Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (NO. 112 OF 1997) - SECT 40

40. (1) The Registrar-General may correct the Register—

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

        (b)     to bring an entry about a particular registrable event into conformity with the most reliable information available to the Registrar-General of the registrable event.

(2) The Registrar-General shall, if satisfied that, in view of a finding of a court, an entry in the Register is incorrect, correct the Register in accordance with the finding.

(3) A correction of the Register is effected by adding or cancelling an entry or by adding, altering or deleting a particular contained in an entry.

(4) In this section—