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Delegates of the Government to the urban communities and their deputies, Mayors and their deputies, Heads of diplomatic missions or consular posts, Civil registrars (Ordinance No. 81-02, article 7)

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When a child is born in a hospital or a medical institution, the informant is the head of the hospital or, failing that, the physician or any person who attended the mother within 30 days of the delivery. In case of non-declaration by the hospital or a medical institution within the time limit of 30 days, the child’s parents have an additional 60 days to make the declaration (article 31).

-Full name, sex, the date and place of birth of the child

-Full name, age, nationality, occupation, domicile or place of residence of the mother and father of the child

-Full name and signatures of the civil status registrar and secretary

-Date on which the birth certificate is drawn up (article 34).

All vital events are directly recorded on standardized forms, their fill fields are free and they are manually filled in cursive writing, which prohibits their subsequent exploitation by optical character recognition.

Delegates of the Government to the urban communities and their deputies, Mayors and their deputies, Heads of diplomatic missions or consular posts, Civil registrars (Ordinance No. 81-02, article 7)

Exemption: Marriage cannot be celebrated if the bride is under 15 years old or the groom is under 18 years old, unless dispensed by the President of the Republic on serious grounds (article 52).

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One month before the celebration of the marriage, the civil registration officer shall have before him or her a declaration stating the names, surnames, profession, domicile, age and place of birth of the future spouses (article 53). The civil registration officer immediately proceeds to the publication of the declaration by posting it to the civil registration centre (article 54).

The celebration of marriage must take place in the presence of: the future spouses and the representative of the prospective spouse; legal or customary parents or guardians where consent is required; at least two witnesses at least one per spouse (article 69).

The marriage certificate shall be jointly signed by the spouses, witnesses, officer and secretary of civil status. An original is given to each spouse (Act No. 2011/011, article 49).

– The name of the principal or secondary registration centre and, where applicable, the principal registration centre;

– Names, forenames, date and place of birth, nationality, occupation and domicile of the spouses;

– Consent of the parents, in case of minority;

– Date and place of the celebration of the marriage;

– The marital system (polygamy or monogamy);

– Indication of the system of property (community or separation of property);

– Names and surnames of the witnesses;

– Names and surnames of the civil registration officer;

– Signatures of the spouses, witnesses, officer and registrar.

(Act No. 2011/011, article 49).

Delegates of the Government to the urban communities and their deputies, Mayors and their deputies, Heads of diplomatic missions or consular posts, Civil registrars (Ordinance No. 81-02, article 7)

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– Name of the main or secondary vital centre and, where applicable, the main registration centre it depends;

– Surnames, forenames, date and place of birth, sex, marital status, occupation and residence of the deceased;
– Date and place of death;

– Names and surnames of the father and mother of the deceased;

– Surname, forenames, profession, quality and domicile of the declarant;

– Names, surnames, occupation and residence of the witnesses;

– The date on which the act was drawn up

(Act No. 2011/011, article 79)

All vital events are directly recorded on non-standardized forms, their fill fields are free and they are manually filled in cursive writing, which prohibits their subsequent exploitation by optical character recognition.