# Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, Section 33A: Short certificate of death


(1) Any person shall , on furnishing the prescribed particulars, be entitled to obtain from the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar or a registrar a short certificate of the death of any person.
(2) Any such certificate shall be in the prescribed form and shall be compiled in the prescribed manner from the records and registers in the custody of the Registrar General, or from the registers in the custody of the superintendent registrar or registrar, as the case may be, and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/20/section/33A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1953/section-33A
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