Section 23
of Births and Deaths Registration Act
Section 23
(1)
No alteration in any register or registration book shall be made except as authorised by this section.
(2)
Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in any such registration book or register may be corrected by a Deputy
Registrar while the counterfoil is in his possession and thereafter by the
Registrar of the registration area in the manner directed by the Minister.
(3)
An error of fact or substance in any such registration book or register may be corrected by entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, by the Deputy Registrar of the registration area, upon —
(a)
payment of the prescribed fee; and
(b)
production to him 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 or death with reference to which the error has been made, or in default of such person then by two credible persons having knowledge of the truth of the case.
(4)
When an error of fact or substance occurs in the information forwarded by a Magistrate under section 18 concerning a dead body upon which he has held an enquiry, the Magistrate, if satisfied by evidence on oath or statutory declaration that such error exists, may certify under his hand to the Deputy Registrar of the registration area within which the death took place, the nature of the error and the true facts of the case as ascertained by him on such evidence and the error may thereupon be corrected by such
Deputy Registrar by entering in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, the facts as so certified by the Magistrate.
(5)
When any correction is made under the provisions of this section after the page of the registration book has been transmitted to the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar shall forthwith forward the necessary information to the
Registrar in order that the correction may be recorded in the original register.
Stillborn child.