Malaysia legislation
Section 6
Section 6
(1)
Where any person whose consent to the making an adoption order is required by paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 4 does not attend in the proceedings for the purpose of giving it, then, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), a document signifying his consent to the making of such an order shall, if the person in
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whose favour the order is to be made is named in the document or (where the identity of that person is not known to the consenting party) is distinguished therein in the prescribed manner, be admissible as evidence of that consent, whether the document is executed before or after the commencement of the proceedings.
(2)
Where any such document is attested by a Magistrate (or, if executed outside the State of Sabah, by a person of any such class as may be prescribed), the document shall be admissible as aforesaid without further proof of the signature of the person by whom it is executed; and for the purposes of this subsection, a document purporting to be attested as aforesaid shall be deemed to be so attested, and to be executed and attested on the date and at the place specified therein, unless the contrary is proved.
(3)
A document signifying the consent of the mother of an infant shall not be admissible under this section unless ―
(a)
the infant is at least six weeks old on the date of the execution of the document; and
(b)
the document is attested on that date by a Magistrate or, as the case may be, by a person of a class prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2).
Functions of Court as to adoption orders.