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Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 (SR 1962/67) PURSUANT to the Cook Islands Act 1915, His Excellency the Gov­ ernor­General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Ex­ ecutive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
Contents Title and commencement Interpretation Part 1 Registration generally Appointment of Registrars Place of registration of births and deaths in Cook Islands (including Niue) All births and deaths in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) to be registered also with Registrar at Rarotonga Part 2 Registration of births Particulars of births required for registration Persons responsible for furnishing particulars of births Entry in Register of Births Registration of births not previously registered Registration of change of name Informant may sign Register of Births Form of Register of Births Entry of father’s name Notice to attend on Registrar Registration of birth of legitimated child Note These regulations are administered in the Department of Island Territories.
Page 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 1 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Registration of births of children born out of the Cook Islands Part 3 Registration of deaths Particulars of deaths required for registration Persons responsible for furnishing particulars of deaths Entry in Register of Deaths Informant may sign Register of Deaths Form of Register of Deaths Certiﬁcate by Medical Ofﬁcer Deaths of persons not attended by Medical Ofﬁcer Failure by Medical Ofﬁcer to give certiﬁcate Notice by Minister of religion, etc Part 4 General Registers open to public, and Registrar to issue certiﬁcate of any entry Issue of certiﬁed copies of entries to Government Departments Certiﬁed copy of any entry in Registers to be received in Court Failure to furnish required particulars Fees Custody of Registers Correction of errors Regulations to apply to stillborn child Registrar at Rarotonga to keep indexes Failure of Registrar to register information Discretion of Registrar Language of forms Revocations Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Fees to be taken by registrars, and by them paid or transmitted to the treasurer at Rarotonga or Niue Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 1 r 4 1 (1) (2) 2 3 4 Title and commencement These regulations may be cited as the Cook Islands Births and
 Deaths Registration Regulations 1962.
These regulations shall come into force— (a) In the Cook Islands (other than Niue), on the day after the date on which they are publicly notiﬁed by the Resi­ dent Commissioner for the Cook Islands: In the Island of Niue, on the day after the date on which they are publicly notiﬁed by the Resident Commis­ sioner of Niue.
(b) Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— Informant means any person required by these regulations to furnish to the Registrar particulars of births or deaths Register means the Register of Births or the Register of Deaths, as the case may be Registrar means a Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under these regulations; and includes a Deputy Registrar so appointed The Registrar means the Registrar by whom the birth or death, as the case may be, is required to be or has been registered.
Part 1 Registration generally Appointment of Registrars There shall from time to time be appointed pursuant to the provisions of Part 3 of the Cook Islands Amendment Act 1957 such ﬁt and proper persons as may be required to be Registrars and Deputy Registrars under these regulations.
Place of registration of births and deaths in Cook Islands (including Niue) All births and deaths occurring in the Cook Islands (including Niue) shall be registered by the Registrar whose ofﬁce is near­ 3 Part 1 r 5 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 est to the place where the birth occurred or to the place where the death occurred, as the case may be.
5 All births and deaths in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) to be registered also with Registrar at Rarotonga (2) (1) All births and deaths occurring in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) shall, in addition to being registered as required by regu­ lation 4 hereof, be registered with the Registrar at Rarotonga also.
For the purpose of subclause (1) of this regulation, the Regis­ trar in each island in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) shall, in the months of January, April, July, and October in each year, or so soon thereafter as may be practicable transmit to the Registrar at Rarotonga duplicate sheets of all registrations of births and deaths effected by the ﬁrst­mentioned Registrar during the preceding three months, and shall certify on each sheet that the entries therein are a correct copy of the corres­ ponding entries in the Register of Births or Register of Deaths, as the case may be.
