Section 27
Section 36 of the principal Act is amended—
of Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act 2017
(a)
by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);
Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment)
(b)
in paragraph (j), by substituting for the words
“a Certificate of Birth or a Certificate of Death” the words
“a Certificate of Birth, Certificate of Death or Certificate of Presumed Death”;
(c)
in paragraph (k), by substituting for the words “Certificate of Birth or Certificate of Death” the words “Certificate of Birth, Certificate of Death or Certificate of Presumed
Death”;
(d)
in paragraph (l), by deleting the word “or” at the end of the paragraph;
(e)
in paragraph (m), by substituting for the comma at the end of the paragraph the words “; or”;
(f)
by inserting after paragraph (m) the following paragraph:
“(n) knowingly possesses or makes use of a fake
Certificate of Birth, Certificate of Death or
Certificate of Presumed Death,”;
(g)
by substituting for the words “of two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment” the words “not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both”; and
(h)
by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(2) Every offence under paragraph (1)(a), (b),
(c)
, (h), (i), (j), (k), (m) or (n) shall be a seizable offence for the purpose of the law relating to criminal procedure.”.