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20.—(1) If it appears to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that any offence under or breach of the Act or the 1970 Act or, so far as they relate to marriages, the Perjury Act 1911 or the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 has been committed, he shall report the matter to the Registrar General and he shall deliver to the Registrar General such documents in his possession relating to the offence or breach as the Registrar General may require.
(2) Except with the authority of the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar shall not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under section 76(1) or (2) of the Act.
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