§ MR. HOLTasked Mr. Attorney General, Whether under the 37th section of 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 86, a registrar is authorised to make a charge of one shilling for a search of the register, in addition to the fee of two shillings and sixpence, in cases in which the name and exact date required for the certificate are given by the applicant?
THE ATTORNEY GENERALSir, in my opinion, in cases where no search of any sort is necessary, the fee of 1s. for a search ought not to be charged; and a search will not be necessary when 1236 a reference to the volume and page of the register, where the entry can be found can be given; but it does not follow that a search will not be needed simply because the name of the person whose birth, death, or marriage is supposed to be recorded is given with the date of the event. I give this answer, because I am anxious to oblige my hon. and learned Friend; but as there are great differences of opinion on the subject, and as my opinion is in no way binding upon the registrar, I doubt very much whether I ought to express it.