Part 2 Registration of births Particulars of births required for registration For the purposes of these regulations, the following particulars of a birth occurring in the Cook Islands (including Niue) shall be furnished to the Registrar: (a) (b) (c) The date and place of birth: The Christian or ﬁrst name and the sex of the child: The names of the father and mother respectively, their ages, and their place of residence: The description of the father and mother (race to be stated in detail) For example European, Maori, half European and half Maori, etc: The name and description of the informant: (e) The particulars of birth speciﬁed in subclause (1) of this regu­ lation shall— (d) 6 (1) (2) 4 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 2 r 8 (a) (b) In the case of a birth in the Cook Islands (other than Niue), be furnished to the Registrar within one month after the date of birth of the child: In the case of a birth in Niue, be furnished to the Regis­ trar within one week after the date of birth of the child.
7 Persons responsible for furnishing particulars of births The following persons shall be responsible for furnishing to the Registrar the particulars of births speciﬁed in regulation 6 hereof, namely: (a) (b) The father or mother of the child: Every occupier of the house or building in which the child was born: Any person present at the birth of the child: Provided that if any of the persons speciﬁed herein duly furnishes the required information, the others of those persons shall thereupon be freed from the obligation of so doing.
(c) Entry in Register of Births 8 (1) Upon receipt of the particulars of birth of any child born in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) the Registrar shall enter those particulars in the Register of Births and on the duplicate sheet to be supplied to the Registrar at Rarotonga under regulation 5 hereof: Provided that the Registrar may, notwithstanding that the full particulars required by these regulations have not been fur­ nished, upon being satisﬁed with the particulars furnished to him, register the birth of any child in the Register of Births and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid.
(2) Upon the receipt of the particulars of birth of any child born in Niue, the Registrar shall enter those particulars in the Register of Births: Provided that, notwithstanding that the full particulars re­ quired by these regulations have not been furnished, the Registrar, upon being satisﬁed with the particulars furnished to him may register the birth of any child in the Register of Births.
5 Part 2 r 9 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 9 Registration of births not previously registered Notwithstanding anything in these regulations, the Registrar may register the birth of any person born in the Cook Islands, whether before or after the commencement of these regula­ tions, whose birth has not been previously registered in the Cook Islands: Provided that before so doing satisfactory evidence by statutory dec­ laration and such other evidence as he may deem necessary of the several particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of any such person shall ﬁrst be received by the Registrar.
(2) Registration of change of name 10 (1) Any person whose birth is registered in the Cook Islands, and who has attained the age of 21 years or is married or has at any time been married, may change his name, whether as to his surname or as to any ﬁrst name or Christian name.
The parents of any child who has not attained the age of 21 years and has never been married may change the name of the child, whether as to his surname or any ﬁrst name or Christian name: Provided that where the child has attained the age of 18 years his consent shall be required to the change of name: Provided also that for the purposes of this subclause the term parents— (a) where one of the parents has deserted the child or is dead or unknown or missing or of unsound mind, means the other parent: (b) where the child has been adopted, according to the law in force for the time being, means the adoptive parents: where the child has a legal guardian, means or includes that guardian.
(c) (3) For the purposes of this regulation, any change of name shall be effected by deed poll in form 3 in Schedule 1 to these regu­ lations or to the effect thereof.

