Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 · Updated to 15 Dec 2018 · Part IX · Miscellaneous
107. Maintenance of register of divorces and annulments
Feedback & supportThe Registrar General shall maintain a register of divorces and annulments and shall forthwith enter therein the prescribed particulars of all decrees of divorce and annulment sent to him under subsection (2) and of all decrees of divorce and annulment for the registration of which application is made under subsection (3).
Registrar General
“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Marriages and includes a Deputy Registrar General of Marriages appointed under this Act.
Every court which grants a decree of divorce or annulment shall forthwith send one certified true copy of the decree to the Registrar
court
“court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof or, where a Sessions Court Judge has jurisdiction by virtue of subsection (2), the Sessions Court or a Sessions Court Judge of that Court;
General for registration.
Where a marriage which is solemnized in Malaysia is dissolved or annulled by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction outside
Malaysia, either of the parties may apply to the Registrar General for the registration of such decree and the Registrar General, on being satisfied that the decree is one which should be recognised as valid for the purposes of the law of Malaysia, shall register that decree.
Where a decree of divorce or annulment, wherever granted, has dissolved a marriage which was solemnized in Malaysia and which has been registered under this Act or any written law in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act, the Registrar General shall, on registering such decree, cause the entry in the register of marriage relating to that marriage to be marked with the word “Dissolved” and a reference to the proceedings in which that decree was granted.
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