LawgistThe Foreign Marriage Act
26Correction of errors
(1) Any Marriage Officer who discovers any error in the 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 two other witnesses, correct the error by entry in the margin without any alteration of the original entry and add thereto the date of such correction.
(2) Every correction made under this section shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it was made.
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MISCELLANEOUS
- 23 Recognition of marriages solemnized under law of other countries
- 24 Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in accordance with local law in a foreign country
- 25 Certified copy of entries to be evidences
- 26 Correction of errors
- 27 Act not to affect validity of marriages outside it
- 28 Power to make rules
- 29 Amendment of Act 43 of 1954
- 30 Repeal
