Section 2
Interpretation
(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“date of legitimation” means the date of the marriage leading to the legitimation or, where the marriage occurred before the prescribed date, the prescribed date;
“disposition” means an assurance of any interest in property by any instrument, whether inter vivos or by will;
“intestate” includes a person who leaves a will but dies intestate as to some beneficial interest in his estate;
“legitimated person” means a person legitimated by this Act or by any of the written laws repealed by this Act, that is to say—
(a)
the Legitimacy Enactment of the Federated Malay
States [Cap. 69];
(b)
the Legitimacy Enactment of the State of Johore [En.
19 of 1936]; and
(c)
the Legitimacy Ordinance of the Straits Settlements
[Cap. 85];
“prescribed date” means—
(a)
in the case of the States of Perak, Selangor, Negeri
Sembilan and Pahang, the first day of January 1933;