Section 23
Jurisdiction
of Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955
(1)
The Land Administrator of the district in which is located the tribe or section of a tribe of which the deceased was a member shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the estate under this Act:
Provided that if the value of the estate exceeds five thousand ringgit, the hearing of any petition for distribution shall be before one or more officers nominated for that purpose by the Menteri Besar of the State of Negeri Sembilan and the officer shall have all the powers of a Land Administrator having jurisdiction over the estate under this
Act.
(2)
Where the deceased has left customary estate in addition to other property, the Land Administrator or other officer nominated
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under this section shall, wherever practicable, fix the hearing of the application under section 10 of the Enactment for the same time and place as the hearing under section 12 of this Act.