15. Proof of citizenship by birth
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No claim by a person seeking to be registered under this Act that he or she is a citizen of Singapore by birth may, subject to subsection (3), be accepted by a registration officer if the person making the claim does not produce a birth certificate or other evidence to the registration officer’s satisfaction.
registration officer
“registration officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means —(a)the Commissioner;(b)the Deputy Commissioner of National Registration;(c)an Assistant Commissioner of National Registration; or(d)a person appointed as a registration officer under section 3(4) for the purposes of that provision.
The onus of proving the status of citizenship of Singapore by birth is on the person who makes the claim.
The evidence of —
a birth certificate without the name of the child;
a birth certificate without the name of the child, but supported by a statutory declaration to the effect that the birth certificate refers to the birth of the person referred to in the statutory declaration; or
an identity card issued or deemed to be issued under the Registration of Persons Ordinance 1955 (Ordinance 32 of 1955), in which the holder of the identity card is stated to have been born in Singapore,is not necessarily sufficient evidence for the purposes of subsection (1). [12