Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 · Updated to 1 Mar 2018 · Part II · Registration of Births
Section 9
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the Registrar
“the Registrar” means a Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed under this Act and when used in relation to any birth or death means Births and Deaths Registration 9 the Registrar whose duty it is to register particulars of such birth or death;
Provided that the giving of information and the signing of the register by any one of the said persons shall act as a discharge of any duty under this section of any other of them.
register
“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of this Act and includes— (a) any register of births and deaths kept or required to be preserved under any written law repealed by this Act; (b) all documents recording particulars of births and deaths and books of record compiled therefrom in existence upon the coming into force of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).
14 Laws of Malaysia ACT 299