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Vital statistics.
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2.—(1) Statistics in relation to the following matters shall be vital statistics for the purposes of this section:—
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(a) births,
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(b) deaths,
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(c) marriages,
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(d) any other matters (including, in particular, foetal deaths) which the Minister may by regulations appoint to be matters as respects which statistics relating thereto shall be vital statistics.
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(2) The Minister may collect, compile, abstract and publish vital statistics.
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(3) The Minister may by regulations provide for giving effect to this section and the regulations may, in particular, include—
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(a) in the case of any birth, death or marriage, provisions requiring that specified information relating to the birth, death or marriage, shall, on or within a specified period after the registration thereof, be furnished to the registrar,
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(b) in the case of any other matter as respects which statistics relating thereto are vital statistics, provisions requiring that specified information relating to the matter shall, within a specified period, be furnished to a specified person,
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(c) provisions for the recording of information received pursuant to the regulations and the transmission thereof to the Minister or any other specified person.
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(4) Where a person contravenes (whether by act or omission) any provision of regulations under this section which is stated to be a penal provision, he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
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(5) No person engaged in receiving information furnished pursuant to regulations under this section or in the collection, compilation, abstraction or publication of vital statistics shall disclose any such information as relating to any identifiable person unless the disclosure is to another person so engaged or is necessary for the purposes of any prosecution under this Act and, if any person contravenes this subsection, he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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(6) In lieu of acting by his own officers for the purposes of this section and the regulations thereunder, the Minister may arrange with any other Minister—
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(a) for the collection, compilation, abstraction and publication by the officers of that Minister of any vital statistics, or
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(b) for the performance by those officers of any functions or services relating to powers conferred by this section or the regulations thereunder.
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(7) The provisions made by or under this section shall not affect any obligation to give information in relation to a birth, death or marriage or any other matter which is imposed by or under any other enactment.
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