Kanton Glarus

1. This Ordinance implements federal law concerning civil status.

2. Organization and Supervision

Department of Security and Justice

1. The Department of Security and Justice is the department responsible for civil status matters within the meaning of Article 32 EG ZGB. *

Civil Registry Office

1 The Civil Registry Office has its seat in Glarus, constitutes the competent cantonal authority, and also fulfills the functions of the Special Civil Registry Office.

2 The canton provides suitable premises at the official seat for the performance of civil registry duties.

Civil Status Inspectorate

1 The Civil Status Inspectorate and the Civil Status and Citizenship Service

supervise the civil status system, unless another authority or body is designated as competent for this purpose. *

1) GS III B/1/1

SBE IX/6 276

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III B/5/2

3. Further Provisions

Foundling

1 The cantonal police stations are responsible for receiving reports concerning a child of unknown parentage. Their employees shall notify the guardianship authority and the civil registry office without delay.

2 The civil registry office shall give the child a surname and one or more first names and register them in the civil register. *

Reporting a Death to the Municipality of Residence

1 If a person dies in their place of residence, the death may be reported in

person to the official body designated by that municipality.

This does not apply to deaths in hospitals, old people's homes, nursing

homes, and institutions, nor if the deceased person was a resident of Glarus

(in which case, the report must be made to the Civil Registry Office).

2 The competent official body of the municipality must immediately notify

the Civil Registry Office in writing of the death. The medical certificate of

death and the deposited documents must be enclosed with the notification.

Publications

1 Births (with the exception of stillbirths) and deaths concerning cantonal residents are regularly published in the Official Gazette.

2 Publication for births is to be omitted upon request of a parent, or for deaths, upon request of a surviving relative.

3 Municipal administrations regularly report events to be published to the State Chancellery.

Repeal of Existing Law

1 With the entry into force of this Ordinance, the implementing provisions

of 23 June 1981 concerning the Ordinance of the Federal Council on the Certificate of Origin are repealed.

Entry into Force

1 This Ordinance shall enter into force immediately after the Landsgemeinde 2006.

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