On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:50:23 +0100, Polly Rubery <polly@rowberry.org> wrote: > Which goes a long way to explaining those instances where the child is > baptised before it is born - according to the date on the birth > registration. The latter was often "adjusted" to bring it back within > the 42 days! I know of someone whose birth didn't get registered within the 42 days so her birth date was changed to a month later. She discovered this when she needed her birth certificate on applying for her first job. Afterwards, she used the later birth date, instead of her real birth date, but lost a month's pension because of this. So in the end, she paid a penalty instead of her parents paying one for neglecting to register the birth. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com