Section 101

If it appears that any entry in any Register of Marriages or Register of Revocation of Divorces kept or a certificate of marriage or certificate of revocation of divorce issued under this Act has been made or issued in error or contains any error that might be corrected, the Registrar or any person affected by such error may apply to the Syariah Court for the cancellation of the certificate or rectification of such entry.

If it appears that any entry in the Register of Divorces or a certificate of divorce issued under this Act has been made or issued in error or contains any error that might be corrected, any person affected by such error may apply to the Syariah Court for the cancellation of the certificate or rectification of such entry.

The Syariah Court may, after such inquiry as it thinks proper, order the cancellation of the certificate or rectification of the entry accordingly.

If it appears that any decree or order of the Syariah Court under this Act has been made or issued in error or contains any error that might be corrected, the Court may, on its own motion or upon the application of any person affected by such error, order the rectification of such error.

Any person may be ordered to surrender any document to the Registrar or any president of the Syariah Court for cancellation or rectification in consequence of any such order.

If the Registrar is satisfied by statutory declaration or otherwise that any certificate of marriage or certificate of revocation of divorce contains any clerical or typographical error, the Registrar may, in the presence of the persons named in the certificate, or, if they are absent, in the presence of 2 credible witnesses, rectify such certificate.

The Registrar must —

Every rectification made under subsection (6) must be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it was made.