Cancelling entries in register of births, deaths or marriages
18 Cancelling entries in register of births, deaths or marriages
The Supreme Court may order the registrar-general to cancel an entry that has been made in the register under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 because of an order under section 16.
The court may make the order only on application by the chief officer mentioned in section 17.
The application must be heard in closed court.
The registrar-general must give effect to the order within 28 days after the day the order is made.
The chief officer who applied for the order must return to the registrar-general any certificate relating to the entry in the register that was given by the registrar-general in accordance with section 16 (5).
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