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Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 s 13

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 s 13

s 13 Provisions as to father of illegitimate child

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Act, in the case of an illegitimate child, no person shall as father of the child be required to give information concerning the birth of the child, and the Registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of the child except at the joint request of the mother and the person acknowledging himself to be the father of the child, and that person shall in that case sign the register together with the mother.

Malay text (authoritative)

Peruntukan mengenai bapa kepada anak tidak sah taraf

Walau apa pun yang terkandung dalam peruntukan terdahulu di dalam Akta ini, dalam hal anak tidak sah taraf, tiada seorang pun sebagai bapa kepada kanak-kanak itu dikehendaki memberi maklumat berkenaan dengan kelahiran kanak-kanak itu, dan Pendaftar hendaklah tidak mencatatkan ke dalam daftar nama mana-mana orang sebagai bapa kanak-kanak itu kecuali atas permintaan bersama oleh ibu dan orang yang mengaku dirinya sebagai bapa kanak-kanak itu, dan orang itu hendaklah dalam hal sedemikian menandatangani daftar itu bersama dengan ibu itu.

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Text as at 1 March 2018 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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