Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act

1. Section 1 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as 5 the principal Act), is hereby amended- (a) by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of “child born out of wedlock” of the following definition: “ ‘competent court’ includes a magistrates’ court, and a children’s court established as contemplated in the Child Care Act, 1983 (Act No. 74 of 10 1983);”; and ( b ) by the substitution for the definition of “ ‘major’ or ‘person of age’ ” of the following definition: “ ‘major’ or ‘person of age’ means any person who has attained the age of [21] 18 years or who has under the provisions of section 2 of the Age 15 of Majority Act, 1972 (Act No. 57 of 1972), been declared to be a major, and includes a person under the age of [21] - 18 years, who has contracted a legal marriage;”. section Amendment of section 9 of Act 51 of 1992, as amended by section 4 of Act 41 of 1995 and 1 of Act 43 of 1998 20

2. Section 9 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection: “(2) Subject to the provisions of section 10, the notice of birth referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be given under the surname of either the father or the mother of the child concerned or the surnames of both the father and mother 25 joined together as a double barrelled surname.”. 3 No. 23243 GAZETTE, GOVERNMENT 19 MARCH 2002 Act No. 1,2002 BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2002 Amendment of section 25 of Act 51 of 1992, as substituted by section 2 of Act 67 of 1997 and amended by section 11 of Act 86 of 1997

3. Section 25 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1A) Notwithstanding subsection consent is not required where concerned.” (I)@) and (c), the natural father’s written the mother has sole guardianship of the child 5 Amendment of section 26 of Act 51 of 1992, as substituted by section 3 of Act 67 of 1997

4. Section 26 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection 10 (1) for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph: “(c) a woman, whether married or divorced, or a widow adds to the surname which prior she assumed after the marriage, any surname which she bore at any time. ” . Short title 15

5. This Act is called the Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act, 2002.