Chapter:
174A
BIRTH CERTIFICATE (SHORTENED FORM)
REGULATIONS
Gazette Number Version Date
30/06/1997
Empowering section
(Cap 174 section 29(2))
(Cap 175 section 13(2))
[8 October 1948]
(Originally G.N.A. 248 of 1948)
Regulation: 1
Citation
30/06/1997
These regulations may be cited as the Birth Certificate (Shortened Form) Regulations.
Regulation: 2
Interpretation
30/06/1997
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"short birth certificate" (簡略出生證明書) means a certificate of birth the form of which is prescribed by regulation
3;
"registered person" (獲登記人) means a person in respect of whose birth an application for a short birth certificate is
made and whose birth is registered or recorded in any register or record in the custody of the Registrar;
"the entry" (記項) in relation to a registered person means the entry relating to him appearing in any such register or
record as aforesaid.
Regulation: 3
Form of certificate
30/06/1997
The form of certificate of birth to be issued by the registrar at the general register office under section 23 of the
Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174) in a case to which these regulations apply, shall be the form set
out in the Schedule.
Regulation: 4
Particulars to be furnished by applicants
30/06/1997
An applicant for a short birth certificate to which these regulations apply shall furnish to the registrar at the
general register office, except where the application is made to him at the time of registration of the birth, the
following particulars relating to the registered person(a) his surname and name; (L.N. 498 of 1995)
(b) the date and place of his birth;
(c) the surname and name of his father; and (L.N. 498 of 1995)
(d) the maiden surname and name of his mother: (L.N. 498 of 1995)
Provided that the registrar at the general register office may dispense with the furnishing of any of the said
particulars which in his opinion it is not reasonably practicable for the applicant to furnish.
Regulation: 5
Manner of compilation of short certificate and particulars
to be contained therein
30/06/1997
(1) A short birth certificate to which these regulations apply shall be compiled in accordance with and shall
contain the particulars required by paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation.
(2) Opposite the words "Surname and Name" in the form of short birth certificate there shall be inserted the
registered person's name as recorded in the entry, and immediately thereafter there shall be inserted- (L.N. 498 of
1995)
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(a) where it appears from the entry that the registered person is legitimate, the surname of his father as
recorded therein, or if more than one such surname is so recorded, then such one of them as the
applicant may request;
(b) where it appears from the entry that the registered person is illegitimate, the surname of his mother as
recorded therein, or, if more than one surname is so recorded, or if the birth is registered on the joint
information of his mother and father, then the surname to be inserted in the short birth certificate shall
be such one of the surnames recorded in the entry as the applicant may request; so however that no
such surname shall be so inserted which appears from the entry not to have been in use at the time
when the birth was registered.
(3) Opposite the words "Sex" and "Date of Birth" respectively shall be inserted the particulars thereof in the
entry.
(4) Opposite the words "Place of Birth" there shall be inserted the name of the registration district and register
office in Hong Kong in which the birth was registered.
Schedule:
L.N. 91 of 2007
SCHEDULE
27/08/2007
[regulation 3]
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR ISSUE BY A REGISTRAR
供登記官員發出的證明書表格
Surname and Name ..............................................................................................................
姓名
Sex ......................................................................................................................................
性別
Date of Birth ........................................................................................................................
出生日期
Place of Birth .......................................................................................................................
出生地點
I,
A.B.
, a registrar of births and deaths, do hereby
A.B.
，為生死登記官員，現證明以上詳
certify that the above particulars have been compiled from an entry in a register in the custody
本人，
情是根據生死登記官所保管的登記紀錄內的記項擬備的。
of the Registrar.
Witness my hand this
年
月
day of
,
.
日本人簽署如下為證︰
(Signed) .....................A.B...................
(簽署) a registrar of births and deaths.
生死登記官員
(L.N. 498 of 1995; 80 of 1997 s. 70; 8 of 2006 s. 19)
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