[Rev. 2012] Births and Deaths Registration CAP. 149 13. Duty to notify finding of exposed new-born child Where any living new-born child is found exposed, it shall be the duty of any person finding such child, and of any person in whose charge such child may be placed, to give to the registrar of the registration area in which such child is found, within seven days of the finding of such child, such information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the birth of such child as the informant may possess. 14. Change of name of child after registration Where the birth of any child has been registered before it has received a name, or where the name by which it was registered is altered, the parent or guardian of such child may within two years of the registration, on payment of the prescribed fee, and on providing such evidence as the registrar may think necessary, register the name that has been given to the child. 15. Compulsory registration of deaths (1) Deleted by Act No. 7 of 1990, Sch. (2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that from a date to be named in the notice the registration of deaths of all persons in Kenya of any particular race, class, tribe or group, or of all or some of the inhabitants of any particular district or area, shall be compulsory. [Act No. 7 of 1990, Sch.] 16. Mode of registration of deaths Every person notifying a death shall, to the best of his knowledge and ability, give the prescribed particulars, which shall be entered forthwith by the registrar in the register, and the person notifying the death shall certify to the correctness of the entry by signing or, if he is illiterate, by fixing his mark to the register. 16A. Mode of registration of deaths occurring abroad (1) A person notifying the death of a citizen of Kenya outside Kenya shall produce to the registrar the following evidence of the death— (a) firstly, either— (i) a certificate of death issued by the appropriate authority in the country abroad, with an English translation of the certificate if it is not in English; or (ii) if certificates of death are not issued in the country abroad, a certificate of the death given by the medical attendant or other person who attended the death; 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 death given in the death 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 death shall certify in writing to the registrar the correctness and authenticity of the evidence which he produces. B8 - 8 [Issue 1]