# Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, Section 32: Searches in registers kept by registrars.

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Every registrar shall at any time when his office is required to be open for the transaction of public business allow searches to be made in any register of births or register of deaths in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified by the registrar of any entry therein ... .
Provided that this section shall not apply in relation to a register of still–births except as the registrar may, with the consent of the Registrar General, in any particular case allow.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/20/section/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1953/section-32
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