Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 s 2
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s 2 Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Court” means the High Court or a Judge when sitting in open Court;
“infant” means a person who has not attained his majority;
“Judge” means a Judge sitting in Chambers;
“Protector” means—
(a) the Director General of Social Welfare;
(b) the Deputy Director General of Social Welfare;
(c) a Divisional Director of Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare;
(d) the State Director of Social Welfare of each of the States,
and includes any Social Welfare Officer appointed under any law regulating the appointment of a Protector.
(2)(a) For the purpose of this Act—
(i) every person professing the religion of Islam shall be deemed to have attained his majority when he shall have completed his age of eighteen years and not before; and
(ii) every other person shall be deemed to have attained his majority when he shall have completed his age of twenty-one years and not before.
(b) In computing the age of any person the day on which he was born is to be reckoned as a whole day and if he falls within subparagraph (a)(i) he shall be deemed to have attained his majority at the beginning of the eighteenth anniversary of that day, and if he falls within subparagraph
(a)(ii) at the beginning of the twenty-first anniversary of that day.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Dalam Akta ini, melainkan jika konteksnya menghendaki makna yang lain— "budak" ertinya seseorang yang belum mencapai dewasanya; "Hakim" ertinya Hakim yang bersidang dalam Kamar; "Mahkamah" ertinya Mahkamah Tinggi atau Hakim apabila bersidang dalam Mahkamah terbuka.
(2) (a) Bagi Maksud Akta ini—
(i) tiap-tiap orang yang menganuti agama Islam hendaklah disifatkan telah mencapai dewasanya apabila dia genap umur lapan belas tahun dan tidak sebelum itu; dan
(ii) tiap-tiap orang lain hendaklah disifatkan telah mencapai dewasanya apabila cia genap umur dua puluh satu tahun dan tidak sebelum itu.
(b) Dalam mengira umur mana-mana orang hari yang padanya dia dilahirkan hendaklah dikira sebagai satu hari penuh dan jika dia termasuk dalam perenbs
(a) (i) dia hendaklah disifatkan telah mencapai .dewasanya pada permulaan ulangtahun kelapan belas hari itu, dan jika dia termasuk dalam perengaan (a) (ii) pada permulaan ulangtahun kedua púluh satu hari itu.
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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).
