36Deaths to be registered under this Act

#### 36 Deaths to be registered under this Act 36 Deaths to be registered under this Act > > (1) If a person dies in the State, the death must be registered under this Act. > > > (2) If a court1 orders the registration of a death, the death must be registered under this Act. > > > (3) If a person dies— > > > > > (a) in an aircraft during a flight to an airport in the State, or > > > > > (b) on a ship during a voyage to a port in the State, > > > > the death may be registered under this Act. > > > (4) If a person who is domiciled or ordinarily resident in the State dies outside the Commonwealth, or a person dies outside the Commonwealth leaving property in the State, the death may be registered under this Act. > > > (5) However, the Registrar is not obliged to register a death under subsection (3) or (4) if the death is registered under a corresponding law. > > > (6) If a child is stillborn, the child’s death2 is not to be registered under this Part. > > > (7) This section is subject to section 38. > > Notes. > > 1 The power to order registration of death may be exercised by courts of this State and also by courts of other States and the Commonwealth (see section 37). > > 2 ie the foetal death. A stillbirth is registered as a birth but not as a death.