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payment of a fine of up to 10,000 SYP prior to further processing and registration of | payment of a fine of up to 10,000 SYP prior to further processing and registration of | ||
the death." | the death." | ||
What are the implications arising from delays in registering a death due to | |||
the loss of civil documents required for the registration, or for any other | |||
reasons? Will the testimonies of the witnesses or the mukhtar suffice to | |||
ascertain the death? | |||
When private circumstances prevent registering a deceased person’s death and the | |||
responsible hospital is no longer in a position to issue a death attestation, the death | |||
registration requires a court judgment. | |||
How to register the death occurring in prisons, detention centers and | |||
hospitals? | |||
The death attestation along with the medical report shall be provided by the director of | |||
such an institution (or his/her delegate), and to be sent to the competent civil registry | |||
for issuance of a death certificate. In such cases there is no requirement for witnesses, | |||
nor an involvement by a mukhtar. | |||
How to register the death of a stillborn child? | |||
The registration of the death of a stillborn child is conducted through an attestation | |||
provided by the treating hospital or from the mukhtar, along with the signatures of two | |||
witnesses. In addition, the person who prepares the death attestation shall mention | |||
the term “a stillborn child” next to the name of the child, whereupon the death will be | |||
registered. | |||
A person incurs in an accident and subsequently dies in hospital, how will | |||
such a death be registered? | |||
The death attestation will be arranged by the mukhtar or the director of the treating | |||
or overseeing hospital. Together with a copy of the corresponding police report, the | |||
death attestation, which shall contain the cause of death, will be seent to the civil | |||
registry where the accident occurred in order to register the death and issue the death | |||
certificate. | |||
Registration of deaths of Syrians outside of Syria | |||
What documents and procedures are required for the registration of the | |||
death of a Syrian national abroad? | |||
Civil documentation and registration 28 | |||
A death certificate issued by the physician or the hospital where the death occurred. | |||
The certificate should be attested by the competent authority in the country concerned. | |||
The foreign death certificate will be submitted to the responsible Syrian embassy/ | |||
consulate. The death certificate will then be sent by the Syrian consul to the Syrian | |||
Ministry of Interior, which will send the death certificate to the civil registry where the | |||
deceased person’s civil register is kept in order to verify and to record the death on the | |||
deceased person’s civil registry record1. | |||
Registration of deaths of non-Syrians inside Syria | |||
What are the required documents and procedures for the registration of | |||
the death of a non-Syrian national inside Syria? | |||
The death of a foreign national in Syria is registered in the so-called ‘record of deaths’ | |||
as maintained by the civil registry department at the place where the death occurred. | |||
On the basis of a death attestation issued by the hospital where the death took place, | |||
or, where the death took place outside a hospital, from the mukhtar, accompanied by a | |||
medical report, the civil registrar will send a copy of the individual’s death certificate to | |||
the Department of Immigration and Passports in Damascus - Ministry of Interior -or its | |||
branches in the governorates. Upon request, a concerned person (e.g. family member, spouse, etc.) will be provided with a copy of the death certificate." | |||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||