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C.C.S.M. c. V60
The Vital Statistics Act
| 1 | Definitions |
| 2 | When death occurs |
| REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS | |
| 3(1) | Registration of births |
| (2) | Statement respecting birth |
| (3) | Exception |
| (4) | Plural births |
| (5) | Child of married woman |
| (6) | Artificial insemination |
| (6.1) | Common-law partner |
| (6.2) | Consent submitted after child's birth registered |
| (7) | No particulars of father |
| (8) | Joint request to register father |
| (9) | If parents of child marry each other |
| (9.1) | Name of child |
| (9.2) | Surname if parent does not complete registration |
| (9.3) | Limitation on change of surname of child |
| (10) | Additional evidence required |
| (11) | Continuing liability to complete statement |
| (12) | Certification of birth by event registrar |
| (13) | Procedure where responsible persons not found |
| (14) | Amending record |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Registration of birth by director |
| 6 | |
| 7(1) | Statement respecting birth of foundling |
| (2) | Duties of event registrar |
| (3) | |
| (4) | Registration of birth of foundling |
| (5) | Copies to Director of Child and Family Services |
| (6) | Subsequent establishment of identity |
| (7) | Date of new registration |
| (8) | Notification to Director of Child and Family Services |
| (9) | Certificate to be cancelled |
| 8(1) | Alteration or addition of given name by director |
| (2) | Statutory limitation of alteration or addition |
| (3) | Changes to be shown on certificate |
| REGISTRATION OF STILLBIRTHS | |
| 9(1) | Registration of stillbirths |
| (2) | Statement respecting stillbirth |
| (3) | Medical certificate |
| (4) | Certificate by event registrar |
| (5) | Certification of stillbirth by event registrar |
| (6) | Burial permit |
| (7) | Application of sections 3, 5 and 14 to 19 |
| REGISTRATION OF ADOPTION | |
| 10(1) | Order of adoption to be sent to director |
| (2) | Adopted Children's Register |
| (3) | |
| (4) | Entry of unrecorded adoption |
| (5) | Registration of adoption order of another jurisdiction |
| (6) | Registration of adoption |
| (7) | Notation of adoption on birth registration |
| (8) | Procedure on adoption of person born elsewhere |
| (9) | Birth certificate in case of adoption |
| (10) | Files re adoptions before September 1924 |
| REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES | |
| 11 | Registration of marriages |
| 12(1) | Statement respecting marriage |
| (2) | Certification of marriage by event registrar |
| 13 | Registration of marriage by director |
| REGISTRATION OF COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIPS | |
| 13.1(1) | Registration of common-law relationships |
| (2) | Statement regarding common-law relationship |
| (3) | Execution of statement |
| (4) | Registration by director |
| REGISTRATION OF DISSOLUTION OF COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIPS | |
| 13.2(1) | Registration of dissolution of common-law relationships |
| (2) | Statement regarding dissolution of common-law relationship |
| (3) | Execution of statement |
| (4) | Service if statement signed by one party |
| (5) | Registration of dissolution by director |
| (6) | One dissolution registered |
| REGISTRATION OF DEATHS | |
| 14(1) | Registration of deaths |
| (2) | Personal particulars of the deceased |
| (3) | Medical certificate by last attending physician |
| (4) | Medical certificate by medical examiner |
| (5) | Death without medical attendance |
| (6) | Death by violence, negligence, etc. |
| (7) | "Not under the care" |
| (8) | Fatality Inquiries Act applies |
| 15(1) | Certification of death by event registrar |
| (2) | Death registration by chief medical examiner |
| 16 | Registration of death by director |
| 17(1) | Notice of registration of death |
| (2) | Duty of medical examiner |
| (3) | Registration before burial or other disposition |
| (4) | Burial etc. before registration of death |
| (5) | Removal of body |
| (6) | Duties of funeral director |
| (7) | Death outside the province |
| (8) | Registration after burial |
| (9) | Registration with approval of chief medical examiner |
| 18(1) | Registration of death before burial |
| (2) | Returns of burials and cremations |
| REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING ON THE HIGH SEAS | |
| 19 | Births and deaths on high seas |
| CHURCH RECORDS | |
