79Place of birth

79 Place of birth (1) If an adopted person or an adoptive parent of an adopted person applies to the Registrar to add the place of birth of the adopted person— (a) to the face of a certificate referred to in section 78(4)(b); or (b) to the face of a copy previously issued by the Registrar of an entry from the Adopted Children Register— which relates to the birth of the adopted person and is in the applicant's possession, subsection (2) applies. (2) If the information about the place of birth of the adopted person is available to the satisfaction of the Registrar, the Registrar must (without charging any fee) add the place of birth of the adopted person to the face of the certificate or copy of the entry and must certify as to the accuracy of that information. (3) If an adopted person or an adoptive parent of an adopted person applies to the Registrar to add the place of birth of the adopted person to the face of an extract from the Adopted Children Register which relates to the birth of the adopted person and is in the applicant's possession and the information about the place of birth of the adopted person is available to the satisfaction of the Registrar, the Registrar must re-issue (without charging any fee) the extract in a form which includes the place of birth of the adopted person. S. 79A inserted by No. 67/1987 s. 8.