copies of
registers of mar-

riages to be sent
to superintendent-
registrar.

Superintendentregistrars to send certified copies of

registers to the general register office.

Searches may be

made, and certithe persons keeping the registers.

ficates given by

Indexes to be made at the superintendent-registrar's office, and

Sect. 33. "The rector, vicar, or curate of every such church and chapel, and every such registering officer and secretary, shall, in the months of April, July, October, and January respectively, make and deliver to the superintendent-registrar of the district in which such church or chapel may be situated, or which may be assigned by the registrar-general to such registering officer or secretary, on durable materials, a true copy certified by him under his hand of all the entries of marriages in the register book kept by him since the last certificate, the first of such certificates to be given in the month of July, 1837, and to contain all the entries made up to that time, and if there shall have been no marriage entered therein since the last certificate, shall certify the fact under his hand, and shall keep the said marriage register books safely until the same shall be filled; and one copy of every such register book, when filled, shall be delivered to the superintendent-registrar of the district in which such church or chapel may be situated, or which shall have been assigned as aforesaid to such registering officer or secretary, and the other copy of every such register book kept by any such rector, vicar, or curate, shall remain in the keeping of such rector, vicar, or curate, and shall be kept by him with the registers of baptisms and burials of the parish or chapelry within which the marriages registered therein shall have been solemnized; and the other copy of every such register book of marriages among the people called Quakers, and among the persons professing the Jewish religion respectively, shall remain under the care of the said people or persons respectively, to be kept with their other registers and records, and shall, for the purposes of this act, be still deemed to be in the keeping of the registering officer or secretary for the time being respectively."

Sect. 34. Every superintendent-registrar shall, four times in every year, on such days as shall be therefore named by the registrar-general, send to the registrar-general all the certified copies of the registers of births, deaths, and marriages which he shall have so received during the three calendar months next preceding such quarterly days of transmission respectively; and if it shall appear, by interruption of the regular progression of numbers or otherwise, that the copy of any part of any book has not been duly delivered to him, he shall procure as far as possible, consistently with the provisions of this act, that the same may be remedied and supplied; and every such superintendent-registrar shall be entitled to receive the sum of 2d. for every entry in such certified copies; and every superintendent-registrar shall make out an account four times in every year of the number of entries in the certified copies sent to him during the last quarter, and the certified copies so sent to the general registry office shall be thereafter kept in the said office in such order and manner as the registrar-general, under the direction of the secretary of state, shall think fit, so that the same may be most readily seen

and examined."

Sect. 35. "Every rector, vicar, or curate, and every registrar, registering officer, and secretary who shall have the keeping for the time being of any register book of births, deaths, or marriages, shall at all reasonable times allow searches to be made of any register book in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry or entries in the same, on payment of the fee hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say,) for every search extending over a period not more than one year the sum of 1s., and 6d. additional for every additional year, and the sum of 2s. 6d. for every single certificate."

Sect. 36. "Every superintendent-registrar shall cause indexes of the register books in his office to be made, and kept with the other records of his office; and that every person shall be entitled at all reasonable hours to persons allowed to search the said indexes, and to have a certified copy of any entry or entries in the said register books under the hand of the superintendent-registrar, on

search them.

payment of the fees hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say,) for every general 6 & 7 Wil. 4, c. 86. search the sum of 5s., and for every particular search the sum of 1s., and

for every such certified copy the sum of 2s. 6d."

Sect. 37. "The registrar-general shall cause indexes of all the said certi- Indexes to be fied copies of the registers to be made and kept in the general register kept at general office; and that every person shall be entitled, on payment of the fees register office, hereinafter mentioned, to search the said indexes between the hours of ten and certified cosearches allowed, in the morning and four in the afternoon of every day except Sundays, pies given. Christmas day, and Good Friday, and to have a certified copy of any entry in the said certified copies of the registers; and for every general search of the said indexes shall be paid the sum of 208., and for every particular search the sum of Is., and for every such certified copy the sum of 2s. 6d., and no more, shall be paid to the registrar-general or such other officer as shall be appointed for that purpose on his account."

registry office to be sealed.

Seet. 38. "The registrar-general shall cause to be made a seal of the said Certified copies register office, and the registrar-general shall cause to be sealed or stamped given at general therewith all certified copies of entries given in the said office; and all cer tified copies of entries purporting to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the said register office shall be received as evidence of the birth, death, or marriage to which the same relates, without any further or other proof of such entry; and no certified copy purporting to be given in the said office shall be of any force or effect which is not sealed or stamped as aforesaid." Sect. 39. "Every sum received under the provisions of this act by or on Fees for searches account of the registrar-general shall be accounted for and paid by the regis in the general trar-general, at such times as the lords commissioners of the treasury from register office to time to time shall direct, into the Bank of England, to the credit of his to the exchequer. majesty's exchequer, according to the provisions of an act passed in the fourth and fifth years of his majesty, intituled, An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster.'"

be accounted for

4 & 5 Wil. 4, c. 15.

