Victorian Current Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 20

    (1)     The Court may, on application by an interested person or on its own initiative, order—

        (a)     the registration of a birth; or

        (b)     the inclusion of registrable information about a birth or a child's parents in the Register.

    (2)     If a court (including a court of another State or the Commonwealth) finds that—

        (a)     the birth of a person is not registered as required under this Act or a corresponding law; or

        (b)     the registrable information contained in an entry about a birth in the Register under this Act or a corresponding law is incomplete or incorrect—

the court may direct registration of the birth or the inclusion or correction of registrable information in the Register under this Act or the corresponding law (as the case may require).

Division 4—Perinatal death

S. 21 amended by Nos 29/2010 s. 47(2), 44/2014 s. 33(Sch. item 5).