Malaysia legislation
Section 32
Section 32
Issue of Certificates of Birth, Certificates of Death and Certificates of Presumed Death
(2)
Every Certificate of Birth, Certificate of Death or Certificate of
Presumed Death shall be certified under the hand of the Registrar or the Registrar-General or the Superintendent-Registrar having the custody of the register.
(3)
The provisions of section 31 and of this section shall not apply to Certificates of Birth relating to entries in the register of stillbirths but the Registrar-General may, if he sees fit in any particular case and on payment of the appropriate fees as aforesaid, cause a search to be made for and allow any person to have a Certificate of Birth pertaining to any entry in the register of stillbirths.
(4)
When any application for a Certificate of Birth, Certificate of
Death or Certificate of Presumed Death is made in pursuance to subsection (1) the Superintendent-Registrar shall issue it unless—
(a)
the particulars given in the application form are incomplete or inadequate or in his opinion inaccurate; or
(b)
for any reason it appears to him that an entry found upon search cannot, with certainty, be connected with the person in respect of the registration of whose birth, death or presumed death the certificate is applied for.
(5)
When the Superintendent-Registrar has refused to furnish the
Certificate of Birth, Certificate of Death or Certificate of Presumed
Death under this section, the applicant may in writing appeal to the
Registrar-General, whose decision shall be final.
Births and Deaths Registration 27
Entry in register as evidence of birth, death or presumed death