Part III General
Registers, certified copies, etc.
29 Correction of errors in registers.
1
No alteration shall be made in any register of live–births, still–births or deaths except as authorised by this or any other Act.
2
Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in any such register may, in the prescribed manner and subject to the prescribed conditions, be corrected by any person authorised in that behalf by the Registrar General.
3
An error of fact or substance in any such register may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by the officer having the custody of the register, F1. . . and upon production to him by that person of a statutory declaration setting forth the nature of the error and the true facts of the case made by two qualified informants of the birth or death with reference to which the error has been made, or in default of two qualified informants then F2either by two credible persons having knowledge of the truth of the case F3or, where it applies, in accordance with section 29A of this Act.
F103A
In the case of a death in relation to which the registrar has been given a confirmed attending practitioner's certificate, or a medical examiner's certificate, in accordance with regulations under section 20 of the 2009 Act—
a
no correction under subsection (3) of this section relating to the cause of death may be made without the approval of the medical examiner concerned;
b
any error of fact or substance relating to the cause of death in a register of deaths may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by the officer having the custody of the register on being notified by the medical examiner of the nature of the error and the true facts of the case.
3B
In the case of a death in relation to which an investigation under Part 1 of the 2009 Act has been discontinued under section 4 of that Act (cause of death F9becoming clear before inquest)—
a
no correction under subsection (3) of this section relating to the cause of death may be made without the approval of the senior coroner concerned;
b
any error of fact or substance relating to the cause of death in a register of deaths may be corrected by entry in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) by the officer having the custody of the register on being notified by the senior coroner of the nature of the error and the true facts of the case.
F44
Where—
a
an error of fact or substance (other than an error relating to the cause of death) occurs in the information given by a coroner’s certificate concerning F5... a death F6into which he has conducted an investigation under Part 1 of the 2009 Act (other than one that has been discontinued under section 4 of that Act); F7...
F7b
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the coroner, if satisfied by evidence on oath or statutory declaration that such an error exists, may certify F8in writing to the officer having the custody of the register in which the information is entered the nature of the error and the true facts of the case as ascertained by him on that evidence, and the error may thereupon be corrected by that officer in the register by entering in the margin (without any alteration of the original entry) the facts as so certified by the coroner.