Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (NO. 112 OF 1997) - SECT 45

45. (1) On completing a search of the Register under subsection 43 (2), the Registrar-General shall issue a certificate—

        (a)     certifying such particulars contained in an entry as, having regard to subsection (2) and section 44, may be provided; or

        (b)     certifying that no entry was located in the Register about the relevant registrable event.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) (a), an entry in the Register that includes—

        (a)     the word “illegitimate”; or

        (b)     any other word or expression indicating that a child was born outside marriage;

shall be taken to not include that word or expression.