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An Act to amend the Act concerning Non-parochial Registers, and the Acts for Marriages, and for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England . . . . . .F1
[14th June 1858]
F1Words omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble which recites appointment of commissioners to enquire into registers or records other than parochial registers and their report, omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
The Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England shall receive and deposit in the General Register Office all the registers and records of births, baptisms, deaths, burials, and marriages now in the custody of the said commissioners, and which they have by their said report recommended to be deposited in the General Register Office in the custody of the said Registrar General, and which are mentioned in appendix (A) to their said report.
And whereas certain non-parochial registers and records in addition to those mentioned in the said report of the said commissioners were sent to them before the date of such report, but too late to allow of such registers or records being examined and reported on by them, and other non-parochial registers or records have been sent to them since the date of their said report: It shall be lawful for one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State to appoint or authorize three or more persons to inquire into the state, custody, and authenticity of the non-parochial registers or records of births or baptisms, deaths or burials, and marriages, which have been sent to the said commissioners as aforesaid, and have not been reported on by them; and such of the same registers or records as the persons so authorized shall find accurate and faithful, they or three of them shall certify under their hands as fit to be placed with the other registers and records hereby directed to be deposited in the general register Office; and the Registrar General, upon receiving the certificate of such persons and an order of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State for this purpose, shall receive such registers and records and deposit them in the General Register Office.
The provisions of the M1Non-parochial Registers Act 1840, from section five to section nineteen, both inclusive, and the rules, orders, and regulations made under the said Act, shall extend and be applicable to the registers or records deposited in the General Register Office under this Act, in like manner as the same are applicable to the registers or records deposited under the Non-parochial Registers Act 1840.
F1S. 4 repealed by Local Government Act 1929 (c. 17), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F1Ss. 5–7 repealed by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874 (c. 88), Sch. 5
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1858