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Legitimacy Act 1961 s 7

Legitimacy Act 1961 s 7

s 7 Succession on intestacy of legitimated persons and their issue

Where a legitimated person or a child or remoter issue of a legitimated person dies intestate in respect of any of his property the same persons shall be entitled to take the same interests therein as they would have been entitled to take if the legitimated person had been born legitimate.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pewarisan apabila orang disahtarafkan dan zuriatnya mati tidak berwasiat

Jika orang disahtarafkan atau anak atau zuriat jauh orang disahtarafkan mati tidak berwasiat berkenaan dengan mana-mana hartanya orang yang sama berhak mengambil kepentingan yang sama mengenai harta itu sebagaimana yang mereka akan berhak mengambilnya jika orang disahtarafkan itu telah dilahirkan sah taraf.

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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).

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