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48.4 (1) An adopted person who is at least 18 years old may submit to the Registrar General a notice that he or she wishes not to be contacted by a birth parent.  2008, c. 5, s. 6 (1); 2016, c. 23, s. 30 (1). Proof of identity and age (2) A notice described in subsection (1) shall not be registered until the applicant has provided the Registrar General with such evidence of his or her identity and age as may be required by the Registrar General.  2008, c. 5, s. 6 (1). Birth parent (3) A birth parent may submit to the Registrar General a notice that he or she wishes not to be contacted by the adopted person.  2008, c. 5, s. 6 (1); 2016, c. 23, s. 34 (1). Proof of identity (3.1) A notice described in subsection (3) shall not be registered until the applicant provides the Registrar General with such evidence of his or her identity as may be required by the Registrar General.  2008, c. 5, s. 6 (1). Additional information (4) The notice may include a brief statement concerning the person’s reasons for not wishing to be contacted and a brief statement of any available information about the person’s medical and family history.  2005, c. 25, s. 8. When notice is in effect (5) A notice shall be registered by the Registrar General and is in effect when the Registrar General has matched it with the original registration, if any, of the adopted person’s birth or, if there is no original registration, when the Registrar General has matched it with the registered adoption order.  2005, c. 25, s. 8; 2008, c. 5, s. 6 (2). Exception (6) Despite subsection (5), a notice submitted by an adopted person with respect to a birth parent does not come into effect if, before the match is made, the Registrar General has already given that birth parent the information described in subsection 48.2 (1).  2005, c. 25, s. 8; 2008, c. 5, s. 6 (3); 2016, c. 23, s. 30 (2). Same (7) Despite subsection (5), a notice submitted by a birth parent does not come into effect if, before the match is made, the Registrar General has already given the adopted person the uncertified copies of registered documents described in subsection 48.1 (1).  2005, c. 25, s. 8; 2008, c. 5, s. 6 (4); 2016, c. 23, s. 34 (1). Withdrawal of notice (8) Upon application, the adopted person or birth parent, as the case may be, may withdraw the notice.  2005, c. 25, s. 8; 2016, c. 23, s. 34 (2). When withdrawal takes effect (9) If a notice is withdrawn, the notice ceases to be in effect when the Registrar General has matched the application for withdrawal with the notice itself.  2005, c. 25, s. 8. Administration (10) Subsections 2 (2) to (4) do not apply to notices registered under this section.  2005, c. 25, s. 8. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 8
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 6 (1-3)
- 14/05/2008 2016, c. 23, s. 30 (1, 2), 34 (1, 2) - 01/01/2017 Disclosure veto
48.6 For the purposes of sections 48.1 to 48.5, the Registrar General may unseal any file that was sealed under this Act or a predecessor of this Act.  2008, c. 5, s. 9. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 9
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008; 2008, c. 5, s. 9
- 01/09/2008
48.7 The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall ensure that a review of the operation of sections 48.1 to 48.6 and section 56.1 is conducted within five years after section 4 of the Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 comes into force.  2008, c. 5, s. 10. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 9
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008; 2008, c. 5, s. 10
- 01/09/2008 48.8 Repealed:  2008, c. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 9
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008 48.9 Repealed:  2008, c. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 9
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008 48.10 Repealed:  2008, c. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 9
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008 48.11 Repealed:  2008, c. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 10
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008 48.12 Repealed:  2008, c. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 11
- 17/09//2007 2008, c. 5, s. 7
- 14/05/2008 Disclosure of Death Information
49 Subject to section 33, no registration shall be made of a birth, still-birth, marriage or death occurring outside Ontario.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 49.
50 This Act applies in respect of any birth, marriage, death, still-birth, divorce, adoption or change of name that heretofore occurred or that hereafter occurs.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 50.
51 No person shall issue any document that purports to be a certificate of a birth, marriage, death or still-birth other than a certificate provided for under this Act.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 51.
