Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
(1)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint a public officer to be Registrar-General of Births and Deaths for Malaysia, who shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this Act and shall have general charge and supervision of all registers and all indices and of all matters done or performed under this Act.
(1A)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint a public officer to be Deputy Registrar-General of Births and Deaths for Malaysia, who may, subject to any general or special directions of the Registrar-General, exercise any of the powers of the Registrar-General under this
Act, and who shall, in the absence of the Registrar-General or if so directed by him, perform the duties and functions of the Registrar-General thereunder.
10 Laws of Malaysia ACT 299
(1B)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint a public officer to be Assistant Registrar-General of Births and Deaths for Peninsular
Malaysia who may, subject to any general or special directions of the
Registrar-General, exercise any of the powers of the Registrar-General under subsection 4(3), sections 4A and 5, subsection 12(1), sections 15,
16,
17,
21,
27, subsections 32(3),
32(4), paragraph 33(2)(b), sections 37B and 38 of this Act and all the powers under this Act conferred on the Superintendent-Registrar or the
Registrars.
(2)
The Registrar-General may appoint—
(a)
one or more public officers as he may consider necessary by name or office to be Superintendent-Registrars of
Births and Deaths for each registration area;
(b)
one or more persons, whether public officers or not, by name or office to be Registrars of Births and Deaths for each registration area; and
(c)
such other officers as he may consider necessary for the purpose of performing the several duties prescribed by this
Act:
Provided that the power conferred under this subsection shall be deemed to have come into force on 1 August 1958.
(3)
The Registrar-General may exercise the powers of any
Superintendent-Registrar or any Registrar and a Superintendent-Registrar may exercise the powers of any Registrar within the registration area of such Superintendent-Registrar.
(4)
The Registrar-General may delegate by writing under his hand any of his powers under this Act (except this power of delegation) to any Superintendent-Registrar or any officer appointed under paragraph (2)(c) subject to such conditions and limitations as he may specify in the instrument of delegation:
Provided that the Registrar-General may exercise any powers under this Act notwithstanding any delegation by him under this section.
Births and Deaths Registration 11
Provision and maintenance of registers