MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 51 Incorrect marriage certificates
MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 51
Incorrect marriage certificates(1) Where an authorised officer is satisfied, by statutory declaration or otherwise, that any particular in a certificate of marriage prepared and signed under section 50 is incorrect, the authorised officer may:
(a) in the case of a certificate that has been handed to a party to the marriage or retained by the authorised celebrant--correct the certificate; and
(b) in the case of a certificate that has been forwarded to a registering authority--certify to that authority that a specified correction is necessary.
(2) For the purposes of exercising his or her powers under paragraph ( 1)(a) in relation to a certificate, an authorised officer may, by notice in writing served on a party to the marriage, or the authorised celebrant, as the case requires, require the party or the authorised celebrant to produce or forward the certificate to the authorised officer within a period (not being less than 7 days from the date of service of the notice) specified in the notice.
(2A) Where a marriage has been solemnise d, or purports to have been solemnise d, under this Part, and the marriage is void, an authorised officer may, by notice in writing served on a party to the marriage, require the party to deliver or forward to the authorised officer, within a period (not being less than 7 days from the date of service of the notice) specified in the notice, the certificate required, by subsection 50(4), to be handed to a party to the marriage.
(3) A notice referred to in subsection ( 2) or (2A) may be served by post.
(4) In this section, authorised officer means a person
authorised by the Minister to perform the functions of an authorised officer
under this section.