Malaysia legislation

Section 21

of BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017

Section 21

Section 27 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (3), by deleting the words “by entry (without any alteration of the original entry)”;

(b)

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(3 a) Where the Registrar-General, the

Superintendent-Registrar or the Registrar is satisfied that from an inquiry held under section 37b an error of fact or substance in any register exists, the error of fact or substance may be corrected by the

Registrar-General.”;

(c)

in subsection (4)—

(i)

by deleting the words “(without any alteration of the original entry)”; and

(ii)

by deleting the words “, who shall place his initials opposite the entry in which such error occurs and shall add thereto the day and the month and the year when such correction is made”; and

(d)

by deleting subsections (5) and (6).

Amendment of section 30

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