(4) Any change of name shall be registered at the Registrar’s ofﬁce at Rarotonga or at Niue, as the case may be, upon payment of the prescribed fee set out in Schedule 2 to these regulations.
6 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 2 r 14 (5) Upon the registration of any change of name of any person whose birth is registered in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) the Registrar at Rarotonga shall send to the Registrar by whom the birth was registered particulars of the change of name, and the last­mentioned Registrar shall forthwith note and sign on the entry as to the birth, and on the duplicate of any entry in cases where the duplicate has not been transmitted to the Registrar at Rarotonga, a memorial of the change of name.
Every certiﬁcate of the date of birth issued under these regu­ lations shall show the name as changed and no other name.

(6) 11 12 13 14 Informant may sign Register of Births Upon completing the entries in the Register of Births, the Registrar shall request the informant, if then present, to sign the entries, but the informant shall not be obliged to sign the entries.

Form of Register of Births The Register of Births shall be in form 1 in Schedule 1 to these regulations or to the effect thereof.
Entry of father’s name Unless the informant states that the child was born in lawful wedlock, or is the posthumous child of lawfully married per­ sons, or unless the father together with the mother attends per­ sonally at the Registrar’s ofﬁce and makes an admission that he is the father of the child and the mother agrees to the fa­ ther’s name being entered in the Register of Births, or unless an afﬁliation order has been made under Part 20 of the Cook Islands Act 1915 in respect of the child, the Registrar shall not enter in the Register of Births the name of any person as the father of the child.
Notice to attend on Registrar Notwithstanding that the birth of any child has not been reg­ istered within the period speciﬁed in regulation 6 hereof, the Registrar may at any time after one month and not later than six months after the birth of the child, by notice in writing, require 7 Part 2 r 15 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 the parent or some person present at the birth of the child to attend personally at his ofﬁce within the time speciﬁed in the notice and give information of the particulars required to be registered, and the Registrar shall thereupon register the birth according to the information so given.
Registration of birth of legitimated child 15 (1) Upon the inter­marriage of the parents of an illegitimate child born in the Cook Islands and upon application being made to the Registrar in whose ofﬁce the birth of the child is registered, the Registrar may register the particulars of the father, and, in the case of a birth registered in the Cook Islands (other than Niue), shall advise the Registrar at Rarotonga of that entry: Provided that satisfactory evidence by statutory declaration or other such evidence as he may deem necessary of the paternity of that child shall have been ﬁrst given to the Registrar.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in subclause (1) of this regulation, in every case where it is not practicable for the natural parents to attend personally at the ofﬁce of the Registrar in whose of­ ﬁce the birth was registered the application shall be made in writing to the Registrar at Rarotonga or the Registrar of Niue, as the case may be, who may authorise the registration of the particulars relating to the father.
Registration of births of children born out of the Cook Islands Where a child born out of the Cook Islands arrives in the Cook Islands before attaining the age of 18 months, and the parents or other persons having lawful charge of the child are ordin­ arily resident in or about to take up their abode in the Cook Islands, a Registrar, on application being made at any time within six months from the date of the child’s arrival by one of the parents, or by a person having lawful charge of the child as aforesaid, containing the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth shall register the birth of the child in the manner provided by these regulations for the registration of births taking place in the Cook Islands.
16 8 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 3 r 18 17 (1) (2) 18 Part 3 Registration of deaths Particulars of deaths required for registration For the purposes of these regulations, the following particulars of deaths occurring in the Cook Islands shall be furnished to the Registrar: (a) The date and place of death: (b) The name and residence of the deceased: (c) The sex of the deceased: (d) The age of the deceased (if known): (e) If married, the name of deceased’s husband or wife: The number and sex of children living (if any): (f) (g) Whether deceased was attended by Medical Ofﬁcer dur­ (h) (i) ing last illness, and, if so, the certiﬁed cause of death: The name and residence of the father and mother re­ spectively of the deceased: The description of the father and mother of deceased (race to be stated in detail) For example, European, Maori, half European half Maori, etc: The name and description of the informant.
(j) The particulars of deaths speciﬁed in subclause (1) of this regulation shall— (a) In the case of a death in the Cook Islands (other than Niue), be furnished to the Registrar within one month from the date of death: In the case of a death in Niue, be furnished to the Regis­ trar within one week from the date of death.
(b) Persons responsible for furnishing particulars of deaths The following persons shall be responsible for furnishing to the Registrar the particulars of deaths speciﬁed in regulation 16 hereof, namely: (a) Every occupier of the house or building in which the death took place: (b) Any person present at the death: Provided that if any of the persons speciﬁed herein duly furnishes the required information, the others of those 9 Part 3 r 19 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 persons shall thereupon be freed from the obligation of doing so.
Entry in Register of Deaths 19 (1) Upon the receipt of the particulars of the death of any person dying in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) the Registrar shall enter those particulars in the Register of Deaths, and on the duplicate sheet to be supplied to the Registrar at Rarotonga under regulation 5 hereof: Provided that the Registrar may, notwithstanding that the full particulars required by these regulations have not been fur­ nished, upon being satisﬁed with the particulars furnished to him, register the death of any person in the Register of Deaths and on the duplicate sheet aforesaid.
(2) Upon the receipt of the particulars of death of any person dy­ ing in Niue, the Registrar shall enter those particulars in the Register of Deaths: Provided that, notwithstanding that the full particulars re­ the quired by these regulations have not been furnished, Registrar, upon being satisﬁed with the particulars furnished to him, may register the death of any person in the Register of Deaths.
20 21 Informant may sign Register of Deaths Upon completing the entries in the Register of Deaths, the Registrar shall request the informant, if then present, to sign the entries, but the informant shall not be obliged to sign the entries.

