Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 2022

Regulation 13

Cancelled birth certificate under regulation 11(1)(c) — issue of replacement birth certificate

Subregulation 1

If the birth certificate of a person (called in this regulation the subject person) is cancelled under regulation 11(1)(c), the Registrar‑General may issue a replacement birth certificate for the subject person, in the form and manner the Registrar-General thinks fit, to —

(a)

in the case where the Registrar-General alters the subject person’s name in the register of births under section 21(5) of the Act (on an application made under section 21(2) of the Act) — the applicant; or

(b)

in any other case —

(i)

where the subject person is a minor — the person who was issued the firstmentioned birth certificate before its cancellation under regulation 11(1)(c); or (ii)where the subject person is not a minor — the subject person.

Subregulation 2

Before a replacement birth certificate is issued to a person under paragraph (1)(a), that person must pay the applicable fee specified in the Schedule for the replacement birth certificate.

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