13 Feb 2020
Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara Kerajaan Malaysia Seorang Kanak-Kanak M.E.M.K. N.A.W. PENCELAH Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Johor
- Citation
- 01(f)-43-09/2017(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- f
- Case number
- 01(f)-43-09/2017(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
Section 13A BDRA, which permits insertion of a 'surname', is inapplicable to Malay Muslims who do not use hereditary surnames; the DGNR may lawfully take into account the applicable Islamic personal law when registering births of Muslims and may refuse to ascribe an illegitimate Muslim child to his biological father where state Islamic law prohibits such ascription; however the DGNR had no legal basis to impose the National Fatwa requiring 'bin Abdullah' in Johor without the fatwa being adopted and gazetted by the Johor authority; the notation 'Permohonan Seksyen 13' is a factual record and n…