CAP. VIII. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. CAP. IX. (20th April 1863.) An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. CAP. X. (20th April 1863.) An Act for prohibiting the Exportation of Salmon at certain Times. (20th April 1863.) ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. 1. Short title. 2. "Parts beyond seas" defined. 3. Export of unclean or unseasonable salmon, or salmon caught at certain times, prohibited. By this Act, After reciting that the sale of salmon within the United Kingdom is prohibited at various times; that is to say, if caught in England within the limits of the Salmon Fishery Act, 1861, 24 & 25 Vict. c. 109, is prohibited between the 3rd of September and the 2nd of February; if caught in any fishery district in Ireland is prohibited during such time as the capture of salmon is prohibited in that district; if caught in Scotland within the limits of "The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1862," 25 & 26 Vict. c. 97, is prohibited between the commencement of the latest and the termination of the earliest annual close time fixed for any district; if caught in the river Tweed, as defined by "The Tweed Fisheries Amendment Act, 1859," 22 & 23 Vict. c. lxx. is prohibited between the 14th of September and the 15th of February: and that the capture or possession of foul or unseasonable salmon within the limits of the United Kingdom is prohibited at all times: and that the provisions of the said Acts are evaded by the exportation for sale in France and other foreign countries of salmon that cannot legally be sold within the limits of the United Kingdom: It is Enacted as follows: 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Salmon Acts Amendment Act, 1863." 2. No part of the United Kingdom, however situated with regard to any other part, shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be parts beyond seas. 3. No unclean or unseasonable salmon, and no salmon caught during the time at which the sale of salmon is prohibited in the district where it is caught, shall be exported or entered for exportation from any part of the United Kingdom to parts beyond seas. All salmon exported or entered for exportation in contravention of this section shall be forfeited, and the person exporting or entering the same for exportation shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding 51. in respect of each salmon so exported or entered for exportation. The burden of proving that any salmon entered for exportation from any part of the United Kingdom to parts beyond seas between the 3rd of September and the 2nd of February following is not so entered in contravention of this Act shall lie on the person entering the same for exportation. 4. All penalties under this Act may be recovered in England, except within the limits of the said Tweed Fisheries Act, as penalties under the Salmon Fishery Act, 1861; in Ireland as penalties under the Act, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 106, intituled 'An Act to regulate the Irish Fisheries;' in Scotland, except within the limits of the said Tweed Fisheries Act, as penalties under the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1862; and within the limits of the said Tweed Fisheries Act, in manner prescribed by "The Tweed Fisheries Act, 1857." VOL. XLI.-STAT. C Registrar General. Supply of Books and Boxes. Division of Register Office. { Superintendent Registration of Births and Deaths. 3. Interpretation of terms. PART I. 4. General Register Office to be provided, and Registrar General to be appointed.-Proviso as to present Registrar General. 5. Seal to be provided, and certified copies gren at General Register Office to be sealed therewith. 6. Power to Registrar General, with consent, to alter Forms. 7. Officers, clerks, and servants to be appointed. 8. Power to increase salary of Registrar General, which is to include remuneration for all public duties performed by him. 9. Salaries to be paid out of monies provided by Parliament. 10. Power to appoint an Assistant Registrar General in case of illness, &c. 11. Regulations to be made for management of office and for discharge of duties of officers. 12. Registrar General to furnish to boards of guardians notices setting forth acts required 13. Fees received by Registrar General to be paid into the Bank to credit of Exchequer. 16. Register books to be provided. 17. Superintendent Registrar's district. 18. Registrar's districts. PART II. 19. Alterations of districts to be published. 20. Register office to be provided by guardians. 21. Power to guardians to borrow money for providing register offices. 22. Appointment of superintendent registrar. 23. Appointment of registrars. 24. Officers of unions and dispensary medical officers ceasing to hold their offices to cease to act under this Act. 25. If guardians neglect to appoint superintendent registrars and registrars, Lord Lieutenant to appoint them. 26. Deputy registrars to be appointed. 