Form of Register of Deaths The Register of Deaths shall be in form 2 in Schedule 1 to these regulations or to the effect thereof.
Certiﬁcate by Medical Ofﬁcer 22 (1) On the death of any person who has been attended during his last illness by a Medical Ofﬁcer, that Medical Ofﬁcer shall sign and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Registrar a certiﬁcate in form 4 in Schedule 1 to these regulations or to 10 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 3 r 23 the effect thereof, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the causes of death (both primary and secondary) and the duration of the last illness of the deceased.
The particulars set forth in the said certiﬁcate shall in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) be entered, together with the name of the certifying Medical Ofﬁcer, in the Register of Deaths and on the duplicate sheet.

The particulars set forth in the said certiﬁcate shall in Niue be entered, together with the name of the certifying Medical Ofﬁcer, in the Register of Deaths.
(2) (3) Deaths of persons not attended by Medical Ofﬁcer 23 (1) On the death in any island of the Cook Islands where there is for the time being a Medical Ofﬁcer of any person who has not been attended by a Medical Ofﬁcer as aforesaid, the Chief Medical Ofﬁcer of the Cook Islands or the Chief Medical Of­ ﬁcer of Niue, as the case may be, or other Medical Ofﬁcer au­ thorised by him in that behalf, shall sign and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Registrar a certiﬁcate in form 5 in Sched­ ule 1 to these regulations or to the effect thereof, stating to the best of his knowledge and belief the causes of death (both pri­ mary and secondary) of the deceased.
For the purpose of enabling him to give such a certiﬁcate, the Medical Ofﬁcer shall have the right to make such examination of the body of the deceased as he thinks ﬁt, and any person who without reasonable cause prevents a Medical Ofﬁcer from making such an examination or who without reasonable cause obstructs or interferes with a Medical Ofﬁcer in such an exam­ ination is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding $10: Provided that if any relative of the deceased objects to such an examination being made, he may appeal to the Resident Commissioner, whose decision shall be ﬁnal.
(2) (3) On the receipt by the Registrar of a medical certiﬁcate under this regulation, the Registrar shall issue to such person as he deems entitled thereto an authority for the burial of the de­ ceased.

Every such authority shall be in form 7 in Schedule 1 to these regulations or to the effect thereof.
11 Part 3 r 24 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 (4) Where in any case to which subclause (1) of this regulation applies any person, without an authority in form 7 aforesaid having been ﬁrst obtained, buries or causes to be buried any person who has died in any island of the Cook Islands, he is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding $10.
Failure by Medical Ofﬁcer to give certiﬁcate Every Medical Ofﬁcer required under the provisions of regu­ lations 22 and 23 hereof to give a certiﬁcate in form 4 or form 5 in Schedule 1 to these regulations concerning any death who refuses or neglects to give that certiﬁcate, and any person to whom any such certiﬁcate is given who fails to deliver the cer­ tiﬁcate to the Registrar of Births and Deaths in the island where the death occurred is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding $4.
Notice by Minister of religion, etc Every Minister of religion or other person who performs any religious or funeral service for or at the burial of any dead body, or the person who conducts the burial of any dead body, shall give or forward within seven days written notice of the burial in form 6 in Schedule 1 to these regulations or to the ef­ fect thereof, to the Registrar of Births and Deaths in the island where the death occurred.
Part 4 General Registers open to public, and Registrar to issue certiﬁcate of any entry The Registers to be kept under these regulations shall at all reasonable times be open to the public for search on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 2 to these regu­ lations.

