Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT - SECT 32

32. Deaths to be registered under this Act

(1) If a person dies in the Territory, the death shall be registered under this Act.

(2) If a court directs the registration of a death, the death shall be registered under this Act.

(3) If a person dies -

(a) in an aircraft during a flight to an airport in the Territory; or

(b) on a ship during a voyage to a port in the Territory,

the death may be registered under this Act.

(4) If a person who is domiciled or ordinarily resident in the Territory dies outside the Commonwealth, or a person dies outside the Commonwealth leaving property in the Territory, the death may be registered under this Act.

(5) The Registrar is not obliged to register a death under subsection (3) or (4) if the death is registered under a corresponding law.

(6) If a child is still-born, the child's death is not to be registered under this Part.