Section 35, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) The Director-General shall conduct or cause to beconducted such enquiries as he considers necessary to ascertain whether a birth, death, marriage, divorce, nullity or adoption required to be registered under this Act has occurred and if it has, (a) whether it has been so registered; and (b) whether the particulars in relation to it in the register are correct and complete. (2) The Director-General shall, by notice in writing served on a person whom he has reason to believe may be able to provide him with information relevant to an inquiry under subsection (1), require that person to provide the information to him within such time, not being less than 28 days, from the date of the giving of the notice and in such manner as may be specified in the notice. (3) Where the Director-General is satisfied that an event referred to in subsection (1) has occurred and that it has not been registered in the appropriate register referred to in that subsection or, if so registered, that the particulars entred in the register in relation to Enquiries by Director- 24 25 it are incorrect or incomplete, he shall register the event, or cause it to be registered, in the appropriate register or, as the case may be, correct, complete, or cause the entry to be corrected or completed.