Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
“letters of administration” means the official grant of representation issued to the representative of a person dying intestate;
“probate” means the official grant of representation issued to the representative of a person dying testate;
“Probate Officer” means—
†(a) in Kuching in respect of Malay and Dayak estates the District Officer, and in respect of all other estates the person appointed in that behalf by the Minister by notification in the Sarawak Government Gazette‡ such person being known by such title as the Minister may by notification direct:
(b)
elsewhere the
Officer-in-Charge of the
District.
*
This Ordinance has been declared Federal Law by F.L.N. 200/65 and shall be repealed when the
Probate and Administration Act 1959 [Act 97] is brought into force in Sarawak.
†
Am. Act 5/65, Act 26/67 and Reprint Commissioner.
‡
The Probate Officer, Public Trustee’s Office, Kuching — G.N. 1653/67.
Amanah Raya Berhad Kuching w.e.f. 1.8.1995 [P.U.(B) 351/95] see s. 43 of the Public Trust
Corporation Act 1995 [Act 532].
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Jurisdiction of Probate Officer