Correcting errors on certificates

What is the process?
Where an error is discovered on a birth certificate the person requesting the correction shall inform the Senior Legal Assistant, Records Section.

who may request correction of an error?

• The mother of the child

• The father of the child

• A relative who must be of the age of majority and at least five years older than the child

• Any person having knowledge regarding the error.

Documents required:

• The erroneous certificate

• Identification card of person requesting the correction

• Sworn affidavit attesting to the correction of the error