Birth And Death Registration Act 1965

a) Cindy and Daniel may not be able to register their son as “Jonathan Thompson-Marais” because section 10(1)(a) and (b) of the Birth and Death Registration Act 51 of 1992 excludes the registration of birth under join surnames as provisioned in section 9(2) of the same act for children born out of wedlock. As Cindy and Daniel are not in any legally recognised marriage or civil union, they are excluded from exercising this choice until such time that they are married or joined in a civil union.

b) Cindy and Daniel may register their son as “Jonathan Marais.”. In terms of section 10(1)(b) of the Birth and Death Registration Act 51 of 1992, if Cindy requests and Daniel accepts paternity in writing, and enters his particulars, the child may be