Clerical errors, how rectified

(1) Any clerical error in a register may, if discovered at the time of making the entry, be then corrected by the Registrar. (2) Except as is mentioned in section 39, no other alteration shall be made in any register except upon a written authority of the Solicitor General or the Registrar of the district or by the Solicitor General or the Registrar of the district himself who, before authorising or making an alteration, shall require such evidence as he may consider necessary concerning the nature of the alteration and the true facts of the case. (3) An alteration in pursuance of sub-section (2) shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be effected by entering in the register particulars thereof without any alteration being made of the original entry.