Malaysia legislation
Section 29
Section 29
Absent persons
Where a person who would be entitled to representation is absent from Malaysia, the following provisions shall apply:
(a)
where an executor appointed by a will is absent from
Malaysia, and there is no other executor within Malaysia willing to act, letters of administration with the will annexed may be granted to a duly authorized attorney of the absent executor, limited until he obtains probate for himself, and in the meantime to any purpose to which the attorney’s authority is limited;
(b)
where any person to whom letters of administration with the will annexed might be granted under section 16 is absent from Malaysia, letters of administration with the will annexed may be granted to his duly authorized attorney, limited as described in paragraph (a);
(c)
where a person entitled to letters of administration in case of intestacy is absent from Malaysia, and no person equally entitled is willing to act, letters of administration may be granted to an authorized attorney of the absent person, limited until he shall obtain a grant himself; and
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(d)
the Court shall have regard to section 7 of the *Diplomatic and Consular Privileges Ordinance 1957 [Ord. 53 of 1957].
Discretion of Court as to persons to whom administration is to be granted