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IE · Civil Registration Act 2004

Civil Registration Act 2004

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Inhalt

  1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement.
  2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
  3. Art. 2A 2A Prohibited degrees of relationship
  4. Art. 2B No impediment where subsisting civil partnership with each other
  5. Art. 3 Regulations.
  6. Art. 4 Repeals.
  7. Art. 5 Transitional provisions.
  8. Art. 6 Expenses of Minister and Minister for Finance.
  9. Art. 7 Ard-Chláraitheoir.
  10. Art. 8 Functions of Ard-Chláraitheoir.
  11. Art. 8A Performance of functions of registrar and Superintendent Registrar by staff of Ard-Chláraitheoir in certain exceptional circumstances
  12. Art. 9 Ard-Chláraitheoir Cúnta.
  13. Art. 10 Staff of Ard-Chláraitheoir.
  14. Art. 11 Annual report.
  15. Art. 12 Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora.
  16. Art. 13 Registers.
  17. Art. 14 Schemes.
  18. Art. 15 Local registration authorities.
  19. Art. 16 Financial provisions relating to authorities.
  20. Art. 17 Staff of authorities.
  21. Art. 18 “the register” (Part 3).
  22. Art. 19 Provision of particulars, and registration, of births.
  23. Art. 19A Special provisions in relation to registration of birth of donor-conceived child
  24. Art. 19B Alleviation of requirement on certain persons to appear in person under Part 3 of Act of 2004
  25. Art. 20 Births occurring more than 12 months before registration.
  26. Art. 21 Duty to notify registrar of abandoned new-born children.
  27. Art. 22 Registration of father where parents not married.
  28. Art. 23 Re-registration of birth to include name of father.
  29. Art. 23A Re-registration on foot of court order
  30. Art. 23B Re-registration of birth of donor-conceived child on foot of court order
  31. Art. 24 Re-registration of births of legitimated persons.
  32. Art. 25 Registration, or alteration, of forename of child.
  33. Art. 25A Failure to agree surname and subsequent registration of surname
  34. Art. 26 Registration of births outside State of children of Irish citizens domiciled in State.
  35. Art. 27 Recording and registration of certain other births occuring outside State.
  36. Art. 27A Registrar may take and receive statutory declaration under Guardianship of Infants Act 1964
  37. Art. 28 Registration of stillbirths.
  38. Art. 29 Registration of stillbirths that occurred before 31 December 1994.
  39. Art. 30 Duty to notify Ard-Chláraitheoir of births and stillbirths.
  40. Art. 30A Definitions (Part 3A)
  41. Art. 30B Entry in Register
  42. Art. 30C Index to register and privacy
  43. Art. 30D Separate index of connections between register of gender recognition and register of births
  44. Art. 30E Cancellation or amendment of entry in register
  45. Art. 30F Definitions (Part 3B)
  46. Art. 30G An tArd-Chláraitheoir may receive and request certain information concerning affected persons
  47. Art. 30H Correction, cancellation or registration of entries in register of births
  48. Art. 30I Register under Part 3B
  49. Art. 30J Index to register and privacy (Part 3B)
  50. Art. 30K Separate index of connections between register and register of births
  51. Art. 30L Regulations (Part 3B)
  52. Art. 30M Record of stillbirths.
  53. Art. SEC30N Application of Part.
  54. Art. SEC30O Entries in register on foot of parental order
  55. Art. SEC30P Other entries in register
  56. Art. SEC30Q Who may obtain copies of entries in register
  57. Art. SEC30R Separate index of connections between register and register of births.
  58. Art. SEC30S Certified copy of entry in register as evidence of facts stated
  59. Art. SEC30T Privacy of surrogacy records
  60. Art. 31 Definitions (Part 4).
  61. Art. 32 Registration of adoptions.
