Singapore legislation

Section 12

of Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1937

Section 12

Special provision for registration of name within 7 years from registration of birth

(1)

Notwithstanding section 11 the Registrar-General may in his discretion, on application being made to him in the prescribed form and on payment of the prescribed fee, enter or cause to be entered in the register in which the birth was registered the name of any child the birth of which was registered without a name not more than 7 years before the date of the application.

(2)

Any person who is aggrieved by any decision of the Registrar‑General under subsection (1) may appeal therefrom to the Minister whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

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