Section 42: Delivery up of books, etc., on ceasing to hold office

(1) When any person ceases to hold office as a registrar of births and deaths for any area, all register boxes, keys, books and documents in his possession as holder of that office for that area shall be delivered up to his successor in office or if there is no successor, to such person as the Registrar-General may designate for that purpose.
(2) If any person who has in his custody or power any such article as aforementioned, wilfully fails to deliver it up to, or account for it to the satisfaction of, the person in whose custody it should be, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N1,000 or imprisonment for a term of three months or to both such fine and imprisonment; and if the failure continues after he is convicted thereof he shall be guilty of a further offence and be liable on conviction to a fine of N2,000 or imprisonment for a term of six months imprisonment or to both such fine and imprisonment.