BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 57 Records relating to period before 18 January 1853
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 57
Records relating to period before 18 January 1853(1) Every register, book of entries or register book of baptisms, marriages or burials solemnised in the district of Port Phillip of the Colony of Victoria before 18 January 1853 forwarded to the Registrar under section 31 of the Marriage Act 1898 is to be kept by the Registrar as a permanent record.
(2) Any copy verified and forwarded to the Registrar under section 31 of the Marriage Act 1898 is prima facie evidence of all entries contained in the register, book of entries or register book.
(3) A person who has possession of any register, book of entries or register book which has not been forwarded under section 31 of the Marriage Act 1898 must, during normal business hours, on payment of the prescribed fee, permit any person to inspect any entry and on request supply a certified copy of the entry to that person.