Legitimacy Act 1961 s 9
A legitimated person shall have the same rights and be under the same obligations in respect of the maintenance and support of himself or of any other person as if he had been born legitimate, and subject to this Act the provisions of any written law relating to claims for damages, compensation, allowance, benefit or otherwise by or in respect of a legitimate child shall apply in like manner in the case of a legitimated person.
Hak dan obligasi diri orang disahtarafkan
Orang disahtarafkan hendaklah mempunyai hak yang sama dan obligasi yang sama berkenaan dengan nafkah dan sara hidup bagi dirinya atau mana-mana orang lain seolah-olah dia telah dilahirkan sah taraf, dan tertakluk kepada Akta ini, peruntukan mana-mana undang-undang bertulis berhubungan dengan tuntutan untuk mendapatkan ganti rugi, pampasan, elaun, faedah atau selainnya oleh atau berkenaan dengan anak sah taraf hendaklah terpakai mengikut cara yang sama dalam hal orang disahtarafkan.
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).