Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872
78. Corrections of errors
Every person charged
with the duty of registering any marriage, who discovers any error in the form or
substance of any such entry, 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 credible witnesses, correct the error
by entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall
sign the marginal entry, and add thereto the date of such correction, and such
person shall make the like marginal entry in the certificate thereof.
And every entry made
under this section shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it was
made.
And, in case such
certificate has been already sent to the 22[Registrar General of
Births, Deaths and Marriages], such person shall make and send in like manner a
separate certificate of the original erroneous entry, and of the marginal
correction therein made.