Malaysia legislation
Section 14
Section 14
In the case of every still-birth, it shall, unless there has been an inquiry held by a Magistrate, be the duty of the person who would, if the child had been born alive, have been required by section 10 to give information concerning the birth to give information, within fourteen days after such still-birth has taken place, to the Registrar or any Deputy Registrar of the District in which such still-birth occurs of the particulars required to be registered concerning the still-birth, and every such person on giving information shall either—
(a)
deliver to the Registrar or Deputy Registrar a written certificate in the prescribed form that the child was not born alive, signed by a medical practitioner, or a midwife registered under any law providing for the registration of midwives who was in attendance at the birth, or signed by a medical practitioner who has examined the body of such child; or
(b)
make a declaration in the prescribed form to the effect that no medical practitioner or registered midwife was present at the birth, or that no medical practitioner has examined the body, or that a certificate as required in paragraph (a) cannot be obtained, and that the child was not born alive.
Occupier and relatives to report deaths