Singapore legislation
Section 9
Section 9
Persons who may register live births
(1)
Where a child is born alive, a person mentioned in subsection (2) must, no later than the 14th day after the day of the birth —
provide to any deputy registrar of the local registration area in which the birth has occurred the particulars of the birth in the prescribed form; and
certify to the correctness of the information by signing the person’s name in the prescribed place on the form.
(2)
The persons for the purposes of subsection (1) are —
a parent of the child;
where the child is the subject of a voluntary care agreement under which the Director‑General of Social Welfare, a protector or the care‑giver of the child may apply for a birth certificate for the child — the Director‑General of Social Welfare, protector or care‑giver, as the case may be;
where the child is the subject of an order under section 54(1)(b) or 56(2), or section 57 (read with section 56) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993 under which the Director‑General of Social Welfare, a protector or the care‑giver of the child may apply for the birth certificate for the child — the Director‑General of Social Welfare, protector or care‑giver of the child, as the case may be;
where the child is born in a house, an occupier of the house who knows that the child is born;
where the child is born on a ship or vessel, the master or other person having charge of the ship or vessel;
a person present at the birth of the child; or
a person having charge of the child.
(3)
In this section, “care‑giver”, “protector” and “voluntary care agreement” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993.