South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 1996 - SECT 42

42—Registrar's power to correct Register

        (1)         The Registrar may correct the Register—

            (a)         to reflect a finding made on inquiry under Division 2; or

            (b)         to bring the particulars contained in an entry about a registrable event into conformity with the most reliable information available to the Registrar of the registrable event.

        (2)         The Registrar corrects the Register by adding or cancelling an entry in the Register or by adding, altering or deleting particulars contained in an entry.

        (3)         The Registrar's power to correct the Register under this section is in addition to any other power of the Registrar under this Act.