Make a correction to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like this Act to be correctly amended from births and deaths at sea, to births and deaths on land. This will ensure all people born of the land are governed lawfully under the rightful jurisdiction of Common Law instead of the legal system based on maritime law.

It seems peculiar that such an obvious mistake in legislation hasn’t been corrected in one hundred and thirty six years.

It also has implications that authorities such as government, police and armies have been enforcing laws that are actually legal contracts that require consent. I do not believe that consent has been acquired on many occasions.

As this has been the case, we the people, have no common law courts in England anymore and are caught within a system that is inherently against the people.

If we want true justice in this country, we should be governed under law of the land and not law of the sea. As such I believe this Act, at long last, be corrected to reflect the truth that people born of the land are registered as such legally.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874 covers the "Law relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England, and to consolidate the Law respecting the Registration of Births and Deaths at Sea." It therefore relates to births and deaths on land already. This legislation has also been superseded by later legislation, including the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.

Timeline

20 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
15 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Oct 2020

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