Cap. 16 Art. 273How notice is given.

(1) Notice of the birth may be given by transmitting to the said officer a certificate of baptism, signed by the parish priest or other clergyman who shall have baptised the child.

(2) Any such certificate shall, if it contains the particulars required for the drawing up of the act of birth, be accepted in lieu of the declaration mentioned in the following articles, and, the said officer, if satisfied as to the correctness of the particulars therein contained, may, on such certificate, draw up the act of birth.

(3) In any case, however, the certificate of baptism shall be delivered to the Director together with the act of birth.