5 Aug 2022
MAHISHA SULAIHA ABDUL MAJEED 1. ) KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA 2. ) MENTERI DALAM NEGERI MALAYSIA 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia
- Citation
- W-01(A)-273-06/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- A
- Case number
- W-01(A)-273-06/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Dissenting judge held that post-2001 Article 8(2) forbids gender discrimination in any law and, absent an express constitutional exemption (no non-obstante clause or amendment to Article 8(5) excluding citizenship), the courts must interpret Article 14(1)(b) read with s.1(b) Part II Second Schedule harmoniously and organically with Part II; applying s.2(94) Eleventh Schedule and constitutional interpretive principles, the word 'father' in s.1(b) must be read to include 'mother', thereby entitling children born overseas to Malaysian mothers married to non-citizens to citizenship by operation o…