Clause 42

If the Registrar is satisfied by statutory declaration or otherwise that any entry relating to a marriage is erroneous in form or substance, he may, in the presence of the persons married, or, if they are absent, in the presence of two credible witnesses, correct the error by ruling through any entry in the certificate of marriage which is erroneous and making the correct entry therein and he shall thereupon cause the entry in the local marriage register to be corrected in the same manner.

The Registrar or the Deputy Registrar shall sign and date the correction made in the certificate of marriage and the local marriage register.

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