Hong Kong Ordinances

BIRTHS REGISTRATION (SPECIAL REGISTERS) ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Indexes and searches

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The Registrar shall cause indexes of the special register of  births to be
made, and any person shall be entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to
require the Registrar to cause a search to be made of such indexes and
register and to receive a copy of any entry in the said register certified
under the hand of the Registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp
of the general register office. (Amended 26 of 1949 s. 3; 8 of 2006 s. 24)

(2) If the particulars of an entry have been stored in the manner described in
section 6A(3)(b), the Registrar may cause to be produced a copy of such entry
by using such particulars, and the copy so produced, if certified and sealed
(or stamped) in accordance with subsection (1), shall be deemed to be a
certified copy of such entry in the special register of  births. (Added 8 of
2006 s. 24)