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Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952
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Registration of birth—removal of time limit for registration of name or of alteration of name.

5.—(1) Section 8 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880, is hereby amended by the substitution of “at any time” for “within twelve months next after the registration of the birth” and by the insertion of “or who is for the time being in charge of the records relating to the baptism of the child” after “was given or altered”.

(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, a certificate under section 8 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880, is signed by the person who is for the time being in charge of the records relating to the baptism of the child, the certificate shall be in the Form A in the First Schedule to that Act modified as follows:—

(a) “there was baptised, as shown by the records of baptisms in my charge,” shall be substituted for “I baptised”,

(b) “to me” shall be deleted.