← Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 s 16

s 16 Registration of objectionable or undesirable names

Where it appears to the Registrar that the name of a child sought to be entered in a register of births is objectionable or undesirable he shall refer the matter to the Registrar-General and the Registrar- General may cause such name to be registered or not to be registered as he shall deem fit.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pendaftaran nama yang tidak disukai atau diingini

Jika pada pendapat Pendaftar bahawa nama kanak-kanak yang diminta untuk dicatatkan ke dalam suatu daftar kelahiran itu adalah tidak menyenangkan atau tidak diingini, dia hendaklah merujuk perkara itu kepada Pendaftar Besar dan Pendaftar Besar boleh menyebabkan nama itu didaftarkan atau tidak didaftarkan sebagaimana yang difikirkannya patut.

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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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