7Correction of errors

7 Correction of errors

(1)  Where a person to whom a recording authority produces a prescribed record under section 6 claims that record is incorrect, he may, by notice in writing served on the authority, object to the record on the ground of its incorrectness.

(2)  Where, pursuant to subsection (1) , a person claims that a prescribed record that relates to him is incorrect, the recording authority concerned shall forthwith take all necessary steps to have the record corrected, unless the authority is satisfied that the record is correct, in which case it shall reject the claim.

(3)  *[Section 7 Subsection (3) amended by No. 98 of 1987, s. 5 ]*Where a person has served on a recording authority a notice claiming that a prescribed record relating to him is incorrect, the authority shall, within 24 days after the date on which the notice was served on it –

(a) serve on that person a notice in writing informing him whether or not the authority has made any amendment to the particulars of the record; and

(b) if the authority has made any such amendment, include in the notice referred to in paragraph (a) particulars of the amendment.