RDC – Refugee Documentation Centre, Legal Aid Board (Author)
Malawi - Please establish both the law in relation to the registration of births in Malawi during the years 2009 and 2014 with specific reference to the procedure in relation to the registration of the father’s particulars in the Birth Report in the case of illegitimate births. Under what Act were births registered in 2009 and what was the proscribed format of a Birth Report under the act at that time? In the case of an illegitimate birth was it required that the father’s signature should appear on the face of the Birth Report? Within what period from birth was it required that births should be registered in October 2009? Was this true as of October 2009 and can you supply any further information about how births of illegitimate children were to be reported at that time? What was the compulsory registration period for births in Malawi as of October 2009? Please obtain a copy of the Act in question as noted above in force in 2009. What was the commencement date of that - 2009 - Act?