  62. Art. 33 Registration of foreign adoptions.
  63. Art. 34 Directions of High Court in relation to entries in register in respect of foreign adoptions.
  64. Art. 35 Privacy of adoption records.
  65. Art. 36 “the register” (Part 5).
  66. Art. 37 Provision of particulars, and registration, of deaths.
  67. Art. 37A Alleviation of requirement on certain persons to appear in person under Part 5 of Act of 2004
  68. Art. 38 Registration of deaths occurring outside State of Irish citizens domiciled in State.
  69. Art. 39 Recording and registration of certain other deaths occurring outside State.
  70. Art. 40 Registration after more than 12 months from death.
  71. Art. 41 Furnishing of particulars of death by a coroner to registrar.
  72. Art. 41A Furnishing of corroborated particulars of death certificate to qualified informant by coroner
  73. Art. 42 Certificate of cause of death.
  74. Art. 42A Notification of early neonatal deaths
  75. Art. 43 Place of death.
  76. Art. 44 Power of coroner to authorise disposal of bodies.
  77. Art. 44A Application of Part
  78. Art. 44B Record of deaths abroad
  79. Art. 44C Provision of information
  80. Art. 44D Certificate of entry on the record of deaths abroad
  81. Art. 44E Amendment of entry on the record of deaths abroad
  82. Art. 44F Interpretation
  83. Art. 44G 44G Application of Part
  84. Art. 44H Furnishing of particulars of presumed death by a court to registrar
  85. Art. 45 Definitions (Part 6).
  86. Art. 45A Secular body
  87. Art. 46 Notification of marriages.
  88. Art. 47 Exemption of certain marriages from section 46(1)(a)(i).
  89. Art. 48 Marriage registration form.
  90. Art. 49 Registration of marriages.
  91. Art. 50 Non-receipt of marriage registration form by registrar.
  92. Art. 51 Solemnisation of marriages.
  93. Art. 52 Places and times for the solemnisation of marriages.
  94. Art. 53 Register of Solemnisers.
  95. Art. 54 Application by bodies for registration of persons.
  96. Art. 55 Cancellation of registration.
  97. Art. 56 Appeals against refusals or cancellations of registration.
  98. Art. 57 Temporary authorisation to solemnise marriage.
  99. Art. 58 Objections.
  100. Art. 58A Marriage ceremonies performed at certain embassies or diplomatic missions
  101. Art. 59 Registration of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity.
  102. Art. 59A Definitions (Part 7A).
  103. Art. 59B Notification of civil partnerships.
  104. Art. 59C Civil partnership registration form.
  105. Art. 59D Civil partnership registration.
  106. Art. 59E Places and times for registration of civil partnerships.
  107. Art. 59F Objections.
  108. Art. 59G Where interpretation required.
  109. Art. 59H Effect of registration.
  110. Art. 59I Effect of this Part.
  111. Art. 59IA Civil Partnership ceremonies performed at certain embassies or diplomatic missions
  112. Art. 59J Registration of decrees of dissolution and decrees of nullity of civil partnership.
  113. Art. 59K Registration of dissolution of civil partnership on marriage
  114. Art. 59L Transitional provisions consequent on Marriage Act 2015
  115. Art. 60 Appeals.
  116. Art. 61 Searches.
  117. Art. 62 Search of register of stillbirths
  118. Art. 63 Correction of errors at request of persons having an interest.
  119. Art. 64 Corrections or cancellations of entries at request of Ard-Chláraitheoir or a registrar.
  120. Art. 65 Enquiries by ArdChláraitheoir.
  121. Art. 66 Power of Ard-Chláraitheoir to give information to others.
  122. Art. 67 Fees.
  123. Art. 67A Payments to certain registrars
  124. Art. 68 Evidence of births, stillbirths and deaths.
  125. Art. 68A Construction of references to provision of required particulars.
  126. Art. 69 Offences.
  127. Art. 70 Penalties.
  128. Art. 71 Prosecution of offences.
  129. Art. 72 Service etc., of documents.
  130. Art. 73 Vital statistics.