Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Section 63 provides for the correction of errors in the register of births, stillbirths and deaths following a request by any person having an interest in the matter. The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel advises that the provisions of section 22 of the Interpretation Act 1937 provides that the word "oath" in the case of persons for the time being allowed by law to affirm instead of swearing in includes affirmation. As the provision in that Act allows for affirmation it is not necessary to qualify "oath" any further for civil registration purposes.