How may an illegitimate child be named when registered with the National Registration Department?

Summary

The Penang State Fatwa Committee decided that an illegitimate child whose birth register bears the Section 13 notation under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 may be registered using several naming methods. The child may be linked by lineage to Abdullah or an Asmaul Husna name, or be given the child's own name alone without any lineage attribution. The child's name may also be combined with the biological father's name or that of a man who acknowledges paternity, with or without lineage attribution. If the man responsible for the birth is named Abdullah or an Asmaul Husna name, the child is named bin or binti another Asmaul Husna name using the prefix Abdul.

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