Sect. 40. "It shall be lawful for every clergyman of the church of Eng- Clergymen, &c., land who shall solemnize any marriage in England, and for every registering may ask parties officer of the Quakers, and every secretary of a synagogue, after the said married the parti first day of March, to ask of the parties married the several particulars herein culars required. required to be registered touching such marriage."

Sect. 41. Every person who shall wilfully make or cause to be made, Penalty for wilfor the purpose of being inserted in any register of birth, death, or marriage, fully giving false any false statement touching any of the particulars herein required to be information. known and registered, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as if

he were guilty of perjury."

births, deaths,

Sect. 42. Every person who shall refuse or without reasonable cause Penalty for not omit to register any marriage solemnized by him, or which he ought to duly registering register, and every registrar who shall refuse or without reasonable cause and marriages, or omit to register any birth or death of which he shall have had due notice as for losing or aforesaid, and every person having the custody of any register book, or cer- injuring the tified copy thereof or of any part thereof, who shall carelessly lose or injure registers. the same, or carelessly allow the same to be injured whilst in his keeping, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 50l. for every such offence."

books.

Sect. 43. "Every person who shall wilfully destroy or injure, or cause to Penalty for debe destroyed or injured, any such register book, or any part or certified copy stroying or falsi of any part thereof, or shall falsely make or counterfeit, or cause to be falsely fying register made or counterfeited, any part of any such register book or certified copy thereof, or shall wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in any register book or certified copy thereof any false entry of any birth, death, or marriage, or shall wilfully give any false certificate, or shall certify any writing to be a copy or extract of any register book, knowing the same register to be false in any part thereof, or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of the register office, shall be guilty of felony."

Sect. 44. Provided always," that no person charged with the duty of Accidental errors registering any birth, death, or marriage, who shall discover any error to may be corrected. have been committed in the form or substance of any such entry, shall be therefore liable to any of the penalties aforesaid if within one calendar

6 & 7 Wil. 4, c. 86. month next after the discovery of such error, in the presence of the parents of the child whose birth may have been so registered, or of the parties married, or of two persons attending upon any person in his or her last illness whose death may have been so registered, or in case of the death or absence of the respective parties aforesaid, then in the presence of the superintendentregistrar and of two other credible witnesses who shall respectively attest the same, he shall correct the erroneous entry, according to the truth of the case, by entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal entry, and add thereunto the day of the month and year when such correction shall be made: provided also, that in the case of a marriage register he shall make the like marginal entry, attested in like manner in the duplicate marriage register book to be made by him as aforesaid, and in every case shall make the like alteration in the certified copy of the register book to be made by him as aforesaid, or in case such certified copy shall have been already made, provided he shall make and deliver in like manner a separate certified copy of the original erroneous entry, and of the marginal correction therein made."

Pecovery of penalties.

Appeal.

No certiorari.

Sect. 45. "All fines and forfeitures by this act imposed, unless otherwise directed, shall be recovered before any two justices of the peace for the county, city, or place where the offence shall have happened, upon the information or complaint of any person; and if on the conviction of the offender, either on his or her confession, or by the oath of any one or more credible witness or witnesses, (which oath such justices are hereby empowered to administer,) such fines or forfeitures, with the costs of the conviction, shall not be forthwith paid, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, by warrant under the hand and seal of such justices; and for want of distress such justices may commit every such offender to the common gaol or house of correction for the county, city, or place where the offender shall be committed, without bail or mainprize, for any term not exceeding one calendar month, unless such fine and forfeiture, and all reasonable charges attending the recovery thereof, shall be sooner paid; and one moiety of all such fines and forfeitures shall go to the person who shall inform and sue or prosecute for the same, and the other moiety shall go to the registrar-general, or to such other person as the lords commissioners of the treasury shall appoint, for the use of his majesty; and no distress made by virtue of this act shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall the party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, or warrant of distress, or on account of any irregularity which shall be afterwards committed by the party distraining, but the person or persons aggrieved by such irregularity shall recover full satisfaction for the special damages sustained in an action on the case.” Sect. 46." In all cases where the sum adjudged to be paid on any such summary conviction shall exceed 57., any person convicted may appeal to the next court of general or quarter sessions which shall be holden not sooner than twelve days after the day of such conviction for the county or other district wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen; provided that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after such conviction, and seven clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also either remain in custody until the sessions, or enter into a recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, before a justice of the peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded; and upon such notice being given, and such recognizances being entered into, the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs, to either party, as to the court shall seem meet, and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment." Sect. 47. "No such conviction or adjudication made on appeal therefrom