Probate and Administration Act 1959 s 1
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s 1 Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Probate and Administration Act 1959, and shall come into force on such date as the Minister may by notification in the Gazette appoint and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of this Act in different States, and in the case of Sabah and Sarawak, he may appoint different dates for different provisions of this Act.
(2) In bringing this Act into force in Sarawak the Minister may by order make such modifications thereto as he deems necessary in consequence of any modifications made to the Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955 [Act 98], under subsection 1(2) of that Act.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Akta ini bolehlah dinamakan Akta Probet dan Tajuk Pentadbiran 1959, dan hendaklan mula berkuatkuasa dan mula pada tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui berkuarkuasa. pemberitahuan dalam Warta dan Menteri boleh ka menetapkan tarikh yang berlainan bagi bermulanya kuatkuasa Akta ini dalam Negeri yang berlainan; dan dalam hal Sabah dan Sarawak, dia boleh menetapkan tarikh yang berlainan bagi peruntukan yang berlainan dalam Akta ini.
(2) Dalam menjadikan Akta ini berkuatkuasa di
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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).
