Registrar General Act (Cap. 186)

REGISTRAR GENERAL [CH.186 – 1 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS REGISTRAR GENERAL CHAPTER 186 REGISTRAR GENERAL LIST OF AUTHORISED PAGES 1 - 4 LRO 1/2010 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Amalgamation of Departments. 4. Appointment of Registrar General. 5. Appointment of Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General. 6. Vesting of powers in Registrar General. 7. Repealed. 8. Powers of Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General. 9. Clerks in the Registrar General’s Department. 10. Clerks to be under the control of the Registrar General 11. Power to administer oaths. 12. Rules. REGISTRAR GENERAL [CH.186 – 3 LRO 1/2010 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS CHAPTER 186 REGISTRAR GENERAL An Act to provide for and regulate the appointment of a Registrar General and for other purposes. [Commencement 21st March, 1974] 1. This Act may be cited as the Registrar General Act. 2. In this Act, “Registrar General”, “Deputy Regis trar General” and “Assistant Registrar General” mean the persons respectively appointed as Registrar General, Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General under the provisions of this Act. 3. The Departments of the Registrar General and of the Registrar of Records shall be controlled and adminis tered as one under the management of the Registrar General. 4. The Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Public Service Commission, may appoint a Registrar General who shall hold office during pleasure. 5. (1) The Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Public Service Commission, may appoint a Deputy Registrar General and suitable persons to be Assistant Registrars General who shall hold office during pleasure. (2) The Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General shall assist the Registrar General in the discharge of his duties as Registrar General and may, subject to the directions and instructions of the Registrar General, during the temporary absence of the Registrar General from the Registry, lawfully perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the Registrar General under this or any other Act. (3) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude the Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General from holding any office in the gift of either House of Parliament. 7 of 1914 43 of 1926 45 of 1927 20 of 1944 9 of 1954 50 of 1954 43 of 1964 7 of 1966 26 of 1970 29 of 1971 E.L.A.O., 1974 4 of 1991 36 of 2009 Short title. Interpretation. 4 of 1991, s. 2. Amalgamation of Departments. 7 of 1966, s. 2. Appointment of Registrar General. 36 of 2009, s. 2. Appointment of Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrars General. 36 of 2009, s. 3. 29 of 1971, s. 2. 4 of 1991, s. 2. 26 of 1970, s. 2. 4 of 1991, s. 2. CH.186 – 4] REGISTRAR GENERAL STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2010 6. (1) All powers, authorities, jurisdictions, rights, privileges, duties and liabilities by any Act conferred or imposed on the Registrar of Records whether original or ex officio shall upon the amalgamation of the registries as provided for in section 3 of this Act be conferred and imposed on the Registrar General, who shall, for the purposes of any Act, be deemed to be the Registrar of Records. (2) Any reference in any law or in any agreement, contract, deed or other document to the Registrar of Records, shall be deemed to refer to, and shall be read and construed as a reference to the Registrar General. 7. Repealed 8. The Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General shall have power to administer oaths and take solemn declarations or affirmations in all matters required to be taken or made by any Act. 9. The Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Public Service Commission may appoint such clerks in the Registrar General’s Department as are provided for by any Act. 10. The Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General as assistants to the Registrar of Records and the clerks in the Registrar General’s Department shall be subject to the orders and be under the control of the Registrar General. 11. A public officer in the Registrar General’s Department, designated for that purpose by the Registrar General by notice in the Gazette, may administer all oaths and take all affirmations required to be taken or made by the Registration of Records Act or any Act for the time being regulating the administration and taking of the same. 12. The Minister responsible for the Registry of Records may make rules for carrying into effect the objects of this Act. Vesting of powers in Registrar General. 7 of 1966, s. 6. 36 of 2009, s. 4. Powers of Deputy Registrar General and Assistant Registrar General. 7 of 1966, s. 9.; 26 of 1970, s. 2. 4 of 1991, s. 2. Clerks in the Registrar General’s Department. E.L.A.O., 1974. 26 of 1970, s. 2. 4 of 1991, s. 2 Clerks to be under the control of the Registrar General 7 of 1966, s. 8.; 29 of 1971. Ch. 188. Power to administer oaths. Rules. E.L.A.O., 1974.