Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Article 14(1)(b) second schedule

Legal area

Court

20 Apr 2022

Huong Sing Mei 1. ) KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA 2. ) Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

Citation

WA-24-31-05/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-24-31-05/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The presumption under s19B could not be invoked because the plaintiff failed to establish she was 'found exposed'—there was no affirmative assertion of abandonment nor material in the adoption order to invoke s19B—therefore the s19B presumption that would complete the s1(a) citizenship criteria did not arise and the claim under Article 14(1)(b)/Part II s1(a) fails.
28 May 2021

1.CTEB 2.CWB 1.Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara, Malaysia 2.Ketua Setiausaha, Kementerian Dalam Negeri 3.Kerajaan Malaysia

Citation

01(i)-34-10/2019(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
Court

i
Case number

01(i)-34-10/2019(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)

Where paternity is known and established (including by DNA), 'father' in section 1(b) Part II means biological father and legitimacy at birth is irrelevant to entitlement to citizenship by operation of law; section 17 Part III is an enabling interpretive provision applicable only where the father is unknown (to avoid statelessness); Article 24 is inapplicable to persons whose Malaysian citizenship is not yet established.