51.1 (1) A person who has lost or had stolen or destroyed a certificate or certified copy of a birth registration or such other registrations as may be prescribed shall notify the Registrar General of the loss, theft or destruction, as the case may be, immediately upon becoming aware of it.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Duty to return found documents (2) A person who finds a certificate or certified copy of a birth registration or such other registrations as may be prescribed shall notify the Registrar General of the find within 24 hours of finding it and shall forthwith forward the certificate or certified copy to the Registrar General.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Exception (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who forthwith delivers the found certificate or certified copy to the police or to a lost and found service.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Duty of police or lost and found (4) If the police or a lost and found service receives a certificate or certified copy of a registration that is believed to have been lost and that is not claimed within 24 hours of receiving it, the police or the operator of a lost and found service, as the case may be, shall notify the Registrar General of the receipt.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Return of documents (5) If a certificate or certified copy of a registration that has been lost is claimed from the police or a lost and found service within 24 hours of their having received it, they may return it.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Duty to return document (6) In returning a document as authorized by subsection (5), the police or lost and found service shall take reasonable precautions to ensure that it is returned only to the person entitled to have it and if it is not claimed by such a person, they shall forward it to the Registrar General not later than 90 days after receiving it.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 9
- 05/12/2001
51.2 The Registrar General shall cancel certificates and certified copies of registrations that have been reported lost, stolen, destroyed, found or received and he or she may cancel any other certificate or certified copy where he or she, in his or her discretion, is of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so.  2001, c. 21, s. 9. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 9
- 05/12/2001
52 (1) The Registrar General, if satisfied that a registration was improperly made or caused to have been made, may order that the registration be cancelled and may order the return of any certificate or certified copy of a registration that was issued before the registration was cancelled.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 52 (1); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 17, s. 13 (2). New registration (2) The Registrar General shall cause the order to be affixed to the cancelled registration and, if satisfied as to the correctness and sufficiency of new evidence presented to him or her, may cause a new registration to be made.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 52 (2). Certificates or certified copies to be returned (3) Any person in possession or control of a certificate or certified copy of a registration that is the subject of an order under subsection (1) shall return it to the Registrar General forthwith.  2001, c. 21, s. 10. Requirement re hearing (4) Before making an order under subsection (1), the Registrar General shall give to such interested parties as the Registrar General considers proper an opportunity to be heard on the matter.  2001, c. 21, s. 10. (5) Repealed:  2001, c. 21, s. 10. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 10
- 05/12/2001 2009, c. 33, Sched. 17, s. 13 (2) - 15/12/2009
53 (1) No division registrar, sub-registrar, funeral director, person employed in the service of Her Majesty, person providing services on behalf of the Registrar General or the Deputy Registrar General, or prescribed person, shall, (a)  communicate or allow to be communicated to any person not entitled thereto, any information obtained under this Act, the Change of Name Act or the Marriage Act; or (b)  allow any person not entitled to do so to inspect or have access to any records containing information obtained under this Act, the Change of Name Act or the Marriage Act. 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 13. Statistics excepted (2) Nothing in subsection (1) prohibits the furnishing and publication of information of a general statistical nature that does not disclose information about any individual person.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 53 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 11
- 05/12/2001 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 13 - 01/09/2016
53.1 (1) If the Registrar General considers it necessary to verify information or to determine if any document issued or that may be issued under this Act is being, or may be, improperly used, the Registrar General shall collect, directly or indirectly, such information as he or she considers necessary from such persons and institutions as he or she considers appropriate.  2001, c. 21, s. 12. Duty to assist (2) On the request of the Registrar General, an institution in Ontario shall provide information from its records to the Registrar General that may assist him or her to verify information or to determine if any document issued or that may be issued under this Act is being, or may be, improperly used.  2001, c. 21, s. 12. Duty to disclose information (3) For the purpose of verifying information or determining if any document issued or that may be issued under this Act is being, or may be, improperly used, the Registrar General shall disclose such information as he or she considers appropriate to such persons or institutions as he or she considers appropriate.  2001, c. 21, s. 12. No commercial use of information (4) An institution that receives information under this section shall not sell or otherwise use it for commercial purposes or advantage.  2001, c. 21, s. 12. Definition (5) In this section, “institution” means, (a)  an institution under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, (b)  an institution under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, (b.1)  a government institution under the Privacy Act (Canada), (c)  any agency, board, commission, corporation or other body, inside or outside Canada, designated as an institution in the regulations.  2001, c. 21, s. 12; 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 14. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 12
- 05/12/2001 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 14 - 01/09/2016
