Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 287

287. (1) Where any new-born child is found, the officer charged with the duty of drawing up the acts of birth in the pl ace where such child is found, sha ll, with the assistance of one or more Government District Medical Officers, draw up an act to be styl ed "repertus ", according to Form D in Part II of the First Schedule to this Code. (2) In such act the said officer shall enter the following particulars- the apparent age and the sex of the child, the nam e given by him to the child, the place where the child was found, the person or institution in whose charge the child was placed, whe ther the child bore any apparent mark , the kind of clothing and any other object found on the person of the child. (3) Such act shall also be delivered to the Director for registration as in the case of an act of birth. Acts of birth to be delivered for registration.