An Act to amend the Law respecting the Authentication of Extracts under the Acts relating to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland.
[3 August 1910]
10 Ed. 7 & 1 Geo. c.5
| Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: | |
| Substitution of seal for signature of Registrar General for Scotland. 17 & 18 Vict. c.80. |
1. So much of section fifty-eight of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act, 1854, as required extracts of entries which shall be admissible as evidence to be signed by the Registrar General if such extracts shall be from the registers kept at the General Registry Office, shall cease to have effect, and in lieu thereof it is hereby provided that the Registrar General shall cause to be made a seal of the said General Registry Office, and the Registrar General shall cause to be sealed or stamped therewith all extracts of entries given in the said office; and all extracts of entries purporting to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the said General Registry Office shall be deemed to be duly authentificated by the Registrar General, and the provisions of the said section shall apply thereto as fully as if such authenticated extracts were signed by the Registrar General. |
| Short title, construction, and commencement. | 2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Registration of Births,
Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1910, and
may be cited with the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland)
Acts, 1854 to 1860, and this Act and the Registration of Births,
Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act, 1854 shall be construed as
one Act. (2) This Act shall come into operation of three months from the passing thereof. |