JPN bound by legitimacy order in marriage case
Judge says national registration department’s records ‘must yield to the court’s judgment’.
In a ruling that highlights the importance of court orders over bureaucratic records, the High Court in Melaka has declared that the national registration department (JPN) must process a woman's marriage registration despite doubts raised by its own files. Judicial commissioner K Raja Segaran ruled that JPN cannot refuse to register the woman's marriage based on its database, as it had previously consented to a court order declaring her a legitimate child from a 2011 legal proceeding.
The woman, born in 2001, sought marriage registration under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, but JPN rejected her application, citing concerns about her legitimacy and her father's recorded religion in its database. The court ruled that JPN is bound by the 2011 judgment and must process her application within 30 days, ignoring any doubts about her legitimacy or her father's religious affiliation.
The ruling emphasizes that once a court has validated a person's status, no subsequent doubts or differing records should hinder the implementation of that status.
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