Section 13
Registration of alteration of name
of Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance, 1958
—
(1)
Where, before the expiration of twelve months from the date of the birth of any child, the name by which it was registered is altered, the Regional Registrar or a Senior Registrar upon delivery to him at any time of a certificate in the prescribed form signed—
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(a)
if the name was altered in baptism, either by the person who performed the rite of baptism or by the person who has the custody of the register, if any, in which the baptism is recorded;
or
(b)
in any other case, by the father, mother or guardian of the child, or other person procuring the name of the child to be altered, and upon payment to him of the prescribed fee shall, without any erasure of the original entry, forthwith enter in the register the name mentioned in the certificate as having been given to the child, and the
Regional Registrar or the Senior Registrar shall state upon the certificate the fact that the entry has been made.
(2)
Where the name of a child is altered in baptism, the person who performed the rite of baptism or who has the custody of any register in which the baptism is recorded shall issue the certificate required under this section on payment of a fee not exceeding one ringgit.
[Ins. Ord. No. 19/58]