Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 - SECT 46

Issue of certificate

46. Issue of certificate



(1) On completing a search of the Register and on payment by the applicant of
the prescribed fee, the Registrar may issue a certificate-

   (a)  certifying particulars contained in an entry; or

   (b)  certifying that no entry was located in the Register about the
        relevant registrable event.

(2) A certificate under subsection (1)(a) is admissible in legal proceedings
as evidence of-

   (a)  the entry to which the certificate relates; and

   (b)  the facts recorded in the entry.