Section 53: Completion of incomplete entries

53. Completion of incomplete entries (1) Where it is discovered that any entry which is required to be made has not been made, filled up, signed or otherwise completed in any register by the officer having charge of the register, a Judge in Chambers may upon the application of the Attorney-General authorise, by an order in writing, the Registrar of Civil Status to make, fill up, sign or otherwise complete the entry. (2) Any order under subsection (1) shall be entered in the appropriate register and any entry made, filled up, signed or otherwise completed in accordance with the order, shall be as valid as if the entry had been correctly made at the time it should have been made. [S. 53 amended by Act 9 of 1984.]