Special Marriage Act, 1954
49. Correction of errors
(1) Any Marriage
Officer who discovers any error in he 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 the 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 the
Marriage Officer shall make the like marginal entry in the certificate thereof.
(2) every correction
made under this section shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it
was made.
(3) Where a copy of
any entry has already been sent under section 48 to the Registrar-General or
other authority the Marriage Officer shall make and send in like manner a
separate certificate of the original erroneous entry and of the marginal
correction therein made.