54 If documentation related to any birth, still-birth or death is received for registration by the Registrar General directly, he or she may, if satisfied as to its correctness and sufficiency, register the birth, still-birth or death by signing the documentation, and the provisions of this Act and the regulations relating to the registration of births, still-births and deaths apply with necessary modifications.  1994, c. 27, s. 102 (26). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1994, c. 27, s. 102 (26) - 09/12/1994 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 15 - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2022 Offences Offences
55 (1) Every person who neglects or fails to give any notice or to register or to furnish any documentation or particulars respecting the birth, marriage, death, still-birth, adoption or change of name of any person, as required by this Act and the regulations, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 for an individual or $250,000 for a corporation.  2001, c. 21, s. 17. Exception (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a child’s father who neglects or fails to comply with section 9 or the regulations in relation to the registration of the child’s birth, if he has reasonable grounds to believe that he is not the child’s father.  2001, c. 21, s. 17. Failure of division registrar to make returns (3) If a division registrar neglects or fails to transmit to the Registrar General any documentation or to make any return as required by this Act or the regulations, the division registrar is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 for an individual or $250,000 for a corporation, and each succeeding week’s continuance of the neglect or failure to make the transmission or return constitutes a new and distinct offence.  2001, c. 21, s. 17. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1994, c. 27, s. 102 (27) - 25/05/2007 2001, c. 21, s. 13 (1, 2) - 05/12/2001; 2001, c. 21, s. 17
- 25/05/2007
56 (1) Every person who wilfully makes or causes to be made a false statement in any documentation required to be furnished under this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable, in the case of an individual, to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day, or to both, and, in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more than $250,000.  2001, c. 21, s. 14; 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (4). Same (2) Every legally qualified medical practitioner who wilfully makes a false statement as to the cause of the death of any person, or represents himself or herself as having been in attendance during the last illness of any person when in fact he or she was not called in attendance until after the death, is, in addition to any penalty imposed by this Act, subject to discipline by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.  2001, c. 21, s. 14. Same (3) Every person who wilfully makes or causes to be made a registration of a birth, marriage, death or still-birth as having occurred in Ontario in respect of any person whose birth, marriage, death or still-birth did not occur in Ontario is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable, in the case of an individual, to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day, or to both, and, in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more than $250,000.  2001, c. 21, s. 14. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 14
- 05/12/2001 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (4) - 02/01/2007
56.1 (1) If, under section 48.1, an adopted person receives notice that a birth parent does not wish to be contacted, the adopted person shall not knowingly contact or attempt to contact the birth parent, either directly or indirectly.  2005, c. 25, s. 12; 2016, c. 23, s. 32 (1). Birth parent (2) If, under section 48.2, a birth parent receives notice that the adopted person does not wish to be contacted by the birth parent, he or she shall not knowingly contact or attempt to contact the adopted person, either directly or indirectly.  2005, c. 25, s. 12; 2016, c. 23, s. 32 (2). Other persons (3) No person shall contact or attempt to contact a birth parent on behalf of an adopted person if the adopted person is prohibited by subsection (1) from doing so.  2005, c. 25, s. 12; 2016, c. 23, s. 34 (1). Same (4) No person shall contact or attempt to contact an adopted person on behalf of a birth parent if the birth parent is prohibited by subsection (2) from doing so.  2005, c. 25, s. 12; 2016, c. 23, s. 32 (3). Penalty (5) A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) is guilty of an offence and, on conviction, is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 for an individual or $250,000 for a corporation.  2005, c. 25, s. 12. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2005, c. 25, s. 12
- 17/09/2007 2016, c. 23, s. 32 (1-3), 34 (1) - 01/01/2017
57 Any person contravening any of the provisions of section 53 is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 for an individual or $250,000 for a corporation.  2001, c. 21, s. 14. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 14
- 05/12/2001
58 Every person guilty of any act or omission in contravention of this Act or the regulations for which no penalty is otherwise provided is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 for an individual or $250,000 for a corporation.  2001, c. 21, s. 14; 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 21, s. 14
- 05/12/2001 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (5) - 02/01/2007
59 (1) No proceeding shall be commenced in respect of an offence under this Act more than one year after the Deputy Registrar General becomes aware of the facts on which the proceeding is based. Evidence (2) A statement as to the time when the Deputy Registrar General became aware of the facts on which the proceeding is based, purporting to be certified by the Deputy Registrar General, is, without proof of that person’s office or signature, evidence of the facts stated in it.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 59.
59.1 (1) The Registrar General may by order, (a)  set and collect fees for services that the Registrar General provides under this Act; and (b)  provide for the waiver of payment of those fees in favour of any person or class of persons.  1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 302. Orders are not regulations (2) An order made under this section is not a regulation for the purposes of Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006.  2011, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 302 - 18/12/1998 2011, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 7 - 30/03/2011 Regulations