38  &  39  Vict.  Cap.  60,  s.  28.

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of  age,  except  to  the  parent  of  such  child,  or  to  the  personal
representative  of  such  parent,  and  upon  the  production  by
such  parent  or  his  personal  representative  of  a  certificate  of
death  issued  by  the  registrar  of  deaths,  or  other  person
having  the  care  of  the  register  of  deaths,  containing  the
particulars  after  mentioned.
(3.)  Particulars  of  certificates.—Whenever  a  certificate  of
the  death  of  a  child  is  applied  for  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining ­
  a  sum  of  money  from  a  society  [or  branch],  the  name  of
such  society  [or  branch],  and  the  sum  sought  to  be  obtained
therefrom,  shall  be  stated  to  the  registrar  of  deaths,  who
shall  write  on  or  at  the  foot  of  such  certificate  the  words,
“  to  be  produced  to  the  Society”  [or  branch]  (naming
the  same)  “said  to  be  liable  for  payment  of  the  sum
of  pounds  ”  (stating  the  same),  and  all  certificates  of
the  same  death  shall  be  numbered  in  consecutive  order,  and
the  sum  charged  by  the  registrar  of  deaths  for  each  such
certificate  shall  not  exceed  one  shilling  (c).
(4.)  Registrars  of  deaths  only  to  give  certificates  in  certain
cases.—No  registrar  of  deaths  shall  give  any  one  or  more
certificates  of  death  for  the  payment  in  the  whole  of  any
sum  of  money  exceeding  six  pounds  on  the  death  of  a  child
under  five  years,  or  for  the  payment  in  the  whole  of  a  sum
exceeding  ten  pounds  on  the  death  of  a  child  under  ten
years  ;  and  no  such  certificate  shall  be  granted  unless  the
cause  of  death  has  been  previously  entered  in  the  register
of  deaths  on  the  certificate  of  a  coroner  or  of  a  registered
medical  practitioner  who  attended  such  deceased  childduring
its  last  illness,  or  except  upon  the  production  of  a  certificate
of  the  probable  cause  of  death,  under  the  hand  of  a  registered
medical  practitioner,  or  of  other  satisfactory  evidence  of
the  same  (d).

(°)  Further  provision  as  to  the  sums  to  be  charged  by  registrars ­
  of  deaths  is  made  by  sect.  8  of  the  Act  of  1876.  See
p.  127.
(d)  Tile  provision  that  “  other  satisfactory  evidence’'  of  death
may  be  accepted  by  the  registrar  of  deaths,  is  one  likely  to  lead
to  mischief  unless  great  caution  be  exercised  in  the  reception  of
such  evidence.