Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Repeal and re-enactment of sections 100 and 101
Sections 100 and 101 of the principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:“Registers of Marriages, Divorces and Revocation of Divorces100.—
The Registrar shall cause —
the copies of the certificates of marriage sent to him to be bound in a Register of Marriages; and
the copies of the certificates of revocation of divorce sent to him to be bound in a Register of Revocation of Divorces.(2) The Registrar shall keep an index of each of the Registers of Marriages and Revocation of Divorces kept by him.(3) The President of the Syariah Court shall cause the copies of the certificates of divorce sent to him to be bound together with the certificates of divorce issued by that Court in a Register of Divorces.(4) The President of the Syariah Court shall keep an index of the Register of Divorces kept by him.Cancellation or rectification of entries in registers or certificates101.—
If it shall appear 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.(2) If it shall appear 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.(3) The Syariah Court may, after such inquiry as it thinks proper, order the cancellation or rectification accordingly.(4) Any person may be ordered to surrender any document to the Registrar or the President of the Syariah Court for cancellation or rectification in consequence of any such order.(5) 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, he may, in the presence of the persons named in the certificate, or, if they are absent, in the presence of two credible witnesses, rectify such certificate.(6) The Registrar shall sign and date any correction made in the certificate of marriage or the certificate of revocation of divorce and in the relevant Register of Marriages or Register of Revocation of Divorces, as the case may be.(7) Every rectification made under subsection (5) shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it was made.”.