ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1952
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1952

PART VI - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE



Section 136. Rectification or cancellation of entries in registers or certificates.

(1) In case it shall appear that any entry made in any register kept, or any certificate issued, under the provisions of this Enactment has been made or issued as the case may be, in error or contains any error that ought to be corrected it shall be lawful for the President, after receiving the report of a Committee appointed by him to enquire into all the circumstances of the case, summarily to order the cancellation or the rectification of any such entry or certificate.

(2) Upon the receipt of any such order the Registrar who made the entry or issued the certificate referred to therein, or the person for the time being performing the duties of his office, shall immediately cancel or rectify, as the case may be, such entry or certificate according to the terms of such order.

(3) Any person to whom any such certificate as is referred to above has been issued shall immediately surrender such certificate to the Registrar who issued it or to the person for the time being lawfully performing the duties of his office on receiving a written order so to do.

(4) No order under this section shall be made to the prejudice of any person unless he has had an opportunity of being heard, either personally or by advocate, before the Committee of enquiry appointed under the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section.

(5) The powers of rectification or of cancellation conferred by this section shall extend to the case of entries made or certificates issued before the coming into force of this Enactment.

(6) The President or any Registrar as the case may be shall deliver to the Committee appointed under sub-section (1) of this section any register in his custody which may be required by such Committee.




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