# Factories Act 1937, Section 145: Certificates of birth.


Where the age of any person is required to be ascertained or proved for the purposes of this Act any person shall on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may be from time to time prescribed by the Minister of Health and on payment of a fee of sixpence, be entitled to obtain a certified extract under the hand of a registrar or superintendent registrar of the entry in the register under the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1836 to 1929, of the birth of that person; and such form of requisition shall on request be supplied without charge by every superintendent registrar and registrar of births, deaths and marriages.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/67/section/145 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/factories-act-1937/section-145
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