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
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- Case number
- 01(i)-34-10/2019(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
The qualification for citizenship by operation of law under Article 14(1)(b) must be satisfied at the time of birth; for an illegitimate child Section 17 of Part III applies to construe parent/father references as the mother, so the child's citizenship follows the mother; subsequent legitimisation by parents' marriage or other statutes cannot alter the birthright criteria in the Constitution; Article 24 deprivation is irrelevant to the threshold question whether citizenship was acquired by operation of law.