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4 | Repealed |
5 | Registration of birth by director |
6 | Repealed |
7(1) | Statement respecting birth of foundling |
(2) | Duties of event registrar |
(3) | Repealed |
(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) | 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(3) | Repealed |
(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 | Repealed |
29 | Enforcement of Act by event registrar |
30(1) | Duty of event registrar |
(2) | Defective birth or marriage notice |
(3) | Repealed |
(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 |
40(1) | Records property of the government |
(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 |