Malaysia legislation

Section 1

of *SMALL ESTATES (DISTRIBUTION) ACT 1955

Section 1

(2)

In bringing this Act into force in Sarawak, the Minister may by order make such modifications thereto as he deems necessary in

*NOTE—In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan—see the Federal Territory of Labuan

(Modification of the Small Estate (Distribution) Act 1955) Order 2011 [P.U. (A) 20/2011] which comes into operation on 1 February 2011.

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relation to its application to the estates of deceased persons who at the time of their death were natives of Sarawak.

(2A)

This Act shall come into force in the Federal Territory of

Labuan on such date as the Minister may by order specify, and such order may provide for such modifications to this Act in its application in the Federal Territory of Labuan as the Minister may deem necessary, and also for the consequential repeal or amendment of any other written law in so far as it applies in the Federal Territory of Labuan.

Interpretation