# Non-Parochial Registers Act 1840, Section 5: Lists to be made; which shall be open to search; and certified extracts had therefrom.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The registrar general shall cause lists to be made of all the registers and records which may be placed in his custody by virtue of this Act; and every person shall be entitled, on payment of the fees herein-after mentioned, to search the said lists, and any register or record therein mentioned, at any time when the General Register Office is open for that purpose, but subject to such regulations as may be made from time to time by the registrar general, with the approbation of the Secretary of State, and to have a certified extract of any entry in the said registers or records; and for every search in any such register or record shall be paid the sum of 5p, and for every such certified extract the sum of 12½p, and no more.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/3-4/92/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-parochial-registers-act-1840/section-5
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