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REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES (ARMY) ACT 1879 - SECT 3

Provision as to existing documents evidencing deaths, marriages, and births among officers and soldiers of the army, and their families.

3. Whereas, under the directions of Her Majesty, or of one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, or the Commander-in-Chief or other lawful
authority, various documents, such as registers, muster-rolls, and pay lists
have been kept, showing the deaths and births which have occurred and the
marriages which have been solemnized among officers and soldiers of Her
Majesty's land forces and their families:

And whereas it is expedient to make further provision respecting the said
documents:

Where any of such documents, or any certified extracts thereof made under the
direction of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, have either
before or after the passing of this Act been transmitted to the Registrar
General of Births and Deaths in England, such documents or extracts shall be
deemed to be in the legal custody of the said Registrar General, and shall be
admissible in evidence; and a copy of any such document or extract of, or any
part thereof, if purporting to be certified to be a true copy under the seal
of the register office of the Registrar General, shall be admissible in
evidence of such document, extract, or part.

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