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==Naming children== | ==Naming children== | ||
The provincial [http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca | The provincial Ministry of Health's [http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca Vital Statistics Agency] is the government organization that keeps track of people's births, their deaths, their wills, and their names. Under s. 3(1) of the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84fk Vital Statistics Act]'', one or both of the parents must file a [http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/forms/vsa404w_fill.pdf Registration of Live Birth] with the agency within 30 days of the birth of a child. This form must be completed before the child's birth certificate can be issued. | ||
The form must state, among other things: the name of the mother; the name of the father (if known and acknowledged); the gender of the child; the date of birth; and, the name given to the child. Under s. 4 of the act, the child's surname can be: | The form must state, among other things: the name of the mother; the name of the father (if known and acknowledged); the gender of the child; the date of birth; and, the name given to the child. Under s. 4 of the act, the child's surname can be: | ||
