Malaysia legislation
Section 13A
Section 13A
(1)
of section 13, every adoption order shall contain a direction ―
(a)
to the Registrar that the word “adopted”, “adopter” or “adoptive” or any word to like effect shall not appear in the Certificate; and
(b)
to the natural or adoptive parent or parents, as the case may be, to surrender to the Registrar the Certificate of Birth of the Child issued under the Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance [Cap. 123.].
(2)
Upon receipt of an adoption order, the Registrar shall, subject to due compliance with paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and the payment by the adopter of the prescribed fee, issue a Certificate of Birth in respect of the child in the form set out in the
Second Schedule.
(3)
Where a certified copy of an entry in the Adopted Children Register had been issued in respect of a child adopted under this Ordinance, the Registrar shall issue a Certificate of Birth in respect of the child ―
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(a)
upon application being made by the adoptive parent or either of the adoptive parents, or in the event of the adoptive parent or both adoptive parents being dead, by the adopted child, for a Certificate of
Birth; and
(b)
upon payment of the prescribed fee.
(4)
Upon receipt of the Certificate of Birth under subsection (3), the adoptive parent or either of the adoptive parents, or in the event of the adoptive parents or both adoptive parents being dead, the adopted child, shall cause the certified copy of an entry in the Adopted Children Register issued in respect of the adopted child to be surrendered to the Registrar for cancellation.
(5)
The Certificate of Birth issued under this Ordinance pursuant to an adoption order shall replace the Certificate of Birth of the child issued under the Registration of
Births and Deaths Ordinance [Cap.123], and shall for all purposes be known as the
Certificate of Birth of the child.
(6)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law, the Certificate of
Birth under this Ordinance, if given under the hand of the Registrar or any person authorised by him, shall be received without further or other proof as evidence of the facts and particulars relating to the birth of the child in respect of whom the Certificate of Birth was issued.
(7)
If the Certificate of Birth issued under this Ordinance is lost, damaged or defaced, the adoptive parent or either of the adoptive parents, or in the case of the adoptive parent or both adoptive parents being dead, the adopted child, may apply to the
Registrar or any person authorised by him for a copy of the Certificate of Birth which, when issued, shall be marked with the word “Replacement”.
(8)
The Registrar shall maintain a register to be called the Register of Birth
Certificates in which shall be made such entries pertaining to the issuance of a Certificate of Birth under this Ordinance in respect of an adopted child.
(9)
Any person may apply in the prescribed form to have a search made of the
Register of Birth Certificates upon payment of the prescribed fee and to have the result of the search certified in the prescribed form.
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Amendment of orders and rectification of Registers.