Malaysia legislation
Section 26
Section 26
(2)
Every such application shall be made to the Regional
Registrar, a Senior Registrar or the Registrar of the District in which the birth or death was registered, and shall be made on the form prescribed for that purpose.
(3)
When an application for a certified copy or extract has been made in accordance with this section, it shall be lawful for the
Regional Registrar or a Senior Registrar, as the case may be, to refuse to furnish such extract if and so long as—
(a)
the particulars given in the application form are incomplete or inadequate, or in his opinion inaccurate;
(b)
for any reason it appears to him that an entry found upon such search cannot, with certainty, be connected with the person in respect of the registration of whose birth or death the certified copy or extract is applied for; or
(c)
the birth has been registered subsequent to the 1st day of August, 1949, and the name of the person in respect of whose birth the copy or extract is applied for has not been registered:
Provided that, in every such case, the Regional Registrar or a
Senior Registrar, as the case may be, shall furnish in writing to the person applying for such copy or extract the reason for such refusal.
(4)
When the Regional Registrar or a Senior Registrar has refused to furnish a certified copy or extract under this section, the person applying for such extract may appeal, if the Regional Registrar has so refused, to the Minister or, if the Senior Registrar has so refused, to the Regional Registrar and from him to the Minister, whose decision shall be final, on the ground that he has supplied sufficient information to enable the Regional Registrar or the Senior Registrar, as the case may be, to furnish such copy or extract; and the Regional
Registrar or the Minister may thereupon direct a Senior Registrar or the Regional Registrar to make further search.
(5)
The Regional Registrar or a Senior Registrar may in furnishing any copy or extract of any entry under subsection (1)
translate into English or transcribe into romanised script, in such manner as the Regional Registrar may direct, any entry made in any other language, and the provisions of subsection (6) shall apply to every copy or extract so translated.
(6)
Every copy or extract of any entry certified under the seal of the Regional Registrar to be a true copy or extract, and signed either by the Regional Registrar or by a Senior Registrar or Registrar shall, subject to the limitation provided in subsection (3) of section 24, and unless the contrary is proved, be evidence in all courts and before all tribunals of the dates and facts set forth in such copy or extract:
Provided however that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any copy or extract of any entry in which the name of the person born has not been registered.
[Am. Ord. No. 19/58; Mod. F.L.N. 348/65; Am. Swk. L.N. (F) 153/68.]
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