CFR > Title 35 - Panama Canal > CHAPTER I—PANAMA CANAL REGULATIONS 1 > SUBCHAPTER A—ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION (parts 3 to 10) > PART 9—ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS—PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION > SUBPART B—Vital Statistics Records (§9.31 to §9.39) > 9.33—Functions of the Vital Statistics Unit.

9.33—Functions of the Vital Statistics Unit.

The Vital Statistics Unit is the keeper of the vital statistics records of the Canal Zone Government. Some of the functions previously performed by that unit were discontinued on October 1, 1979, when the Canal Zone and its civil government ceased to exist. The Vital Statistics Unit now performs the residual functions of recordkeeping; i.e., it is limited to performing the following:
(a) Maintaining all vital statistics records of the Canal Zone Government.
(b) Performing the vital statistics functions as defined in § 9.31 of this part for those events which occurred in the Canal Zone before October 1, 1979, and which were not previously registered in that unit. This includes the delayed registration of a birth that occurred prior to October 1, 1979.
(c) The alteration of records which are filed in that unit.
(d) The issuance of copies of documents filed in that unit.
(Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements and Pub. L. 96-70, 93 Stat. 452)