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The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

Chapter III — REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS A.—Application of this Chapter

Section 21Persons authorised to give notice of death

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Section 21: Persons authorised to give notice of death

21. Persons authorised to give notice of death

Any of the following persons may give notice of a death, namely:—

(a)

any relative of the deceased having knowledge of any of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death;

(b)

any person present at the death;

(c)

any person occupying, at the time of the death, any part of the house wherein the death occurred and having knowledge of the deceased having died in the house;

(d)

any person in attendance during the last illness of the deceased:

(e)

any person who has seen the body of the deceased after death.