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Section 26: Correction of errors.

The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969Central Act · Act 33 of 1969

(1) Any Marriage Officer who discovers any error in the form or substance of any entry in the Marriage Certificate Book may, within one month next after the discovery of such error, in the presence of the persons married, or, in case of their death or absence, in the presence of two other witnesses, correct the error by entry in the margin without any alteration of the original entry and add thereto the date of such correction.

(2) Every correction made under this section shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it was made.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
Section26
Marginal noteCorrection of errors.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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