Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Re-registration of birth of person legitimated by Legitimacy Act 1934
Subregulation 1
If the Registrar-General re-registers the birth of a person (called in this regulation the subject person) under section 15(5) of the Act (on an application made under section 15(2) of the Act), the Registrar‑General must enter in the register of births —
the particulars of the subject person’s father; and (b)where the application made under section 15(2) of the Act includes a change of name, and where the new name satisfies section 15(5)(b) of the Act — the subject person’s new name.
Subregulation 2
Except as provided in paragraph (1)(a) and (b), the Registrar‑General must, when re‑registering the subject person’s birth under section 15(5) of the Act, enter in the register of births (without any alteration) all the birth particulars of the subject person that had been recorded in the register of births before the re‑registration.