21. Injury to register and omission to effect registration

Any —

person who wilfully or carelessly destroys, injures, mutilates, defaces or loses any registration book or register used for the purposes of this Act;

Deputy Registrar who refuses or omits without reasonable cause, the burden of proof whereof shall lie on him, to effect or secure the due registration of any birth or death within his registration area of which he has notice of knowledge; and

Registrar or Deputy Registrar who carelessly or wilfully allows any register or registration book to be destroyed, injured, mutilated, defaced or lost whilst in his custody or keeping, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.