Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Certificate of Birth” means a certificate issued pursuant to section 14 or subsection 32(1);
“Certificate of Death” means a certificate issued pursuant to section 25 or subsection 32(1);
“Certificate of Presumed Death” means a certificate issued pursuant to section 24B or subsection 32(1);
“house” includes a public institution;
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“indices” means the indices of entries in the register;
“occupier” includes the keeper, master, matron, superintendent or other chief officer of a public institution, and, where a house is let in separate apartments or lodgings, includes any person residing in such house who is the person under whom such separate apartments or lodgings are immediately held or his agent;
“Peninsular Malaysia” has the meaning assigned thereto in section 3
of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388], and includes the
Federal Territory;
“public institution” includes prison, lock-up, mental hospital, hospital and any other public or charitable institution;
“register” means any register required to be kept under the provisions of this Act and includes—
(a)
any register of births and deaths kept or required to be preserved under any written law repealed by this Act;
(b)
all documents recording particulars of births and deaths and books of record compiled therefrom in existence upon the coming into force of this Act and in the custody of the
Registrar-General or of any other public officer;
(c)
any new register reconstituted under subsection 4(3); and
(d)
any microfilm or computer tape made in pursuance to subsection 4(4).
“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the
Medical Act 1971 [Act 50];
“registered midwife” means any person duly registered as a midwife under any law for the time being in force relating to the registration of midwives;
“the Registrar” means a Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under this Act and when used in relation to any birth or death means
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the Registrar whose duty it is to register particulars of such birth or death;
“Registrar-General” means the Registrar-General of Births and
Deaths appointed under the provisions of this Act;
“registration area” means the area for which a Registrar is appointed and when used with reference to a Superintendent-Registrar means the registration areas for which such Superintendent-Registrar is appointed;
“relative” includes a relative by marriage;
“stillborn” and “stillbirth” shall apply to any child which has issued forth from its mother after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and which did not at any time after being completely expelled from its mother breathe or show any other signs of life;
“the Superintendent-Registrar” means a Superintendent-Registrar of
Births and Deaths appointed under this Act and when used in relation to any Registrar means the Superintendent-Registrar for the area wherein the registration area of such Registrar is situate.
Appointment of officers