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C.C.S.M. c. V60
The Vital Statistics Act
Table of Contents
| 1 | Definitions | |
| 2 | When death occurs | |
| REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS | ||
| (0.1) | Definition of "parent" | |
| 3 | Registration of births | |
| (2) | Statement respecting birth | |
| (4) | Plural births | |
| (5) | Registration if birth parent married | |
| (6) | Registration if birth parent unmarried | |
| (7) | Joint request | |
| (8) | Limit on amending birth registration | |
| (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 | |
| 5 | Registration of birth by director | |
| 7 | Statement respecting birth of foundling | |
| (2) | Duties of event registrar | |
| (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 | Addition of given name by director | |
| (2) | Statutory limitation of alteration or addition | |
| (3) | Changes to be shown on certificate | |
| REGISTRATION OF STILLBIRTHS | ||
| 9 | 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 | Order of adoption to be sent to director | |
| (2) | Registration of adoption orders | |
| (3) | Confidentiality of pre-adoption and adoption documents | |
| (4) | Limited disclosure of pre-adoption and adoption documents | |
| (5) | Substituted registration of birth for adoptee born in Manitoba | |
| (6) | Cross-referencing birth registrations and adoption orders | |
| (7) | Adoptee born in another Canadian jurisdiction | |
| (8) | Adoptee born outside Canada | |
| (9) | Additional documents or information | |
| (10) | Additional requirements | |
| (11) | Birth certificate issued after adoption registered | |
| (12) | Restriction on changes to pre-adoption birth registration | |
| REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES | ||
| 11 | Registration of marriages | |
| 12 | Statement respecting marriage | |
| (2) | Certification of marriage by event registrar | |
| 13 | Registration of marriage by director | |
| REGISTRATION OF COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIPS |
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| 13.1 | 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 |
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| 13.2 | 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 | Registration of deaths | |
| (2) | Personal particulars of the deceased | |
| (3) | Medical certificate | |
| (4) | Medical certificate by medical examiner | |
| (5) | Death without medical care | |
| (6) | Deaths that require inquiry under Fatality Inquiries Act | |
| (6.1) | Limited meaning of "nurse practitioner" | |
| (7) | Not under the care | |
| (8) | Fatality Inquiries Act applies | |
| 15 | Certification of death by event registrar | |
| (2) | Death registration by chief medical examiner | |
| 16 | Registration of death by director | |
| 17 | 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 | Registration of death before burial | |
| (2) | Returns of burials and cremations | |
| REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING ON THE HIGH SEAS |
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| 19 | Births and deaths on high seas | |
| CHURCH RECORDS | ||
| 20 | Filing of church records of baptisms, etc. | |
| CHANGE OF NAME | ||
| 21 | Notation of change of name | |
| (2) | Meaning of "foreign state" | |
| (3) | Certificate after change of name | |
| FRAUDULENT REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATES |
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| 22 | 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 |
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| 23 | Corrections by event registrar | |
| (2) | Correction by personal appearance | |
| (3) | Correction by director | |
| (4) | Certificate from registration after correction | |
| 24 | Minor change in name | |
| (2) | Certificates after spelling change | |
| CHANGE OF SEX DESIGNATION | ||
| 25 | Definitions | |
| (2) | Application to change sex designation on birth registration | |
| (3) | Application for change of sex designation certificate | |
| (4) | Application to change sex designation on marriage registration | |
| (5) | Application materials — birth registration amendment or sex designation certificate | |
| (6) | Application materials — marriage registration amendment | |
| (7) | Statutory declaration — change of sex designation | |
| (8) | Supporting letter requirements | |
| (9) | Alternative supporting materials | |
| (10) | Director may request additional documentation, evidence, etc. | |
| (11) | Documentation, etc. must satisfy director, meet other prescribed requirements | |
| 25.1 | Director may change sex designation on birth registration | |
| (2) | Birth certificates issued without mention of change | |
| (3) | Documents to be returned | |
| (4) | Change of sex designation certificate | |
| (5) | Director may change sex designation on marriage registration | |
| (6) | Marriage certificates issued without mention of change | |
| 25.2 | If change of sex designation made under previous section | |
| ADMINISTRATION | ||
| 26 | 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 | Appointment of event registrars | |
| (2) | Former district registrars | |
| 29 | Enforcement of Act by event registrar | |
| 30 | Duty of event registrar | |
| (2) | Defective birth or marriage notice | |
| (4) | Obtaining information | |
| (5) | Retention and destruction of documents | |
| (6) | Action by event registrar when party fails to complete statement | |
| (7) | Notice to Director of Child and Family Services | |
| SEARCHES | ||
| 31 | Searches of registrations and church records | |
| (2) | Report on search | |
| (3) | Searches for research or statistical purposes | |
| ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES AND COPIES |
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| 31.1 | Issuing certificates and copies | |
| 32 | 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 | |
| (6) | Marriage — 80 years ago or more | |
| (7) | Marriage — less than 80 years ago | |
| (8) | Form of marriage certificate | |
| (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 | |
| (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 | |
| (14) | No certificate issued | |
| (15) | Certified copy of registration or search record | |
| (16) | Certified copy from church records | |
| 33 | 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 | 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 | Records property of the government | |
| (2) | Delivery of records to successor | |
| 41 | Secrecy | |
| (2) | Exceptions | |
| (3) | Fine | |
| 41.1 | Information that does not meet registration requirements | |
| (2) | Severing information on documents | |
| 42 | Notations | |
| 42.1 | Return of certificate if alteration or addition to a registration | |
| 43 | Director to examine notices sent in by event registrars | |
| (2) | Information as to births, marriages, and deaths | |
| 43.1 | Protection from liability | |
| PENALTIES | ||
| 44 | Failure to carry out duties | |
| (2) | Compliance by one person sufficient | |
| 45 | Failure to obtain permit for transportation of body | |
| (2) | Burial permit issued outside province | |
| 45.1 | False information | |
| (2) | False information re registration in Manitoba | |
| 45.2 | False documents | |
| (2) | Penalty | |
| 46 | General penalty | |
| 47 | 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 | |