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Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons).

CHAPTER 163.

CIVIL AVIATION (BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS).

SECTION.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Interpretation.

1.

Short title.

2.

3.

Returns relating to births and deaths by owners of aircraft.

4.

Records to be kept by Director of Civil Aviation.

5.

Transmission of copies of notices to Registrar General.

6.

Saving for father of illegitimate child.

7.


Rectification of notices of births, deaths and missing persona.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BIRTI.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DEATH.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

BIRTH IN AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN THE COLONY.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

DEATHS IN AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN THE COLONY.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

PERSONS MISSING AND BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN CONSEQUENCE OF ACCIDENTS TO AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN THE COLONY.

Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons).

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CIVIL AVIATION (BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS).

An Ordinance to make provision for the recording of Births and Deaths and of persons missing in Aircraft registered in the Colony; and for other purposes connected therewith.

38 of 1950.

17 of 3951.

[7TH OCTOBER, 1 950.]

Short title.

Tnter- pretation.

17 of 1951, s. 2.

1.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Ordinance.

2.
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires— " aircraft " includes all balloons, whether captive or free, gliders, airships and flying machines; " journey " is deemed to commence when a traveller enters an aircraft registered in the Colony for the purpose of the journey and to continue until that traveller alights therefrom on completion of the journey, notwithstanding any inter- mediate stop or break in the journey; " the Director " means the Director of Civil Aviation; " missing persons " means persons with respect to whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have died in consequence of an accident occurring in or over the Colony to an aircraft registered in the Colony; " person in command of an aircraft " means, in a case where a person other than the pilot is in command of the aircraft, that person, and in every other case, the pilot; " the Registrar General " means the Registrar General of births and deaths; " traveller " in relation to an aircraft includes a member of the crew.
3.
(1) The owner of an aircraft registered in the Colony shall, as soon as practicable but not later than six months after the occurrence in or over the Colony of a birth or death in the aircraft, transmit to the Director a return of such birth or death in the form, in accordance with the instructions and containing the particulars prescribed, in the first schedule to this Ordinance in the case of a birth, or in the second schedule in the case of a death: Provided that if such particulars are not known to the owner of the aircraft, he shall transmit as aforesaid so many of such Returns relating to births and deaths by owners of aircraft.
17 of 1951, s. 3.

First schedule.

Second schedule.

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particulars as he is reasonably able to ascertain having regard to the circumstances of the birth or death.
(2) To facilitate the rendering of returns in accordance with this Ordinance, the person in command of an aircraft registered in the Colony shall forthwith on the occurrence in or over the Colony of a birth or death in the aircraft, record in the journey log book, or other appropriate document relating to that air- craft, the particulars of the birth or death mentioned in sub- section (1) of this section, and shall make such record available to the owner as soon as practicable: Provided that if all such particulars are not known to the person in command of an aircraft and cannot readily be ascer- tained by him, he shall record and make available as aforesaid so many of such particulars as are readily ascertainable.
(3) Where any aircraft has been bona fide demised, let, or hired out for a period exceeding fourteen days to any other person by the owner thereof, and no pilot, commander, navi- gator or operative member of the crew of the aircraft is in the employment of the owner, the provisions of this section shall have effect as though for references to the owner there were substituted references to the person to whom the aircraft has been so demised, let, or hired out.
(4) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

4.
The Director shall keep in his department— (a) a separate record of births in the form in the third schedule to this Ordinance in which shall be recorded the particulars transmitted to him of births occurring in or over the Colony in aircraft registered in the Colony; (b) a separate record of deaths in the form in the fourth schedule to this Ordinance in which shall be recorded the particulars transmitted to him of deaths occurring in or over the Colony in aircraft registered in the Colony; and (c) a separate record in the form in the fifth schedule to this Ordinance of persons reported to him as missing persons.
5.

The Director shall within seven days of the completion of an entry of any record kept in his department pursuant to this Ordinance cause a certified copy of such entry to be transmitted to the Registrar General.

Records to be kept by Director of Civil Avia- tion.

17 of 1951, s. 4.

Third schedule.

Fourth schedule.

Fifth schedule.

Trans- mission of copies of notices to Registrar General.

Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons).

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In the case of the birth of an illegitimate child, the name Saving for father of illegiti- matachild.

of any person as father of such child shall not be entered in any return or record of particulars of the birth of such child unless the mother of the child and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child shall have signed a completed form of return as informants.

7.
7.

(1) If the Director is satisfied that there is an error or Rectifies.- tion of notices of births, deaths and missing persons.

omission in any entry made in the records of births, deaths, or missing persons kept in his department, he may, in accordance with evidence of the true facts relating to the entry, rectify it in such manner as may appear to him appropriate.
(2) Within seven days after the correction of any entry in his records in accordance with this section the Director shall cause a certified copy of such corrected entry to be transmitted to the Registrar General.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

FORM No.

 Birth.

S. 3.

Return for the purposes of section 3 of this Ordinance.

1.

Registration marking of aircraft 2.

Date of Birth (a) 3.

Place of Birth (b) 4.

Name (c) 5.

Sex (d) 6.

Name, surname, usual residence and nationality of father (e) 7.
Name, surname, maiden surname, usual residence and nationality of mother (f ) 8.

Date and place of marriage of parents ... • •• • • • 9.

Profession or occupation of father; and rank or title (if any) (e) 10.

Name, description and home address of informant (if any) (g) .

11.

Signature of informant(s) Signature and rank of person com- pleting the return Date (a) NOTES- (a) Day and month in words, years in figures.

(b) Approximate position, e.g. "


40 miles south of Mackenzie," " over Annai."

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(c) Full Christian names of child.

(d) " Male " or " female " as the case may be.

(e) Christian names in full and followed by surname; surname to be written in block letters.
If child is illegitimate the particulars relating to the father must not be recorded in the return unless at the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child, in which case such person shall, as well as the mother, sign a completed form of return as informant.

( f ) Christian names in full and married surname followed by the word " formerly " and the maiden surname.
(g) The informant's full names, relationship (if any) to the child, and full postal address should be stated.

Except in the circumstances mentioned at (e) above only one person (usually the mother or father) should act as informant.

S. 3.

 SECOND SCHEDULE.

FORM No.

Death.

Return for the purposes of section 3 of this Ordinance.

1.

Registration marking of aircraft 2.

Date of death (a) ... 3.

Place of death (b) 4.

Name and surname (c) 5.

Usual residence at time of death (d) 6.

Sex (e) 7.
Sex (e) 7.

Age (.f ) 8.

Profession or occupation, rank or title (if any) and nationality (g) 9.

Cause of death 10.

Name, description and home address of informant (if any) (h) 11.

Signature of informant ... Signature and rank of person com- pleting the return Date (a) NOTES- (a) Day and month in words, year in figures.

(b) Actual position, if known.

Otherwise approximate position, e.g. "

40 miles west of Mackenzie," " over Annai."

(c) Christian names in full, followed by surname.


Surname to be written in block letters.

(d) The full postal address should be stated.

(e) " Male " or " female."

( f ) To be recorded in complete years, or in months or days.

(g) Women and children.

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In the case of an unmarried woman, there shall be inserted (1) the word " spinster," followed by her profession or occupation (if any), rank or title (if any) and her nationality, and (2) the words " daughter of " followed by the name, profession, etc., of her father.
In the case of children under the age of 16 years, the words " son of " or " daughter of " shall be followed by the name, profession, etc., of the father.

(h) The informant's full names, relationship (if any) to deceased, and full postal address should be stated.

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