[Rev. 2012] (c) Births and Deaths Registration CAP. 149 a death report in the prescribed form upon which a magistrate or police officer has certified that the death is not one to which section 386 or section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) applies, issue a written permit authorizing the interment or other disposal of the body of the deceased person. (2) Where a person registering a death does not produce to the registrar any of the instruments mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section, the registrar shall forthwith fill up, so far as the particulars thereby required are ascertainable by him, the form of death report referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection and forward the same to the nearest magistrate or police officer, who shall, if after making the inquiries required by section 20(1) of this Act he is satisfied that the case is not one to which section 386 or section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Code applies, make in the prescribed form the report required by section 20(2) of this Act. [Act No. 25 of 1950, s. 3, Act No. 26 of 1968, s. 7.] 20. Inquiries as to cause of death (1) On the receipt of a notice from a registrar under section 19(2) of this Act, the Magistrate or police officer, or any person specially empowered by the Minister in that behalf, shall cause such inquiries to be made as to the cause of the death as he may think fit or as may be prescribed. (2) If the case does not appear from such inquiries to be one to which section 386 or section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) applies, the magistrate or police officer or other person as aforesaid shall report accordingly to the registrar, who shall issue a permit for the interment or other disposal of the body. [Act No. 25 of 1950, s. 4, Act No. 28 of 1961, Sch.] 21. No burial without permit No person shall bury, cremate or otherwise dispose of the body of any deceased person the registration of whose death is compulsory, without a permit issued in accordance with sections 19 and 20 of this Act. 22. Penalties Any person who fails to give notice of a birth or death the registration of which is compulsory, or who refuses to furnish any of the prescribed particulars, or who contravenes section 21 of this Act, and any person who wilfully gives any false information or particulars for the purpose of registration, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 23. Registrars to forward annual returns to Principal Registrar It shall be the duty of every registrar, on or before such date as the Principal Registrar may appoint, to forward to the Principal Registrar a return in the prescribed form showing the births and deaths registered in his registration area during the preceding year. [Act No. 15 of 1961, Sch., Act No. 7 of 1990, Sch.] B8 - 10 [Issue 1]