Section 140

If the Registrar is satisfied by written declaration or otherwise that any entry relating to any marriage, divorce, annulment or ruju’ is erroneous in form or substance, he may, in the presence of persons who are

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married, divorced, ruju’ or whose marriage has been annulled, or if they are absent, in the presence of two credible witnesses, correct the error by ruling through the entry and making the correct entry and he shall thereupon cause the entry in the local Marriage Register or the local Register of Divorces,

Annulments and Ruju’ to be corrected in the same manner.

The Registrar shall sign and date the correction made in the certificates of marriage, divorce, annulment or ruju’ and the local Marriage

Register or the local Register of Divorces, Annulments and Ruju’.

Every entry made under subsection (1) shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it was made.

A certified copy of the correction shall be sent forthwith to the

Chief Registrar for a similar correction to be made in the Marriage Register or Register of Divorces, Annulments and Ruju’ kept by him.

Inspection of register and index.