### Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 《生死登記條例》

8. Information respecting living new-born child to be given to a registrar
(1) In case any child is born in, or any new-born child is admitted to, any public institution, convent or other charitable or religious institution, it shall be the duty of the person having charge of such institution or convent to ascertain from the mother of such child or person bringing such child such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as can be elicited and to cause such information to be given to a registrar within 42 days. (Amended 1 of 1965 s. 3) 
(2) In case any living new-born child is found exposed, it shall be the duty of any person finding such child, and of any person in whose charge such child may be placed, to report such finding to a registrar, and within 42 days to give, to the best of his knowledge and belief, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as the informant possesses, and, in the presence of such registrar, to sign and submit to such registrar a register form completed with the information so given. (Amended 1 of 1965 s. 3; 80 of 1997 s. 53) 
[cf. 1874 c. 88 s. 3 U.K.]

### Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 《生死登記條例》

10. Duty of registrar to procure registration of births
Notwithstanding the omission to report or furnish information as to any birth within 42 days it shall be the duty of every registrar to procure by all means in his power the best and most accurate information respecting any birth which may have occurred within his district and to cause the same to be registered as prescribed by section 9. 
(Amended 1 of 1965 s. 5)

11. Signed register forms or certified copies of signed register forms to be sent to general register office
(1) The registrar at every district registry office must cause to be sent to the general register office, at such times as may be directed by the Registrar, signed register forms.
(2) The district registrar of deaths under section 3(2) must, in addition to the requirement in subsection (1), cause to be sent to the general register office, once in each month or as directed by the Registrar, certified copies of signed register forms.
(Added 80 of 1997 s. 55. Amended 3 of 2023 s. 7)

### Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 《生死登記條例》

12A. Re-registration of father of illegitimate child
Where there has been registered under this Ordinance the birth of an illegitimate child, but no person has been registered as the father of the child, the Registrar shall re-register the birth so as to show a person as the father—
(a) at the joint request of the mother and that person; or 
(b) at the request of the mother on production of—
(i) a declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father of the child; and 
(ii) a statutory declaration made by that person stating himself to be the father of the child; or 
(c) at the request of that person on production of—
(i) a declaration by that person stating himself to be the father of the child; and
(ii) a statutory declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father of the child; or 
(d) at the request of the mother or that person on production of—
(i) a certified copy of a relevant order; and 
(ii) if the child has attained the age of 16 years, the written consent of the child to the registration of that person as the father. 
(Added 17 of 1993 s. 19) [cf. 1953 c. 20 s. 10A U.K.; 1987 c. 42 s. 25 U.K.]

12B. Re-registration after declaration of parentage or legitimacy
Where—
(a) the Registrar receives notification issued pursuant to section 6 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429) of the making of a declaration of—
(i) parentage; or 
(ii) legitimacy, 
in respect of a person whose birth has previously been registered; and 
(b) it appears to him that the birth of that person should be re-registered, 
he shall authorize the re-registration of that person’s birth. 
(Added 17 of 1993 s. 19) [cf. 1953 c. 20 s. 14A U.K.; 1987 c. 42 s. 26 U.K.]

12C. Re-registration after parental order in favour of gamete donors
Where the Registrar receives notification issued pursuant to section 12 of the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429) of an order under that section providing for a child to be treated in law as the child of the parties to a marriage, in respect of a child whose birth has previously been registered, he shall authorize the re-registration of that child’s birth. 
(Added 17 of 1993 s. 19)

### Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance 《生死登記條例》

12D. Supply of copy of previous entry requires Registrar’s consent
Notwithstanding section 22(1) or 23, where the birth of a child has been re-registered under section 12A, 12B or 12C, no certified copy of any previous entry of that birth shall be supplied without the consent of the Registrar. 
(Added 17 of 1993 s. 19)

13. Registration of name of child or of alteration of name
(1) Subject to subsection (3A), in every case where it is desired after registration to alter or add to the name of any child whose birth has been registered with a name, or to give a name or names to any child whose birth has been registered without a name, the parent or guardian of such child may make a declaration in writing before a registrar in the prescribed form: (See Forms 4 & 5)

14. Submission of register forms of deaths for non-reportable deaths
(1) If the death of a person (deceased

14A. Coroner to inform Registrar of particulars required to be registered after inquest
(1) If a coroner holds an inquest into a death under Part IV of the Coroners Ordinance (Cap. 504), the coroner must, not later than the next working day after the day on which the inquest is completed, inform the Registrar in writing of—
(a) the particulars required to be registered concerning the death; and
(b) the time and place at which the inquest was held.
(2) On receiving the particulars referred to in subsection (1)(a), the Registrar must register the particulars in the deaths register.
(3) If a coroner holds an inquest into a death, no person is, with respect to the death, subject to any penalty for failing to give information under any other provision of this Ordinance.
(4) In this section—

working day (工作日) means a day that is not—
(a) a general holiday or a Saturday; or
(b) a black rainstorm warning day or gale warning day as defined by section 71(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1).

(Added 3 of 2023 s. 10)