130. The Minister may make regulations providing for the recording of births and deaths of citizens of Ceylon occurring in ships not registered in Ceylon, and without prejudice to the generality of such powers, may make regulations providing for-
| (a) requiring the master of any such ship which calls at a port in Ceylon in the course of or at the end of a voyage to make a return to such authority as may be prescribed of any such birth or death which has occurred in the ship during the voyage; |
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| (b) the preservation and filing in any register kept under any regulations made under paragraph (d) of section 129 of any information desirable for the purpose of ensuring the completeness and correctness of a register of such births and deaths; |
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| (c) authorizing the registration of any birth or death of a citizen of Ceylon which occurs outside Ceylon in a ship not registered in Ceylon and of which no return may be required pursuant to any regulations made under paragraph (a) of this section; |
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| (d) any incidental or supplementary matters for which the Minister may think it expedient to provide for the purpose of the regulations. |
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