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Merchant Shipping (Returns of Births and Deaths) Regulations, 2007
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
s 1
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Returns of Births and Deaths) Regulations, 2007.
Interpretation.
s 2In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"country" includes a territory;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under section 3 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Chapter 79) and includes the Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths.
Where person is born on board Brunei Darussalam ship outside Brunei Darussalam.
s 3
Where a child is born on board a Brunei Darussalam ship which is outside
Brunei Darussalam, the master of the ship shall make a return of the birth in accordance with regulations 6 and 7.
Where person dies on board Brunei Darussalam ship outside Brunei Darussalam.
any person dies on board a Brunei Darussalam ship which is outside Brunei Darussalam; or
any person employed in any Brunei Darussalam ship dies outside
Brunei Darussalam,
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the master of the ship shall -
make a return of the death in accordance with regulations 6
and 7; and
as soon as practicable but not more than 3 days after the death, notify the death to such person, if any, as the deceased may have named to him as his next of kin.
Where citizen of Brunei Darussalam is born or dies· on board ship not registered in Brunei
Darussalam.
s 5Where-fa}
a citizen of Brunei Darussalam is born or dies on board a ship not registered in Brunei Darussalam; and
the ship thereafter calls at Brunei Darussalam in the course of or at the end of the voyage during which the birth or death occurs, the master of the ship shall make a return of the birth or of the death in accordance with regulations 6 and 7.
Person by whom, and time within which, return of birth or death to be made.
s 6Any return of a birth or of a death required to be made under regulations 3,
4 or 5 shall be made by the master of the ship to the Director as soon as practicable but within 30 days after the birth or death to which it relates.
Form and contents of return of birth or death.
s 7A return of a birth or of a death required to be made under regulations 3, 4
or 5-
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shall be in writing;
shall be signed by the master of the ship as informant; and
shall contain-
in the case of a birth, the particulars specified in the First
Schedule; and
in the case of a death, the particulars specified in the Second
Schedule, or so many of those particulars as the master may reasonably be able to obtain, having regard to the circumstances of the death.
Director to send copy of return to Registrar.
s 8
When a return made in accordance with regulations 6 and 7 has been transmitted to him, the Director shall send a copy certified by him to be a true copy of that return to the Registrar.
Inquiry into cause of death.
Where a death has occurred on board a ship, the master of the ship shall inquire into the nature and cause of the death and shall forward a report of the inquiry to the Director without delay.
The report shall contain the particulars specified in the Third Schedule, or so many of those particulars as the master may reasonably be able to obtain, having regard to the circumstances of the death.
Where master of ship unable to perform duty under regulation 9.
s 10
Where it appears to the Director that the master of a ship cannot perform the duty imposed on him by regulation 9 in respect of a death on board the ship because the master has himself died or is incapacitated or missing, the Director shall record such of the information specified in the Second and Third Schedules as he may be able to obtain in the circumstances of the death.
Offence.
s 11
The master of a ship who fails to comply with the provisions of regulations 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
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FIRST SCHEDULE regulation 7(cJiil
PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE CONTAINED IN RETURNS OF BIRTHS
s 1Under Regulations 3, 5, 6 and 7
Ship in which birth occurred-
(a} name of the ship; and
official number.
s 2Child
(a} date and time lin Greenwich Mean Time) of birth;
if the birth takes place at sea, the position of the ship by latitude and longitude at the time of birth; and lii)
in any other case, the place of birth;
name lif any) and surname; and
sex.
s 3Father-
(a}
name and surname;
country of domicile;
race and nationality;
national registration identity card or passport number;
occupation, rank or profession; and
(fJ date of birth, but if the child is illegitimate, no particulars of the father shall be given except at the joint request of the mother and of the person acknowledging himself to be the father, given to the informant in writing and signed by both the mother and that person.
s 4Mother-
name;
maiden surname; and
surname at marriage, if different from maiden surname;
country of domicile;
race and nationality;
national registration identity card or passport number; and
date of birth.
s 5Informant-
full name of master;
country of domicile;
race and nationality;
address; and
qualification.
SECOND SCHEDULE regulation 7(c}(ii)
PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE CONTAINED IN RETURNS OF DEATHS
UNDER REGULATIONS 4, 5, 6 AND 7 1.
The ship in which the death occurred or in which the deceased was employed-
name of ship;
official number; and
name of its owner and his address.
s 2The deceased -
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{a)
date of death or loss;
if the death takes place on board the ship or in a ship's boat or if the deceased is lost from the ship or a ship's boat, the place of death or, if at sea, the position of the ship or ship's boat by latitude and longitude at the time of death or loss (as the case may require); and
in any other case, the place of death;
name and surname;
sex;
date of birth (if known) or age;
maiden surname (if known) in case of a married woman;
{g)
occupation, rank or profession;
usual residence at time of death or loss;
race and nationality;
national registration identity card or passport number; and
cause of death or loss (certified if possible by the ship's doctor or other medical practitioner).
Informant
{a)
full name of master;
country of domicile;
race and nationality;
address; and
qualification.
THIRD SCHEDULE regulation 9(2)
PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE CONTAINED IN REPORTS OF INQUIRIES
INTO DEATHS UNDER REGULATION 9