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Civil Status Act

consolidated text (as at 2018, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.

Later amending instruments held: Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 (Act No 9 of 2019), Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 (Act No 14 of 2019), Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, Covid-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (Act No 15 of 2021), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Act No 15 of 2022), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Act No 12 of 2023), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (Act No. 11 of 2024).

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Sections

  1. 1 Short title
  2. 2 Interpretation
  3. PART II: GENERAL PROVISIONS
  4. 3 Registrar of Civil Status
  5. 4 Officers in islands other than Mauritius
  6. 4A Births, deaths and marriages in Chagos Archipelago
  7. 5 Registers
  8. 6 Registration of judicial orders
  9. 7 Officers not to act in certain cases
  10. 8 Entries
  11. 8A Civil Status Database
  12. 8B Setting up of Central Population Database
  13. 8C Access to CPD
  14. 8C Access to CPD inserted by Act No 5 of 2020
  15. PART II: GENERAL PROVISIONS
  16. 9 Copies of entries and certificates
  17. 10 Evidence
  18. 11 Validity of civil status documents
  19. PART III: REGISTRATION OF BIRTH
  20. 12 Declaration of birth
  21. 13 Contents of entry
  22. 14 Responsibility for declaration of birth
  23. 15 Birth on Mauritian ship or aircraft
  24. 17 Finding of newborn child
  25. 17A Use of NIC number for minors
  26. 17B Sharing of information
  27. PART IV: MARRIAGE
  28. 18 Application of Sub-Part
  29. 19 No marriage before publication
  30. 19A Marriage of non-citizen to a citizen
  31. 20 Publication of proposed civil marriage
  32. 21 Publication how made
  33. 22 Objections to marriage
  34. 23 Time of civil marriage
  35. 24 Proceeding at celebration
  36. 24A Marriage of non-citizens
  37. 24B Marriage within the prison compound
  38. 25 Application of Sub-Part
  39. 26 Authority to celebrate religious marriage with civil effect
  40. 27 Marriage by authorised person
  41. 28 Marriage by unauthorised person
  42. 29 Establishment of Muslim Family Council
  43. 30 Duties of Council
  44. 31 Communication of provisional decree to Muslim Family Council
  45. 33 Celebration of religious marriage
  46. 34 Publication of marriage celebrated abroad
  47. 35 Fees for marriages
  48. 36 Annotation of marriage in register
  49. PART V: DEATH
  50. 37 Interment, cremation or immersion at sea
  51. 38 Registration of death
  52. 39 Contents of entry
  53. 40 Registration in special circumstances
  54. 41 Death in institutions and similar places
  55. 42 Certificate of cause of death
  56. 43 Death in quarantine stations
  57. 44 Death on board Mauritian ship or aircraft
  58. 45 Unidentified dead bodies and human remains
  59. 47 Registration after disposal of body
  60. 48 Death outside Mauritius
  61. PART VI: AMENDMENT OF ENTRIES
  62. 49 Multiple entries of birth
  63. 50 Amendment of entries
  64. 51 Powers of Attorney-General
  65. 52
  66. 53 Completion of incomplete entries
  67. 54 Amendment of entries by Court after trial
  68. PART VII: CHANGE OF NAME
  69. 55 Application for change of name
  70. 56 Notice of application in Gazette
  71. 57
  72. 58 Registration of change of name
  73. 59 Registrar of Civil Status to rectify entries
  74. PART VIII: MISCELLANEOUS
  75. 60 Acknowledgment of natural child
  76. 61 Costs
  77. 62 Fees
  78. 63 Specific offences by officers
  79. 63A Other offences
  80. 64 Offences by authorised persons
  81. 65 Destruction or damage to documents
  82. 66 Counterfeiting and altering documents
  83. 67 Failure to transmit acknowledgments
  84. 68 False statements or declarations
  85. 69 Offences in respect of children
  86. 70 Concealment of birth
  87. 71 Disposal of dead body
  88. 72 Concealment of dead body
  89. 73 Penalties
  90. 74 Past religious marriages
  91. 75 Regulations
  92. SCHEDULE
  93. 1 For certificate or photocopy of an entry, other than the first copy of
  94. 2 For any change of name 1,000