Section 27

Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in any register may be corrected by the Superintendent-Registrar, in such manner as the Registrar-General shall direct.

Any error of fact or substance in any register may be corrected by the Registrar-General upon payment of the prescribed fee and upon

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production by the person requiring such error to be corrected of a statutory declaration setting forth the nature of the error and the true facts of the case, and made by two persons required by this Act to give information concerning the birth, still-birth or death with reference to which the error has been made, or in default of such persons then by two credible persons having knowledge to the satisfaction of the

Registrar-General of the truth of the case; and the Registrar-General may if he is satisfied of the facts stated in the statutory declaration cause such entry to be certified and the day and the month and the year when such correction is made to be added thereto.

Where the Registrar-General, the Superintendent-Registrar or the Registrar is satisfied that from an inquiry held under section 37B an error of fact or substance in any register exists, the error of fact or substance may be corrected by the Registrar-General.

Where an error of fact or substance occurs in the information forwarded by a Coroner or Magistrate under section 24 the Coroner or

Magistrate, if satisfied that such error exists, may certify under his hand to the appropriate Superintendent-Registrar the nature of the error and the true facts of the case as ascertained by him, and the error may thereupon be corrected by such Superintendent-Registrar.

(Deleted by Act A1524).

(Deleted by Act A1524).

Duty of Superintendent-Registrar and Registrar to procure registration