27. Books, &c. to be transferred on death or removal of superintendent registrar or registrar. 28. Superintendent registrars and registrars to reside in their districts. 29. Exemption of superintendent registrars, &c. from serving on juries, &c. PART III. 30. Registrar to learn and register births and deaths, as in Form (A.) and (B.). 31. Parents and others required to give notice of births within twenty-one days, and information within three months. 32. As to registry after the expiration of three months from birth. 33. Births not to be registered after six months. 34. Name given in baptism may be registered within six months after registration of birth. 35. Provision for name given without baptism after registration.—Certificate of birth of child to be in Form as in Schedule (F.). 36. Persons present at death and others required to give notice within seven days, and information within fourteen days. 37. Notice to be given of the finding of any new-born child or dead body. 38. Registrar to make entry of finding of jury upon coroner's inquest. 39. Register of children born at sea. 40. Register of persons dying at sea. 41. Register of birth and death of Irish subjects occurring in foreign countries as in Forms (A.) and (B.). 42. Register to be signed by the informant, except as herein stated. 43. Persons may sign by a mark before the registrar. 44. Correction of erroneous entries. 45. Registers of baptisms and burials may be kept as heretofore. PART IV. Medical Certificate 46. Medical attendant to transmit certificate of death to registrar. of Death. Returns. Fees. Penalties. PART V. 47. Certified copies of registers of births and deaths to be sent quarterly, and the register books, when filled, to the superintendent registrar. 48. Superintendent registrars to send certified copies of registers of births and deaths to Registrar General. 49. Abstract of registers to be laid annually before Parliament. 50. Indexes to be kept at General Register Office; searches allowed and certified copies given, by paying fees herein named. 51. Indexes to be made at every superintendent registrar's office, and persons allowed to search them by paying fees herein named. 52. Searches may be made in register book, and certificates given of entries therein by registrars, 53. Superintendent registrars to be paid for the certified copies sent to General Register Office. 54. Registrars to make out accounts quarterly. PART VI. 55. Penalty for wilfully giving false information. 56. Penalty for destroying or falsifying register books. 57. Penalty for not duly registering births or deaths, or for losing or injuring registers. 58. Penalty for neglecting to send register books to superintendent registrar. 59. Penalty for improper registry of birth, after six months. 60. Penalty for failing to give notice of birth or death. 61. Penalty for failing to give information to registrar respecting birth or death, &c. 63. Penalties not exigible if notice given.-Notices may be given by post. "Registrar General" shall mean the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Ireland for the time being appointed or to be appointed under this Act, and in case of the absence of the Registrar General shall also mean and include the assistant registrar general for the time being appointed or to be appointed under this Act: Occupier" shall, for the purposes of the notification of births and deaths for registration under this Act, include the governor, keeper, master, superintendent, or other chief resident officer of every gaol, prison, or house of correction, and of every school, reformatory, workhouse, hospital, lunatic asylum, or other public or charitable institution, and where any house is let in separate apartments or lodgings shall include the person under whom such lodgings or separate apartments are immediately held, and any agent or servant of such person residing in such house: "General search" shall mean a search during any number of successive days, not exceeding six, without stating the object of search: "Particular search" shall mean a search over any period not exceeding five years for any given register of birth or death. Registrar General. Supply of Books and Boxes. Division of Register Office. { Superintendent Registration of Births and Deaths. 3. Interpretation of terms. PART I. 4. General Register Office to be provided, and Registrar General to be appointed.—Proviso as to present Registrar General. 5. Seal to be provided, and certified copies gren at General Register Office to be sealed therewith. 6. Power to Registrar General, with consent, to alter Forms. 7. Officers, clerks, and servants to be appointed. 8. Power to increase salary of Registrar General, which is to include remuneration for all public duties performed by him. 9. Salaries to be paid out of monies provided by Parliament. 10. Power to appoint an Assistant Registrar General in case of illness, &c. 11. Regulations to be made for management of office and for discharge of duties of officers. 