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13. Amendment of registers

(1)

Any Registrar having custody of a register in which a marriage has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act may, on application in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee by either spouse, amend the register by the correction of any error in the particulars contained therein.

(2)

Where an entry in the register is so amended, a certified copy of the amended entry in the register signed by the Registrar shall be delivered or sent to the husband and another copy to the wife and a certified copy of the amended entry in the register shall be sent, within such period as may be prescribed, to the Registrar General of Marriages.

(3)

The Attorney General may apply to the Court of a Magistrate to cancel the registration of any marriage in such manner as may be provided by rules made under this Act and the Court shall send a copy of the order made in every such application to the Registrar by whom such marriage was

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registered and to the Registrar General of Marriages and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such marriage if the Court so orders.

(4)

Where is it declared by a court of competent jurisdiction that a marriage registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act is invalid and the court so orders, a copy of the order shall be sent to the Registrar by whom such marriage was registered and to the Registrar General of

Marriages and the register shall be amended by cancelling the registration of such marriage.

(5)

Any person, whether or not a party to the proceedings, who is aggrieved by any decision of a court under subsection (3) or (4), may appeal to the High Court or to the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, and from the

High Court to the Court of Appeal, in such manner as may be provided by any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam relating to appeals.

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