Malaysia legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Registration of name of child or of alteration of name
(2)
Where a child has been registered without a name, a name may be registered—
(a)
in the case of a child who has attained the age of one year but not twenty-one years, by delivery to the Registrar-General of a certificate in the prescribed form specifying the name as given signed by the father or the mother or the guardian or the person for the time being having custody of the child; or
(b)
in the case of a person who has attained the age of twenty-one years, by delivery to the Registrar-General of a certificate in the prescribed form giving the name by which he desires to be registered, and by paying to the Registrar-General such fee as may be prescribed.
(3)
The Registrar-General shall on receipt of the certificate direct the Superintendent-Registrar having the custody of the register in which the birth was registered to enter forthwith in the register without any erasure of the original entry the name mentioned in the certificate
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as having been given and such Superintendent-Registrar shall act accordingly and the Registrar-General shall at the same time cause a corresponding entry to be made in his register:
Provided that before giving a direction under this subsection, the
Registrar-General shall require the person delivering the certificate to produce evidence which appears to the Registrar-General satisfactory that such person is a person who was registered without a name.
(4)
Where any person procures the alteration of a name or the entry of a name in the register pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1)
or (2) and the name as altered or as given is shown in the appropriate certificate delivered as in the said subsections mentioned in Chinese characters as well as in Roman characters, the Registrar-General may permit such person to insert in the register in such manner as may be prescribed the name as altered or as given in Chinese characters.
(5)
The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to a stillborn child or to a child which has died prior to the delivery of any certificate in this section mentioned.
Registration of objectionable or undesirable names