Legitimacy Act 1961 s 6
s 6 Rights of legitimated persons to take interests in property
(1) Subject to this Act, a legitimated person and his spouse, children or more remoter issue shall be entitled to take any interest—
(a) in the estate of an intestate dying after the date of legitimation;
(b) under any disposition coming into operation after the date of legitimation, in like manner as if the legitimated person had been born legitimate.
(2) Where the right to any property depends on the relative seniority of the children of any person, and these children include one or more legitimated persons, the legitimated person or persons shall rank as if he or they had been born on the day when he or they became legitimated by virtue of this Act, and if more than one such legitimated person became legitimated at the same time they shall rank as between themselves in order of seniority.
(3) This section applies only if and so far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the disposition, and shall have effect
Legitimacy
subject to the terms of the disposition and to the provisions contained therein.
Malay text (authoritative)
Hak orang disahtarafkan untuk mengambil kepentingan mengenai harta
(1) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, orang disahtarafkan dan suami atau isterinya, anaknya atau zuriat lebih jauhnya berhak mengambil apa-apa kepentingan—
Kesahtarafan
(a) mengenai harta pusaka seseorang yang mati tidak berwasiat yang mati selepas tarikh pengesahtarafannya;
(b) di bawah apa-apa pemberian yang mula berkuat kuasa selepas tarikh pengesahtarafannya,
mengikut cara yang sama seolah-olah orang disahtarafkan itu telah dilahirkan sah taraf.
(2) Jika hak mengenai apa-apa harta bergantung kepada yang mana yang lebih tua antara anak mana-mana orang, dan anak ini termasuk seorang yang disahtarafkan atau lebih, orang disahtarafkan itu hendaklah diberi kedudukan seolah-olah dia atau mereka telah dilahirkan pada hari dia atau mereka menjadi sah taraf menurut kuasa Akta ini, dan jika lebih daripada seorang yang disahtarafkan sedemikian menjadi sah taraf pada masa yang sama mereka hendaklah diberi kedudukan, sesama mereka sendiri, mengikut siapa yang lebih tua.
(3) Seksyen ini terpakai hanya jika dan setakat maksud yang bertentangan tidak dinyatakan dalam pemberian itu, dan hendaklah berkuat kuasa tertakluk kepada terma pemberian itu dan kepada peruntukan yang terkandung dalamnya.
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Find Act 60 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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).
