CAP. 149 Births and Deaths Registration [Rev. 2012] registrar in the register, and the person notifying the birth shall certify to the correctness of the entry by signing or, if he is illiterate, by fixing his mark to the register. 10A. Mode of registration of births occurring abroad (1) A person notifying the birth outside Kenya of a child who is a citizen of Kenya shall produce to the registrar the following evidence of the birth— (a) firstly, either— (i) a certificate of birth issued by the appropriate authority in the country abroad, with an English translation of the certificate if it is not in English; (ii) if certificates of birth are not issued in the country abroad, a certificate of the birth given by the doctor, midwife or other person who attended the birth; and (b) secondly, either— (i) if there is a Kenya Mission in the country abroad, a certificate of a member of the Mission that he is satisfied, from evidence produced to him and inquiries which he has made, that the particulars of the birth given in the birth certificate are correct; or (ii) if there is no Kenya Mission in the country, such other evidence as the registrar may require, and the person notifying the birth shall certify in writing to the registrar the correctness and authenticity of the evidence which he produces. (2) Upon receiving the evidence required by subsection (1) of this section to be produced, the Registrar shall forthwith enter the prescribed particulars of the birth in the register of births occurring outside Kenya. [Act No. 26 of 1968, s. 5.] 11. Duty to notify births where registration compulsory Upon the birth of any child the registration of whose birth is compulsory, it shall be the duty of the father and mother of the child, and, in default of the father and mother, of the occupier of the house in which to his knowledge the child is born, and of every person present at the birth, and of the person having charge of the child, to give notice of the birth, within such time as may be from time to time prescribed, to the registrar of the registration area in which the birth occurs: Provided that, in the case of births in prisons, hospitals, orphanages, barracks or quarantine stations, the duty to give such notice shall lie on the officer in charge of the establishment in which the birth took place. 12. Entry of father in register No person shall be entered in the register as the father of any child except either at the joint request of the father and mother or upon the production to the registrar of such evidence as he may require that the father and mother were married according to law or, in accordance with some recognized custom. [Act No. 7 of 1990, Sch.] [Issue 1] B8 - 7