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The Commissioner shall be the Registrar of Vital Statistics and shall have charge of the registration of births, deaths, and other vital statistics in the Virgin Islands. The Commissioner shall prepare the necessary instructions, forms, and blanks for obtaining and preserving such records and shall procure the faithful registration of the same. He shall recommend from time to time such additional legislation as may be necessary to that end and shall issue such rules and regulations, not in conflict with this chapter, as may be necessary to complement the provisions thereof. The rules and regulations after being approved by the Governor shall have the force of law.