Amendments to existing laws have been drafted to raise majority age to 18 | Children's Act, 2005 Article 1 |
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The age of majority is reached upon reaching eighteen years of age | The latter contracts all the obligations of persons of full age and acquires the specific rights that are reserved for such persons, with a few exceptions |
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7"Adult" means an individual who has attained the age of eighteen years, "child" means an individual who has not attained the age of eighteen years | The Commissioner of Law Revision, Malaysia |
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This Code refers to the adolescent as the minor who turned thirteen years of age | The minor is the individual of either sex who is not yet eighteen years old |
The date of birth shall be included in full for the calculation of legal age.
18Legal age begins upon turning eighteen | Retrieved on 11 April 2012 |
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This means that the quality of citizen is attained while a person is still a minor, thus involving the assumption of the status of minor adult | org Malta Civil Code Section 157• Retrieved on 11 April 2012 |
Before reaching the age of majority, full legal capacity is acquired by being granted legal capacity or by entering into marriage.
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