Where any married person, whose marriage has been solemnised in New Zealand, has changed his name by deed poll and the change has been registered in accordance with section 17a of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951, that person (or, if that person has died, then the other party to the marriage) may make an application in writing to the Registrar-General requesting him to endorse a memorandum of the change of name on his record of the marriage entry.

On receipt of the application together with the prescribed fee, the Registrar-General shall forthwith abstract particulars of the change of name from the deed poll and shall endorse and sign a memorandum of those particulars on his record of marriage of the person named in the deed poll, but shall not erase, cross out, or obliterate the particulars of marriage existing in his records at the time of the application.

An application under subsection (1) of this section may be made at the time of application for registration of a deed poll under section 17a of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951 or at any time after registration under that section.

Every certified copy of an entry in a register book issued by the Registrar-General under subsection (2) of section 49 of this Act after any memorandum has been endorsed as provided by subsection (2) of this section shall have a copy of the memorandum endorsed thereon.”