law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  49. Correction of errors
  (1) Any Marriage
  
  Officer who discovers any error in he form or substance of any entry in the
  
  Marriage Certificate Book may, within one month next after the discovery of
  
  such error, in the presence of the persons married or, in case of their death
  
  or absence, in the presence of the other credible witnesses, correct the error
  
  by entry in the margin without any alteration of the original entry and shall
  
  sign the marginal entry and add thereto the date of such correction and the
  
  Marriage Officer shall make the like marginal entry in the certificate thereof.
  (2) every correction
  
  made under this section shall be attested by the witnesses in whose presence it
  
  was made.
  (3) Where a copy of
  
  any entry has already been sent under section 48 to the Registrar-General or
  
  other authority the Marriage Officer shall make and send in like manner a
  
  separate certificate of the original erroneous entry and of the marginal
  
  correction therein made.