Part V General
Corrections and Changes of Name or Surname
P142 Correction of errors in registers.
1
No alteration shall be made in any register of births, still-births, deaths or marriages except as authorised by or under this or any other Act.
P22
Any clerical errors in entries relating to births or deaths arising from the faulty transcription of particulars provided by a qualified informant, and such other errors as may be prescribed, may be corrected by the district registrar:
Provided that—
a
the error is noted before the entry is signed, or
b
if it is noted after the entry is signed, it is corrected within seven days from the date of signing, in the presence of the informant.
3
Any clerical errors in entries relating to marriages, arising from the faulty transcription of particulars from a Marriage Schedule may be corrected by the district registrar within a period of one month from the date of registration of the marriage if the error is discovered and corrected before any extract containing the incorrect information has been issued.
4
The Registrar General may authorise district examiners to correct any such type of error as he may specify which they may discover in entries during the course of their examination of the registers under section 34 of this Act.
5
The Registrar General may authorise the correction of any errors not dealt with under the preceding provisions of this section, by causing an appropriate entry to be made in the Register of Corrections Etc., and where the Registrar General refuses so to authorise such a correction the person who claims that an error has been made may appeal to the sheriff, whose decision in the matter shall be final.