Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Refusal of registration
(2)
The Registrar shall not register any adoption unless the person applying for registration, or in the case of an application by two spouses, one of the spouses —
(a)
has attained the age of twenty-five years and is at least eighteen years older than the child in respect of whom the application is made;
(b)
has attained the age of twenty-one years and is a brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether by consanguinity or affinity, of the child, or, if the child is illegitimate, a person who would be so related if the child were legitimate; or
(c)
is the mother or father of the child.
(3)
The Registrar shall not register any adoption in respect of any person or of any child not ordinarily resident in Peninsular Malaysia.
(4)
The Registrar shall not register any adoption in respect of any child who has been the subject of an adoption order made in accordance with the Adoption Act 1952 [Act 257].
(5)
There shall be no appeal from the cancellation by a Registrar of the registration of an adoption or from the refusal of a Registrar to register an adoption, but such refusal shall not debar the same or another Registrar from registering it if subsequently satisfied that the grounds for his refusal to register either did not exist or have since been removed.
Validity of an adoption not affected by registration or non-registration