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s 25 Probate of copy or draft or of contents
Where a will has been lost or mislaid after the death of the testator, or where a will cannot for any sufficient reason be produced—
(a) if a copy or draft thereof is produced, and it appears that the copy or draft is identical in terms with the original, probate may be granted of the copy or draft, limited until the original is admitted to probate; and
(b) if no copy or draft thereof is produced, probate may be granted of the contents of the will, if they can be sufficiently established, limited as above described, unless the will is a privileged will not in writing.
Malay text (authoritative)
Jika sesuatu wasiat telah hilang atau tersalah letak Probet bagi selepas kematian pewasiat, atau jika sesuatu wasiat tidak salinan atau selepas dikemukakan kerana apa-apa sebab yang kandaar baği mencukupi-
(a) maka sekiranya salinan atau draf wasiat itu
Wasiat termusnah. salinan atau draf wasiat itu, terhad sehingga wasiat yang asal dimasukkan untuk mendapatkan probet; dan
(b) maka sekiranya tiada salinan atau draf wasiat yang dikemukakan, probet boleh diberikan bagi kandungan wasiat itu, jika ia dapat dibuktikan dengan secukupnya, terhad sebagaimana yang diperihalkan di atas, melainkan jika wasiat itu adalah suatu wasiat istimewa yang tidak bertulis.
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).
