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Repeal and Saving – (1) Subject to the provisions of section 29, as from the coming into force of this Act in any State or part thereof, so much of any law in force therein as relates to the matters covered by this Act shall stand repealed in such State or part, as the case may be. Article 2460 – Persons liable to declare the birth – Following are the persons bound to make declaration about the birth, in first place, the father; in his absence or impediment, the mother; in the impediment of both the closest relative of the recently born child, being major, and residing where the birth has taken place; in his absence or impediment, the doctor or nurse who assisted delivery: and lastly the male owner of female owner of the house where the birth had taken place outside the domicile of the mother. 523 § Sole paragraph – Where the birth has taken place in any public establishment or building, or belonging to any corporation, the person who is in-charge of the establishment, is also, alternatively and in the last place subject to the duty cast in this article. Article 2461 – Declaration of the existence of foundlings or abandoned children – The declaration about the existence of foundlings and of the abandoned new born children shall be done, in relation to the former by the administrator of the establishment, where they have been abandoned, and in respect of the latter, by the persons who found them, and they are liable to present them to the official of Civil Registration, with the garments and other particulars with which they were found. Article 2462 – Official competent to receive birth declaration – The official of the civil registration services of the place where the child was born, or where the child was left or found, or its parents are domiciled, when they are known, is competent to take declaration of the birth. Article 2463 – Signing of birth record – The birth record must be signed, besides the public official, by the declarant and by two witnesses. When the declarant does not know to sign at his instance, one more witness will sign. Article 2464 – Special requirements of birth registration – The birth records, besides declaration mentioned in article 2448 shall contain:-