Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 83, which inserts a new section 27A, reads “a registrar may, during the period of 14 days immediately following the date on which the birth of a child is registered or re-registered, take and receive a statutory declaration”. What is the effect of the words “take” and “receive”? Does “take” mean witness and does “receive” mean take a copy of? Will the Minister clarify that?

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