ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1966
KELANTAN COUNCIL OF RELIGION AND MALAY CUSTOM ENACTMENT, 1966

PART III - FINANCIAL
CHARITABLE TRUSTS



Section 16. Bait-ul-Mal Kelantan Enactment. No. 1 of 1953.

(1) The fund known as the Bait-ul-Mal instituted by the Majlis Ugama Islam and Istiadat Melayu Enactment or under any other written law and all investments and assets thereof shall, on the coming into force of this Enactment forthwith vest in the Majlis in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter set out.

(2) Where a Muslim dies in circumstances under the provisions of Islamic law and share of his estate is due to the Bait-ul-Mal the said share shall vest in and form part of the fund.

(3) Every executor of the will of a deceased Muslim and every administrator of the estate of a deceased Muslim shall, if there be any share of the deceased's estate due to the Bait-ul-Mal in the State, report the fact to the President of the Majlis and furnish him with a true and full account of the value and nature of the estate within one month of obtaining probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, or within such further time as the President may in writing allow.

(4) Every executor or administration as aforesaid shall pay to the Majlis the equivalent cash value of the share of the estate due to the Bait-ul-Mal within one month of the service on him of a notice from the Majlis demanding the same or within such furthertime as the President may in writing allow, provided that the President may allow further time on such terms as he may think fit.

(5) No executor or administrator as aforesaid shall apply to any Court for his discharge until he shall have produced a certificate from the President that no share of the estate is due to the Bail-ul-Mal or that the share so due has been paid.




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