[1] This application by the Applicant raises the following main issue for determination:

"Whether by virtue of an adoption order, an adopted child is entitled as of right and/or by operation of law to be registered as a citizen of Malaysia pursuant to the provisions of Article 14(1) (b) of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia (Constitution)?"

Background Facts

[2] The Applicant had on 9 July 2012 filed in a Petition for Adoption in the Georgetown Sessions Court for an adoption order to adopt a child who is known as "Chin Jia Nee" (hereinafter referred to as "the Child") under the provisions provided in the Adoption Act 1952 .

[3] The Sessions Court had on 9 November 2012, in the presence of the officer from Penang Social Welfare Department qua the Guardian Ad-Litem to the Child appointed by the Sessions Court on 10 August 2012 together with the Applicant and the Child, granted an adoption order of the Child to the Appli