Act Number: 33

Act Name: The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969

Year: 1969

Enactment Date: 1969-08-31

Long Title: An Act to make provision relating to marriages of citizens of India outside India.

Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs

Department:

Section 26: Correction 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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