Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires ―
“Adopted Children Register” means the Adopted Children Register referred to in subsection (1) of section 12 and includes related registers kept and maintained in computer, on microfilm or in any other form of electronic and retrievable device;
“adoption order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3;
“Certificate of Birth” means a Certificate of Birth issued under this Ordinance;
“Court” means the High Court;
“Director” means the Director of Welfare Services;
“father”, in relation to an illegitimate infant, means the natural father;
infant” means a person under twenty-one years of age, but does not include a person who is or has been married;
“interim order” means an order under section 8;
“parent” in relation to a child who is illegitimate, means his mother, to the exclusion of his father;
In force 1st November 1961 – See G.N.S 125/61.
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“Registrar” means the Regional Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under subsection (1) of section 3 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance [Cap.
123];
“relative”, in relation to an infant, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, and includes ―
(a)
where an adoption order has been made in respect of the infant or any other person under this Ordinance, any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the adopted person were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock;
(b)
where the infant is illegitimate, the father of the infant and any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the infant were the legitimate child of his mother and father.