HC Deb 09 July 1920 vol 131 cc1875-6

Where for the purposes of this Act, the age or marriage of any person is required to be proved by the production of a certificate of birth, or a certificate of marriage, any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may be from time to time prescribed by the Minister of Health, the Scottish Board of Health, or the Local Government Board for Ireland, as the case may be, and, on payment of a fee in the case of a birth certificate of sixpence, and in the case of a marriage certificate of one shilling, be entitled to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth or marriage, as the case may be, of that person in the register of births or the register of marriages, as the case may be, under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof, and forms for such requisition shall on request be supplied without any charge by every registrar of births and deaths, and by every superintendent registrar or other person having the custody of the register.

Amendments made: Leave out the words "or marriage" ["age or marriage"] and insert instead thereof the words "marriage or death."

Leave out the words "or a certificate of marriage" and insert instead thereof the words "marriage or death."

After the word "marriage" ["case of a marriage"] insert the words "or death."

Leave out the words "or marriage" ["entry of the birth or marriage"] and insert instead thereof the words "marriage or death."

Leave out the words "or the register of marriages" and insert instead thereof the words "marriages or death."—[Dr. Macnamara.]