https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/37-38/88/enacted

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874

1874 CHAPTER 88

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England, and to consolidate the Law respecting the Registration of Births and Deaths at Sea.

[7th August 1874]

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Acts relating to the registration of births and deaths in England, and to consolidate the law respecting the registration of births and deaths at sea :

Een wet tot wijziging van de wet met betrekking tot de registratie van geboorten en sterfgevallen in Engeland, en tot consolidering van de wet met betrekking tot de registratie van geboorten en sterfgevallen op zee. ( hier de verwijzing naar de dead at sea, alsof er alleen meer mensen sterven op zee)

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

OVERWEGENDE dat het dienstig is de wetten betreffende de registratie van geboorten en sterfgevallen in Engeland te wijzigen en de wet betreffende de registratie van geboorten en sterfgevallen op zee te consolideren:

Information concerning birth to be given to registrar within forty-two days

In the case of every child born alive after the commencement of this Act, it shall be the duty of the father and mother of the child, and in default of the father and mother, of the occupier of the house in which to his knowledge the child is born, and of each person present at the birth, and of the person having charge of the child, to give to the registrar, ….. hier staat letterlijk geven aan het register

After the expiration of three months next after the birth of any child, a registrar shall not register such birth,

Registration of Births and Deaths at Sea

37Registration of births and deaths at sea

The provisions of this Act, save as is herein expressly provided, shall not apply to the registration of births and deaths on board a vessel at sea, with respect to which the following provisions shall have effect: De bepalingen van deze wet zijn, behoudens voor zover hierin uitdrukkelijk bepaald, niet van toepassing op de registratie van geboorten en sterfgevallen aan boord van een vaartuig op zee, waarbij de volgende bepalingen van toepassing zijn: