Where is the child expected to go and how does he live in this country with no citizenship status? theSun theSundaily citizenship Malaysia news Children Opinion
we enter the new year, with a new government to boot, there is a crying need to turn the sad chapter on Malaysia’s lack of caring attitude to its most vulnerable populace.
Under a provision of the Federal Constitution, the child takes on the nationality of the mother, which is all well and good as the mother will usually be the one naturally attached to the child and undertake his caring and nurturing. An enlightened Federal Court decision held that a child discovered to be abandoned is accorded citizenship by operation of law unless the authorities can prove otherwise.
But some court decisions say that the time at which you determine the child’s status is at the date of the application for citizenship status and as he was illegitimate at birth, that status remains and is perpetuated.Any parent can petition the court for the legitimisation of the child.
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