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Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 s 11

Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 s 11

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 11 Matters to be considered

The Court or a Judge, in exercising the powers conferred by this Act, shall have regard primarily to the welfare of the infant and shall, where the infant has a parent or parents, consider the wishes of such parent or both of them, as the case may be.

Malay text (authoritative)

Mahkamah atau Hakim, dalam menjalankan kuasa-kuasa yang diberikan oleh Akta ini, hendaklah memberi perhatian utama kepada kebajikan budak itu dan hendaklah, jika budak itu mempunyai seorang ibu bapa atau kedua-dua ibu bapa, menimbangkan kehendak-kehendak ibu bapa ttu atau kedua-dua mereka, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan. Megemuka 12. Hakim boleh, bagi maksud mana-mana per- •mohonan di bawah Akta ini, mengarahkan bahawa mana-mana orang yang ternyata mempunyai jagaan seseorang budak hendaklah mengemukakan budak itu IS. 12-15] PENJAGAAN BUDAK dalg dfclapkan om. ataa di aendat binscbaeimana perintah bagi jagaan sementara dan perlindungan budak itu sebagaimana yang difikirkannya patut.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (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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