1 In this Act, “adopted person” means a person in respect of whom an order, judgment or decree of adoption is registered under subsection 28 (1) or a predecessor of that subsection; (“personne adoptée”) “birth” means the complete expulsion or extraction from a person of a fetus that did at any time after being completely expelled or extracted from the person breathe or show any other sign of life, whether or not the umbilical cord was cut or the placenta attached; (“naissance”) “birth parent”, in relation to an adopted person, means a person whose name appears as a parent on the original registration, if any, of the adopted person’s birth and such other persons as may be prescribed; (“parent de naissance”) “cemetery” includes a vault, a mausoleum and any land that is set apart or used for the interment of the dead or in which bodies are buried; (“cimetière”) “cemetery owner” includes the person who is in charge of a cemetery or crematorium under the authority of the owner thereof; (“propriétaire d’un cimetière”) “certificate” means a certified extract of the prescribed particulars of a registration in the records of the Registrar General; (“certificat”) “cremation” means the disposal of a dead body by incineration under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002; (“crémation”) “Deputy Registrar General” means the Deputy Registrar General appointed under this Act; (“registraire général adjoint de l’état civil”) “division registrar” means a division registrar as provided for in the regulations; (“registraire de division de l’état civil”) “divorce” means dissolution and annulment of marriage and includes nullity of marriage; (“divorce”) “error” means any incorrect information and includes omission of information; (“erreur”) “funeral director” means a person who takes charge of the body of a still-born child or a deceased person for the purpose of burial, cremation or other disposition; (“directeur de services funéraires”) “Indian” means an Indian within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada) but does not include an enfranchised Indian; (“Indien”) “inspector” means an inspector of vital statistics appointed for the purposes of this Act; (“inspecteur”) “municipality” means a local municipality; (“municipalité”) “notation” means any addition to, or alteration of, a registration in the records of the Registrar General or a division registrar; (“note”) “original registration” means an original registration made under this Act or a predecessor of this Act; (“enregistrement initial”) “prescribed”, except in subsection 26 (2), means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”) “registered adoption order” means an order, judgment or decree of adoption registered under subsection 28 (1) or a predecessor of that subsection; (“ordonnance d’adoption enregistrée”) “Registrar General” means the minister responsible for the administration of this Act; (“registraire général de l’état civil”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “state” means any state or territory of the United States of America, or the District of Columbia; (“État”) “still-birth” means the complete expulsion or extraction from a person of a product of conception either after the twentieth week of pregnancy or after the product of conception has attained the weight of 500 grams or more, and where after such expulsion or extraction there is no breathing, beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or movement of voluntary muscle. (“mortinaissance”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 1; 1994, c. 27, s. 102 (1); 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 290; 2001, c. 9, Sched. D, s. 13; 2001, c. 21, s. 1; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table; 2002, c. 33, s. 153; 2005, c. 25, s. 1; 2008, c. 5, s. 1; 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 1; 2016, c. 23, s. 16; 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 1. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1994, c. 27, s. 102 (1) - 25/05/2007; 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 290 (1-3) - 18/12/1998 2001, c. 9, Sched. D, s. 13 - 29/06/2001; 2001, c. 21, s. 1
- 25/05/2007 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table - 01/01/2003; 2002, c. 33, s. 153 - 01/07/2012 2005, c. 25, s. 1
- 31/01/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 1 (1, 2)
- 14/05/2008 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 1 - 01/09/2016 2016, c. 23, s. 16 (1-3)
- 01/01/2017 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 1 - 29/05/2019 Administration