Section 52, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) It shall be the duty of the medical officer in charge ofa hospital or other institution in which a child is born or stillborn, or a person authorised by the medical officer to perform his functions to give to the Authority as soon as is practicable after a birth or stillbirth in such manner as the Authority may prescribe, the required particulars relating to the birth or, as the case may be, the stillbirth. (2) Where a child is born or stillborn other than in a hospital or other institution - (a) where a registered medical practitioner is present at the birth or stillbirth or examines the child, it shall be the duty of the practitioner; and (b) where a registered medical practitioner is not present, but a midwife is, it shall be the duty of the midwife to notify the Authority of the birth or stillbirth as soon as is practicable after the birth or stillbirth and to do so in the manner as may be prescribed by the Registration, alteration of forename of child. of births outside Sierra Leone of children of citizens domiciled in Sierra Leone. Duty to notify Authority of births and still births. 38 39 PART X – REGISTRATION OF ADOPTIONS