Civil Registration Act 2004
F190[Furnishing of particulars of presumed death by a court to registrar
44H.—(1) Where, in accordance with section 5(3) of the Act of 2019, a Court makes a presumption of death order, the Court concerned shall give to an tArd-Chláraitheoir a copy of the presumption of death order, together with the required particulars contained in Part 5B of the First Schedule that are available to the Court, and he or she shall register the presumed death, or cause it to be registered.
(2) Where there is an error in an order furnished under subsection (1) the Court concerned may give to an tArd-Chláraitheoir a further order correcting the error, and he or she shall correct the error in the register, or cause it to be corrected.
(3) Where a variation order is made by a Court under section 8(3) of the Act of 2019, the Court concerned shall, in an appropriate case, give a copy of the variation order to an tArd-Chláraitheoir, and he or she shall remove the original entry from the register or make such adjustment to that entry as may be required by the variation order, or cause it to be so removed or adjusted.
(4) Where a body has been recovered and—
(a) the body is that of a person for whom an entry has been made in the register, and
(b) an entry has been made in the register of deaths in respect of the recovered body or an entry has been made in the record of deaths abroad in respect of the recovered body,
an tArd-Chláraitheoir shall remove the original entry from the register, or cause it to be removed.]
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F190
Inserted (1.11.2019) by Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Act 2019 (23/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 579 of 2019.