If a manifest error be discovered consisting
of the misspelling of any word or words, the omission of any word or words
necessary to express the intention of the provisions affected, the use
of a word or words to which no meaning can be attached, or the use of a
word or words when another word or words was clearly intended to express
the intention, the spelling shall be corrected, and the word or words supplied,
omitted, or substituted as will conform with the manifest intention, and
the provision shall have the same effect as though the correct words were
contained in the text as originally published. No alteration shall be made
or permitted if any question exists regarding the nature or extent of such
error.
