Hong Kong Ordinances

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 22

Searches on entries, certified copies, fees, etc.

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Any person shall be entitled to require a registrar of the general
register office or of a district registry office to cause a search to be made-

   (a)  for any given entry over any period not exceeding 5 years, on payment
        of a fee of $140; (Amended L.N. 452 of 1997)

   (b)  for information other than that concerning any given entry, on payment
        of a fee of $680, (Amended L.N. 452 of 1997) and the registrar upon
        such requirement being made shall cause such search to be made in the
        indexes of the register books, the register or the computer record as
        the registrar may see fit.

(2) (a) Any person shall be entitled, on payment of a fee of $140 or the fee
(together with any additional postage fee) payable under paragraph (b), to
require a copy of any entry in the register, certified under the hand of a
registrar as a true copy of the entry and sealed or stamped with the seal or
stamp of the general register office or the district registry office issuing
such certified copy. (Amended L.N. 452 of 1997)

   (b)  If the certified copy is required to be posted to an addressee outside
        Hong Kong, a fee of $275 shall be paid, and if the certified copy is
        required to be sent by airmail, an additional fee shall be paid of an
        amount equal to the airmail postage at the normal rate. (Amended L.N.
        452 of 1997)

(3) If the particulars of an entry has been recorded in the computer record,
the registrar may produce a copy of such entry by using the information
recorded in the computer record, and the copy so produced, if certified by the
registrar and sealed or stamped with the seal or stamp of the office issuing
the certified copy as described in subsection

(2)(a), shall be deemed to be a certified copy of such entry in the register.

(4) No person except a registrar and officers specially authorized by the
Registrar may search in the indexes of the register books, the register or the
computer record. (Replaced 80 of 1997 s. 60)