12. Registrar General to furnish to boards of guardians notices setting forth acts required 13. Fees received by Registrar General to be paid into the Bank to credit of Exchequer. 16. Register books to be provided. 17. Superintendent Registrar's district. 18. Registrar's districts. PART II. 19. Alterations of districts to be published. 20. Register office to be provided by guardians. 21. Power to guardians to borrow money for providing register offices. 22. Appointment of superintendent registrar. 23. Appointment of registrars. 24. Officers of unions and dispensary medical officers ceasing to hold their offices to cease to act under this Act. 25. If guardians neglect to appoint superintendent registrars and registrars, Lord Lieutenant to appoint them. 26. Deputy registrars to be appointed. 27. Books, &c. to be transferred on death or removal of superintendent registrar or registrar. 28. Superintendent registrars and registrars to reside in their districts. 29. Exemption of superintendent registrars, &c. from serving on juries, &c. PART III. 30. Registrar to learn and register births and deaths, as in Form (A.) and (B.). 31. Parents and others required to give notice of births within twenty-one days, and information within three months. 32. As to registry after the expiration of three months from birth. 33. Births not to be registered after six months. 34. Name given in baptism may be registered within six months after registration of birth. 35. Provision for name given without baptism after registration.—Certificate of birth of child to be in Form as in Schedule (F.). 36. Persons present at death and others required to give notice within seven days, and information within fourteen days. 37. Notice to be given of the finding of any new-born child or dead body. 38. Registrar to make entry of finding of jury upon coroner's inquest. 39. Register of children born at sea. 40. Register of persons dying at sea. 41. Register of birth and death of Irish subjects occurring in foreign countries as in Forms (A.) and (B.). 42. Register to be signed by the informant, except as herein stated. 43. Persons may sign by a mark before the registrar. 44. Correction of erroneous entries. 45. Registers of baptisms and burials may be kept as heretofore. PART IV. Medical Certificate} 46. Medical attendant to transmit certificate of death to registrar. of Returns. Fees. Penalties. PART V. 47. Certified copies of registers of births and deaths to be sent quarterly, and the register books, when filled, to the superintendent registrar. 48. Superintendent registrars to send certified copies of registers of births and deaths to Registrar General. 49. Abstract of registers to be laid annually before Parliament. 50. Indexes to be kept at General Register Office; searches allowed and certified copies given, by paying fees herein named. 51. Indexes to be made at every superintendent registrar's office, and persons allowed to search them by paying fees herein named. 52. Searches may be made in register book, and certificates given of entries therein by registrars. 53. Superintendent registrars to be paid for the certified copies sent to General Register Office. 54. Registrars to make out accounts quarterly. PART VI. 55. Penalty for wilfully giving false information. 56. Penalty for destroying or falsifying register books. 57. Penalty for not duly registering births or deaths, or for losing or injuring registers. 58. Penalty for neglecting to send register books to superintendent registrar. 59. Penalty for improper registry of birth, after six months. 60. Penalty for failing to give notice of birth or death. 61. Penalty for failing to give information to registrar respecting birth or death, &c. 63. Penalties not exigible if notice given.-Notices may be given by post. By this Act, After reciting that it is expedient that a complete system of registration of births and deaths should be established in Ireland, as in other parts of the United Kingdom: It is Enacted as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act." 2. This Act, except as herein otherwise provided, shall extend to Ireland only. 3. The following words and expressions shall, in construing this Act, be taken and understood to have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the context repugnant to such construction; (that is to say,) "Lord Lieutenant" shall mean and include the Lord Lieutenant or other chief go- "Lord Lieutenant in Council" shall mean "Registrar General" shall mean the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Ireland for the time being appointed or to be appointed under this Act, and in case of the absence of the Registrar General shall also mean and include the assistant registrar general for the time being appointed or to be appointed under this Act: "Occupier" shall, for the purposes of the notifi- "General search" shall mean a search during |