The Registrar shall, on the application of any person, and on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 2 to these regulations, issue certiﬁcates of any entry made in the said Registers.
24 25 26 (1) (2) 12 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 4 r 29 (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this regulation, the Regis­ trar may dispense with the payment of any fee payable under these regulations in cases of genuine hardship.
27 Issue of certiﬁed copies of entries to Government Departments (1) Notwithstanding anything in regulation 26 hereof, where a cer­ tiﬁed copy of any entry in a Register kept under these regula­ tions or a certiﬁcate as to any such entry is required for the pur­ poses of any Government Department, the Registrar at Raro­ tonga or Niue, as the case may be, shall issue the certiﬁed copy or special certiﬁcate in the prescribed form, free of any charge.
Every certiﬁed copy or certiﬁcate issued under subclause (1) of this regulation shall indicate thereon the purpose for which it was issued, and shall not be available for any other purpose, and shall be retained by the Department for whose purposes it was required.
(2) 28 29 (1) Certiﬁed copy of any entry in Registers to be received in Court A certiﬁed copy of any entry in a Register, made or given and purporting to be signed by any Registrar and sealed and stamped with his seal, or made or purporting to be signed by any Deputy Registrar, shall be received in any Court in the Cook Islands as prima facie evidence of the birth or death to which it relates.
Failure to furnish required particulars Every person required by these regulations to furnish particu­ lars in respect of any matter who, without sufﬁcient cause fails to furnish those particulars is liable for a ﬁrst offence to a ﬁne not exceeding $2, and for a second or any subsequent offence to a ﬁne not exceeding $4; and any person who wilfully fur­ nishes false particulars is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding $10.
(2) Where any person who is convicted under these regulations for failure to furnish the particulars required for the registra­ tion of any birth or death, the Court shall direct the Registrar forthwith to register the birth or death, and if the birth or death 13 Part 4 r 30 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 30 31 has not been previously registered the Registrar shall forthwith register the birth or death accordingly.
Fees For the purposes of these regulations the fees speciﬁed in Schedule 2 to these regulations shall be payable to the Regis­ trar.

Custody of Registers The Registers shall be safely kept by the Registrar in whose custody they are placed, and shall be deemed to be the prop­ erty of the Crown.

Upon the death, dismissal, transfer, or res­ ignation of any Registrar, the custody of those Registers shall pass to his successor in ofﬁce.
(2) Correction of errors 32 (1) Any clerical error or any error of fact or substance or any omis­ sion of any material fact in any Register may be corrected by the Registrar.

Instead of making any correction as aforesaid, the Registrar may, if he thinks ﬁt, direct a new entry to be made in the Regis­ ter.

Any such entry shall contain a reference to the original en­ try, and the original entry shall contain a reference to the new entry together with the date of the correction.
Any such new entry shall be signed by a person who is required under these regulations to give the particulars of birth or death, as the case may be, or by such other person as may be authorised by the Registrar.

For the purpose of this regulation, the Registrar may, if he thinks ﬁt, require to be produced a statutory declaration and such other evidence as to the facts as he considers necessary.

Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, no alter­ ation in any Register shall be made.
(4) (3) Regulations to apply to stillborn child The provisions of these regulations relating to the registration of births shall apply in the case of a stillborn child, but the Registrar may dispense with the registration of the death of 33 14 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Part 4 r 37 34 35 36 37 any such child.
A stillborn child shall be a child that has issued from its mother after the expiration of the twenty­eighth week of pregnancy and was not alive at the time of such issue.
Registrar at Rarotonga to keep indexes The Registrar at Rarotonga shall cause indexes of the certiﬁed copies transmitted to him by Registrars in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) as hereinbefore provided to be made and kept in his ofﬁce, and shall permit any person, on payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 2 to these regulations, to search any such index and have a copy, certiﬁed under the hand of the said Registrar at Rarotonga, of any entry of a birth or death duly certiﬁed to him by any Registrar under these regulations.
Failure of Registrar to register information Every Registrar who refuses or without reasonable cause omits to register any birth or any death of which he had due no­ tice and information as aforesaid, and every person having the custody of any Register or certiﬁed copy thereof, or any part thereof, who negligently loses or injures the same, or negli­ gently allows the same to be injured while in his keeping, is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding $10.
Discretion of Registrar Where for any sufﬁcient cause shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar any act, matter, or thing required by these regulations cannot be done within the time limited by or in strict compli­ ance with the conditions imposed by these regulations, it shall be sufﬁcient if that act, matter, or thing is done within a reason­ able time thereafter, or if the conditions imposed are complied with so far as is reasonably possible.
Language of forms The forms in Schedule 2 to these regulations, except the Regis­ ter of Births and the Register of Deaths, shall be printed both in English and in Maori for use in the Cook Islands (other than Niue) and in English and in Niuean for use in Niue.
Transla­ tions of those forms into Maori and Niuean, as the case may 15 Part 4 r 38 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 be, shall be provided by the Secretary of Island Territories and shall be deemed to be authentic translations for the purposes of these regulations.
38 Revocations The following regulations are hereby revoked: (a) Regulations relating to the registration of Births and Deaths in the Cook Islands made by Order in Council on the 19th day of June 19161: Regulations amending those speciﬁed in paragraph (a) of this regulation made by Order in Council on the 25th day of June 19172.
(b) Schedule 1 Form 1 Register of births Reg 12 1 Gazette, 29 June 1916, p 2211 2 Gazette, 12 July 1917, p 2774 16 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Schedule 1 Form 1—continued 17 Schedule 1 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Form 2 Register of deaths Reg 21 18 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Schedule 1 Form 2—continued 19 Schedule 1 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Form 3 Deed poll Reg 10 Form 4 Reg 22 20 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Schedule 1 Form 4—continued Form 5 Certiﬁcate of death by medical ofﬁcer or person not attended by a medical ofﬁcer Reg 23(1) 21 Schedule 2 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Form 6 Notice to person in charge of burial Reg 25 Form 7 Authority to bury Reg 23(3) Schedule 2 Fees to be taken by registrars, and by them paid or transmitted to the treasurer at Rarotonga or Niue Search fee (for each entry to be perused) For every certiﬁed copy of any entry, including search not extending beyond three years $ 0.25 0.30 For a certiﬁcate as to the date and place of any birth 0.20 22 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Veriﬁcation of any date of birth or death Registration of
 a change of name T J SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
$ 0.10 0.25 Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations replace with amendments the existing regulations as to the registration of births and deaths in the Cook Islands.

The most important new provisions are— (a) Provision is made for the registration of births not previously registered (reg 9).

(b) A change of name is to be registered (reg 10).


(c) The conditions that must exist before the name of the father of a child is entered in the Register of Births are speciﬁed (reg 13).

Provision is made for the alteration of the register on the legit­ imation of a child by the marriage of its parents (reg 15).

A child born out of the Cook Islands and arriving in the Cook Islands while under the age of 18 months may be registered (reg 16).
Provisions as to a Medical Ofﬁcer’s certiﬁcate in the case of the death of a person who was not attended by a Medical Ofﬁ­ cer, which at present apply only in Niue, now apply generally in any island of the Cook Islands where there is a Medical Of­ ﬁcer (reg 23).

Fees may be waived in cases of hardship (reg 26(3)).

Provision is made for the issue of certiﬁcates to Government Departments free of charge (reg 27(1)) .

Provision is made with respect to stillborn children (reg 33).
(d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936.

23 Cook Islands Births and Deaths Registration Regulations 1962 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 24 May 1962.

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