Section 42, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) The Authority shall establish and, where appropriate,maintain a register which shall comprise the following — (a) Register of Births which shall be the register of all births occurring in Sierra Leone; (b) Register of Adoptions which shall be the register of all adoptions including foreign adoptions; (c) Register of Deaths which shall be the register of all deaths occurring in Sierra Leone; (d) Register of Marriages which shall be the register of all marriages taking place in Sierra Leone; (e) Register of Divorces which shall be the register of all divorces taking place in Sierra Leone; (f) Register of Nullities which shall be the register of all nullities of marriages taking place in Sierra Leone; and (g) such other Registers as may be specified, from time to time by the Director-General. (2) The Register shall be maintained in any legible form or in any other form that is capable of being converted into a legible form and of being used to make a legible copy or reproduction of an entry. (3) Evidence of an entry in the Register and of the facts stated therein may be given by the production of a document purporting to be a legible copy of the entry and certified to be a true copy by the Director-General, or a person authorised in that behalf by the Authority.