(1) Where, for the purposes of this Act (other than Chapter 9 of Part 3), the age, marriage or death of any person is required to be proved by the production of a certificate of birth, marriage or death any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in the form and containing the particulars that may be directed by the Minister for Health and Children, be entitled to obtain, on payment of the fee set out therefor -
(a) a copy of an entry in a register of births - 89 cent,
(b) a copy of an entry in a register of deaths - 89 cent,
(c) a copy of an entry in a register of marriages - 89 cent,
certified under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof.
(2) Where, for the purposes of Chapter 9 of Part 3 or regulations made under that Chapter, the age, marriage or death of any person is required to be proved by the production of a certificate of birth, marriage or death, any person shall, on presenting a written request in the