JUDGMENT

Noorin Badaruddin J:

[1] This originating summons is filed by the Plaintiffs seeking a declaration that the 2nd Plaintiff is a Malaysian citizen in accordance with art 15A of the Federal Constitution ("FC") and various other reliefs.

Background Facts

[2] The 1st Plaintiff is a Malaysian citizen and was married to Mark Lewis Arputham, a Malaysian citizen on 8 January 2011.

[3] The 2nd Plaintiff was born on 2 June 2013 at a private clinic in Cheras. He was registered under s 12 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 at the National Registration Department on the same day. A Birth Certificate with registration number 0419981XA was issued to him, in which, the information of his father is stated to be unknown and his biological mother is Yuliana, an Indonesian citizen.

[4] The 2nd Plaintiff was adopted by the 1st Plaintiff who then made an application for adoption and the 2nd Plaintiff was legally adopted by the 1st Plaintiff pursuant to an Adoption Order given by the Sessions Court on 8 August 2014.

[5] Subsequently, the 1st Defendant issued a new birth certificate dated 18 August 2015 under the name of Ashton Hayden Arputham to the 2nd Plaintiff. The citizenship status of