Malaysia legislation

Section 11

of Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance, 1958

Section 11

Surname of child

(2)

A Senior Registrar may, at any time within seven years after the birth of a child, or within such longer period as the Regional

Registrar may in any particular case approve, add the surname of the child to an entry in other respects complete, on proof to his satisfaction that the person on whose behalf the application is made is the person referred to in the entry.

Subsequent addition of name of child

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