Section 173: Births and deaths on ships
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173. Births and deaths on ships
(1) The master of every Mauritius ship shall make a return to the Registrar of—
(a) the birth or death of a person occurring on the ship; and
(b) the death of a person employed on the ship occurring outside
Mauritius,
and shall notify any such death to such person, if any, as the deceased may
have named to him as his next of kin.
(2) The master of a foreign ship which calls at a Port shall make a return
to the Registrar of any birth or death of a Mauritius citizen which has occurred on the ship during the voyage.
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(3) The Registrar shall send certified copies of returns made under this
section to the Registrar of Civil Status who shall record the births and deaths
to which the returns relate in the manner provided by law.
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