Section 63, The National Civil Registration Act, 2016

(1) Where- (a) a Registration Officer fails or refuses to register in the appropriate register specified in section 42, a birth, adoption, death, marriage or divorce and nullity or to enter in such a register one or more of the particulars required by this Act to be so entered, and furnished to him by a person pursuant to this Act, or (b) a Registration Officer or an authorised officer fails or refuses to comply with a request of a person under section 43, the Registration Officer or the authorised officer, as the case may be, shall notify that person of the reasons for the failure or refusal. (2) If a person affected by a failure or refusal by a Registration Officer or an authorised officer under subsection (1) is dissatisfied with the failure or refusal, he may appeal against it by lodging a notice of appeal in writing and in such form as the Authority may prescribe, not later than 28 days from the date of his receipt of the notification under subsection (1), and the appeal shall be referred by the Authority to an appeals officer (not being the person in relation to whom the appeal is brought) and the appeals officer shall determine the appeal. (3) If an appellant is dissatisfied with the decision of an appeals officer under subsection (2), he may appeal against it by lodging a notice of appeal in writing and in such form as the Authority may direct, not more than 28 days after his receipt of the decision of the appeals officer and the Director-General shall determine the appeal, subject to subsections (6) to (8). (4) In relation to an appeal under this section, the appeals, officer or an officer as the case may be - (a) shall notify the parties concerned in writing of his decision in relation to the appeal and of the reasons thereof; and (b) shall give such directions in relation to the registration or correction to the Registration Officer or authorised officer as he considers appropriate, and any such direction shall be complied with. of divorces and nullities. Appeals. 46 47 (5) The Director-General shall revise a decision of an appeals officer if it appears to him that the decision was erroneous by reason of a mistake of law or fact. (6) A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Director- General may appeal against it to the High Court. (7) A decision or a revision under this section - (a) shall be in writing and be signed by the person by whom it is made; and (b) shall, subject to any appeal under this section, have effect in accordance with the terms stated therein. (8) A document purporting to be a decision or a revision of the Director-General or an appeals officer shall be deemed to be such a decision or revision and to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it unless the contrary is shown and shall be prima facie evidence of the decision or revision.