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Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998)

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Recognition of Customary Marriages Act Regulations

8. Verification, supplementation and rectification of particulars

 

(1) The Director-General may—
(a) require the person who has furnished any particulars in terms of these regulations to furnish the Director-General with proof of the correctness of such particulars: and
(b) investigate or cause to be investigated any matter in respect of which particulars are to be included in the population register.

 

(2) The Director-General may, if any particulars in respect of any document submitted or preserved in terms of these regulations or included in the population register are not correctly reflected, supplement and correct such particulars after consultation with the person concerned.

 

(3) Any person who is in possession of a certificate or other document purporting to be issued in terms of these regulations, which does not correctly reflect the particulars in any document referred to in subregulation (2) or in the population register, or the guardian of such person shall, if the person or his or her guardian has been requested to do so, hand over or send by registered post such certificate or document to the Director-General within 30 days from the date of such request.