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Proof of age and death.
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54.—Where for the purposes of this Act the age or death of any person is required to be proved by the production of a certificate of birth or death, any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health may direct and on payment of a fee, in the case of a birth certificate, of sixpence and, in the case of a death certificate, of one shilling, be entitled to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth or death as the case may be of such first-mentioned person in the register of births or deaths as the case may be, under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having custody thereof and forms for such requisition shall, on request, be supplied without any charge by every registrar of births and deaths and by every superintendent registrar or other person having custody of the register.
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