Malaysia legislation
Section 124
Section 124
(2)
The master of every ship as aforesaid shall upon her arrival at a port in North
Borneo deliver or transmit to the Director, in such form as may be prescribed a return of the facts recorded by him in respect to the birth of a child or the death of a person on board such ship.
(3)
The Director shall send a certified copy of the returns relating to such births and deaths to the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths for North Borneo, who shall cause the same to be filed and such certified copy shall be deemed to be a certified copy of a register for the purposes of Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance [Cap. 123.].
(4)
If the master of any ship fails to comply with any requirement of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars.
Transmission of documents to Director.