Malaysia Distribution Act 1958
Throughout his her life is part of the estate and the pension received after death is the property of the government of malaysia.
Malaysia distribution act 1958. The father mother husband wife children or offspring issues descendants etc. Act 300laws of malaysia4 distribution 5 laws of malaysia act 300 distribution act 1958 an act relating to the law of distribution of intestate estates. The law which provides for the distribution of the property of a person who dies intestate is contained in the distribution act 1958 distribution act as amended by the distribution amendment act 1997 which came into force on 31 august 1997.
Who will inherit my assets under the distribution act 1958. Section 6 of the distribution act 1958 sets out various scenarios for intestacy and provides a fixed formula for the distribution of the person s assets. Sarawak 12 december 1986 p u.
Spouse issue parents. The following are some examples. 1 this act may be cited as the distribution act 1958.
Sujata balan yong chiu mei. Leaving a spouse issue and parents. For non muslim administrator will distribute the estates according to proportion fixed by abovementioned distribution act 1958 for west malaysia and sarawak and the intestate succession ordinance 1968 for sabah.
Even if there are no difficulties with having many beneficiaries or with finding them the application of the intestacy law in malaysia will create other difficulties as shown below be it the distribution act 1958 or the intestate succession ordinance 1960. In 1984 two academic staff of the faculty of law of the university of malaya namely associate professors p balan and rafiah salim as they then were published a comprehensive article on the law of intestate distribution of non muslims under the. D is t r ib.
A 446 1986 short title and application 1. Unannotated statutes of malaysia principal acts distribution act 1958 act 300 distribution act 1958 act 300 5 persons held to be similarly related to deceased. Act 300 distribution act 1958 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 1968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006.
Principal acts distribution act 1958 act 300 distribution act 1958 act 300 7 trusts in favour of issue and other classes of relatives of intestate. In the case of non muslims the rightful beneficiaries are stated in the distribution act 1958 i e. The laws of malaysia series lom is a compilation and reprint of laws published in volume form pursuant to section 14 a of the revision of laws act 1968 act 1 it is the only official and authentic publication of the laws of malaysia.
