Probate and Administration Act 1959 s 35
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s 35 Administration bond
(1) Unless the Court in any particular case otherwise orders—
(a) in the case of administrations, whether with or without will annexed, the person to whom the grant is made or on whose behalf it is sealed shall give security for the due administration of the estate;
(b) no security shall be required where the gross value of the estate does not exceed fifty thousand ringgit.
(2) The security shall ordinarily be by bond in the prescribed form by the grantee and two sureties, in the amount at which the estate within the jurisdiction is sworn, without deduction of any debts due by the deceased, other than debts secured by mortgage or charge; but the Court may for any sufficient reason increase or decrease the number of sureties or dispense with them, and may reduce the amount of the bond, and the Court in exercising its discretion shall consider the standing of the parties, the nature of the property, the amount of the debts and the extent of the administrator’s personal interest in the distributive share of the estate.
(3) Where a trust corporation has obtained administration it shall not be required to give security.
(4) When the administrator is entitled to the whole of the estate after payment of the debts, sureties in the bond may ordinarily be dispensed with by the Registrar.
(5) Sureties may be required by the Registrar to justify.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Melainkan jika Mahkamah memerintahkan Bor selainnya dalam apa-apa hal tertentu-
(a) dalam hal pentadbiran-pentadbiran, sama ada 4508.] dengan atau tanpa wasiat terlampir, orang yang untuknya pemberian itu telah dibuatkan atau yang bagi pihaknya pemberian telah dimeteraikan hendaklah memberikan jaminan bagi pentadbiran wajar akan harta pusaka;
(b) tiada jaminan dikehendaki jika nilai kasar harta pusaka tidak melebihi lima puluh ribu ringgit.
(2) Jaminan hendaklah pada lazimnya berupa bon dalam borang yang ditetapkan yang diberikan oleh penerima pemberıan itu dengan dua orang penjamin, dalam amaun yang mengikutnya harta pusaka yang berada dalam bidang cuasa dinyatakan dengan bersumpah, tanpa penolaka apa-apa hutang yang kena dibayar oleh si mati, selaiı daripada hutang-hutang yang bercagarkan gadai-janji atau gadaıan; tetapi Mahkamah boleh atas apa-apa sebab yan‹ nencukupi menambahkan atau mengurangkan bilangaı penjamin-penjamin atau mengenepikan mereka, dan boleh mengurangkan amaun bon itu, dan Mahkamah pada redidlakan pibudi biar, jyis harta, lah aun hulang dar uaka pani soten dit prkabir da am un ntam ata
(3) Jika sesuatu perbadanan amanah telah mendapatkan pentadbiran ia tidaklah dikehendaki memberikan jaminan.
(4) Apabila pentadbir mendapat hak ke atas kesemua ança misakgi son pas pembayaran letanep peramnin
(5) Penjamin-penjamin boleh dikehendaki oleh Pendaftar untuk memberikan justifikasi tentang kelayakan mereka. kadar, tanpa mengutamakan hutangnya sendiri.
Penyerahhakan bon Pelepasan bon pentadbiran.
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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).
