Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
Regulation 11
Cancellation and surrender of birth certificate
Subregulation 1
A birth certificate issued under these Regulations or a specified written law is cancelled if the Registrar‑General does any of the following in respect of the registration of the birth mentioned in the birth certificate: (a)cancels the registration of the birth under section 41 of the Act;
re-registers the birth under section 14(1)(b), 15(5), 17(5) or (6) or 18(5) of the Act; (c)alters the record of the birth in the register of births in any other way.
Subregulation 2
A person who is issued a birth certificate in hard copy form under these Regulations or a specified written law must surrender the birth certificate to the Registrar‑General, within the time specified by the Registrar‑General in the notice mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b), if —
the birth certificate is cancelled under paragraph (1); and (b)the Registrar-General gives written notice of the cancellation to that person.
Subregulation 3
A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, “specified written law” means —
the repealed Act; (b)the Adoption of Children Act 1939 as in force before 29 May 2022; or
the Legitimacy Act 1934 as in force before 29 May 2022.