Section 43, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) No alteration shall be made to the Register maintainedby the Authority under section 42 otherwise than in accordance with this Act. (2) Any person who has an interest in the matter and is desirous of making an alteration to the Register for the purpose of correcting an error shall on application in writing to the Director- General, in the manner specified by the Authority and on the submission of such evidence as the Director-General considers adequate, request that a clerical error or an error of fact in the Register be corrected accordingly. (3) The Registration Officer may, for the purpose of correcting any error in the Register under subsection (2), make appropriate alteration in such manner as may be prescribed by the (4) Where an error of fact other than one relating to the cause of death occurs in the record signed by a coroner of a verdict returned at an inquest held by him, and the coroner or his successor is satisfied by evidence on oath given orally or by statutory declaration of the existence of the error- (a) he shall give a certificate to the Authority stating the nature of the error and the relevant facts; and (b) the registration officer shall, in such form as the Authority shall direct, correct the appropriate entry in the Register of Deaths and the original entry shall be retained. Registers. Correction of errors. 30 31