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V-3 - Vital Statistics Act

Section 33
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Change of name
33(1)Where the name of a person is changed by or under an Act of the Legislature or by the laws of another jurisdiction, the Registrar General, on production to him of proof of the change and evidence satisfactory to him as to the identity of the person,
(a) if the birth or marriage of the person is registered in the Province, shall cause a notation of the change to be made on the registration thereof, and
(b) if the change was made by or under an Act of the Legislature and the person was born or married outside the Province, shall transmit to the officer in charge of the registration of births and marriages in the province in which the person was born or married a copy of the proof of the change of name produced to the Registrar General.
33(2)Every birth or marriage certificate issued after the making of a notation under this section shall be issued as if the registration had been made in the name as changed.
33(3)Repealed: 2011, c.37, s.35
1987, c.C-2.001, s.19; 1994, c.77, s.13; 2011, c.37, s.35
Change of name
33(1)Where the name of a person is changed by or under an Act of the Legislature or by the laws of another jurisdiction, the Registrar General, on production to him of proof of the change and evidence satisfactory to him as to the identity of the person,
(a) if the birth or marriage of the person is registered in the Province, shall cause a notation of the change to be made on the registration thereof, and
(b) if the change was made by or under an Act of the Legislature and the person was born or married outside the Province, shall transmit to the officer in charge of the registration of births and marriages in the province in which the person was born or married a copy of the proof of the change of name produced to the Registrar General.
33(2)Every birth or marriage certificate issued after the making of a notation under this section shall be issued as if the registration had been made in the name as changed.
33(3)Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a change of name elected or re-elected under section 12 of the Change of Name Act.
1987, c.C-2.001, s.19; 1994, c.77, s.13