law: Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
  
  15.Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and
  
  deaths.-
  If
  
  it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar that any entry of a birth or
  
  death in any register kept by him under this Act is erroneous in form or
  
  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 alternation of the original entry, and shall sign the
  
  marginal entry and add thereto the date of the correction or cancellation.