| 20 | Filing of church records of baptisms, etc. |
| CHANGE OF NAME | |
| 21(1) | Notation of change of name |
| (2) | Meaning of "foreign state" |
| (3) | Certificate after change of name |
| FRAUDULENT REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATES | |
| 22(1) | Cancellation of registration and birth certificates |
| (2) | Certificate |
| (3) | Certificates fraudulently or improperly obtained or used |
| (4) | Certificate to be delivered to director |
| CORRECTIONS OF ERRORS IN REGISTRATIONS | |
| 23(1) | Corrections by event registrar |
| (2) | Correction by personal appearance |
| (3) | Correction by director |
| (4) | Certificate from registration after correction |
| 24(1) | Minor change in name |
| (2) | Certificates after spelling change |
| 25(1) | Application to change designation of sex |
| (2) | Material in support |
| (3) | Exception |
| (4) | Certificates issued without mention of change |
| ADMINISTRATION | |
| 26(1) | Appointment of director and other officers and employees |
| (2) | Duties of director |
| (3) | Duties of assistant director and inspectors |
| (4) | Meaning of "Recorder of Vital Statistics" |
| 27(1) | Appointment of event registrars |
| (2) | Former district registrars |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Enforcement of Act by event registrar |
| 30(1) | Duty of event registrar |
| (2) | Defective birth or marriage notice |
| (3) | |
| (4) | Obtaining information |
| (5) | Retention and destruction of documents |
| (6) | Action by event registrar when party fails to complete statement |
| (7) | Notice to Director |
| SEARCHES | |
| 31(1) | Searches of registrations and church records |
| (2) | Report on search |
| (3) | Searches for research or statistical purposes |
| ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND COPIES | |
| 31.1 | Issuing certificates and copies |
| Births | |
| 32(1) | Birth — 100 years ago or more |
| (2) | Birth — less than 100 years ago |
| (3) | Form of birth certificate |
| (4) | Certificate of birth registration search |
| (5) | Form of certificate of birth registration search |
| Marriages | |
| (6) | Marriage — 80 years ago or more |
| (7) | Marriage — less than 80 years ago |
| (8) | Form of marriage certificate |
| Common-Law Relationships | |
| (8.1) | Common-law relationship certificate |
| (8.2) | Form of common-law relationship certificate |
| (8.3) | Dissolution of common-law relationship certificate |
| (8.4) | Form of dissolution of common-law relationship certificate |
| Deaths | |
| (9) | Death — 70 years ago or more |
| (10) | Death certificate — death less than 70 years ago |
| (11) | Form of death certificate |
| (12) | Cause of death not disclosed |
| (13) | Certified copy — death less than 70 years ago |
| Stillbirths | |
| (14) | No certificate issued |
| (15) | Certified copy of registration or search record |
| Other Matters | |
| (16) | Certified copy from church records |
| 33(1) | Certificates to be issued only by director |
| (2) | Signature of director |
| (3) | Certificate valid after change of director |
| 34 | Certificates as evidence |
| 35 | Photographic films and prints as copies |
| 36(1) | Appeal from refusal of director to register |
| (2) | Appeal respecting search or issue of certificate |
| (3) | Appeal from order under section 22 |
| (4) | Notice |
| GENERAL | |
| 37 | Power to take affidavits |
| 38 | Publication by director of statistical information |
| 39 | Annual report |
| (2) | Delivery of records to successor |
| 41(1) | Secrecy |
| (2) | Exception |
| (3) | Fine |
| 42 | Notations |
| 42.1 | Return of certificate if alteration or addition to a registration |
| 43(1) | Director to examine notices sent in by event registrars |
| (2) | Information as to births, marriages, and deaths |
| PENALTIES | |
| 44(1) | Failure to carry out duties |
| (2) | Compliance by one person sufficient |
| 45(1) | Failure to obtain permit for transportation of body |
| (2) | Burial permit issued outside province |
| 45.1(1) | False information |
| (2) | False information re registration in Manitoba |
| 45.2(1) | False documents |
| (2) | Penalty |
| 46 | General penalty |
| 47(1) | Consent to prosecutions |
| (2) | Conviction, etc. not affected by want of form |
| REGULATIONS | |
| 48 | Regulations |
| 49 | Other registration systems discontinued |
| 49.1 | Conflict with The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act |
| 50 | Construction |