Section 2

the States of Malaysia, means the Chief Minister or Menteri

Besar of a State;

the Federal Territory means the Minister;

the Malaysian Embassy, High Commission or Consulate, means the Malaysian Ambassador, High Commissioner or

Consul respectively;

“child of the marriage” means a child of both parties to the marriage in question or a child of one party to the marriage accepted as one of the family by the other party; and “child” in this context includes an illegitimate child of, and a child adopted by, either of the parties to the marriage in pursuance of an adoption order made under any written law relating to adoption;

“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;

“marriage district” means an area which has been defined as a marriage district under subsection 28(5), or if no such area has been so defined in any State or Federal Territory, that State or Federal

Territory;

“marriage register” includes—

any register of marriages kept under any written law relating to registration of marriages prior to the appointed date;

marriage registers constituted under subsection 46A(1) and section 46B; and

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microfilms, computers and other forms of records made under subsection 46A(2);

“marriage with another woman” means marriage of any person, being married to any other woman during the life of the former wife, whether the second marriage has taken place within Malaysia or elsewhere;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for the registration of marriages;

“minor” means a person who is under the age of twenty-one years and who is not a widow or widower;

“native”, in relation to Sabah and Sarawak, has the same meaning assigned to it in Clause (6) of Article 161A of the Federal Constitution;

“Registrar” means a Registrar of Marriages appointed under this Act and includes the Registrar General, an Assistant Registrar General, a

Superintendent Registrar, a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant

Registrar of Marriages;

“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Marriages and includes a Deputy Registrar General of Marriages appointed under this

Act.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on the advice of the Chief

Judge, by notification in the Gazette, confer upon any Sessions Court

Judge jurisdiction to deal with any matter under this Act.

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