Malaysia legislation

Section 88

of *ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORY) ACT 1984

Section 88

(a)

the father’s father;

(b)

the executor appointed by the father’s will;

(c)

the father’s executor’s executor;

(d)

the father’s father’s executor;

(e)

the father’s father’s executor’s executor:

Provided that he is a Muslim, an adult, sane, and worthy of trust.

(2)

The father shall have, at all times, the amplest power to make by will such dispositions as he thinks best relative to the guardianship of his minor children and the protection of their interests, provided that he is in full possession of his senses.

(3)

Subsection (1) shall not apply where the terms and conditions of the instrument vesting the property in the minor expressly exclude the persons mentioned therein from exercising guardianship over the

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property, and in that case the Court shall appoint a guardian of the property of the minor.

(4)

A person shall, for the purposes of guardianship of person and property, be deemed to be a minor unless he or she has completed the age of eighteen years.

Power over immovable and movable property

Section 88 — ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORY) ACT 1984