Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840
Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840 (1840 c. 92)
- Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840 (1840 c. 92)
- [1.] Certain registers to be deposited in the custody of the registrar general.
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- 3 Declaratory provisions as to the general register office.
- 4 Commissioners to identify the registers deposited.
- 5 Lists to be made; which shall be open to search; and certified extracts had therefrom.
- 6 Registers deemed in legal custody, and shall be receivable in evidence.
- 7 Fees to be accounted for.
- 9 Extracts from registers to be stamped with the seal of office.
- 10 Extracts to describe the register whence taken. Production of register shall be sufficient.
- 11 Certified extracts may be used in courts of law and sessions, upon notice given.
- 12 If the original be used, notice must nevertheless be given.
- 13 Certified extracts may be used in evidence on examination of witnesses, or at the hearing of the cause in courts of equity, upon notice.
- 14 If the original be used, notice must nevertheless be given.
- 15 Certified extract to be used in interlocutory proceedings and in the master’s office.
- 16 Certified extract to be used in ecclesiastical courts; and the Judge may order the production of the original.
- 17 In criminal cases the originals to be produced.
- 17A Application to registers or records deposited under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1858.
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- 20 Fleet and May Fair Registers, &c.
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