This Act may be cited as the Presumption of Survivorship Act 1950.
SourceAct 205
Presumption of Survivorship Act 1950
Akta anggapan kepenakatan 1950
An Act to provide for presumption of survivorship in regard to claims to property.
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In all cases where two or more persons die in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived the other or others, such deaths shall (subject to any order of the court) for all purposes affecting the title to property be presumed to have occured in order of seniority and accordingly the younger shall be deemed to have survived the elder.
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Presumption of Survivorship Act 1950 [Act 205] (Laws of Malaysia, lom.agc.gov.my). Retrieved via LawPlayer, https://lawplayer.com/my/act/act-205
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).