20 Re-registration in certain cases
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (1965 c 49) | Legislation

20  Re-registration in certain cases

(1)     In the case of any person, if—

(a)     the entry relating to him in the register of births is affected by any matter contained in the Register of Corrections Etc respecting his status[, parentage or non-parentage], or

(b)     the entry relating to him in the register of births has been so made as to imply that he was found exposed, or

(c)     the entry relating to him in the register of births [has been so made as to imply that his parents were not then married to [or in a civil partnership with]

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