Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of marriages.

(1) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Sub-Divisional Marriage Recorder that any entry of the marriage in any register kept by him under this Act is erroneous in form or in substance or has been fraudulently or improperly made he may, subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government with respect to the conditions on which and the circumstances in which such entries may be corrected or cancelled, correct the error or cancel the entry by suitable entry in the margin without any alteration of the original entry and shall sign the marginal entry and add thereto the date of correction or cancellation. (2) No such correction or cancellation as referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made unless the parties to the marriage or their parents or guardians or their legal representative, as the case may be, has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken.