ENACTMENT NO. 6 OF 1985 ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYARIAH COURT ENACTMENT 1985
PART III - JURISDICTION OF SYARIAH COURT
Section 14. Inheritence Certificates.
(1) If in the course of any proceeding relating to the administration or distribution of the estate of a deceased person who profess the religion of Islam any Civil Court or authority which is under a duty to determine the persons entitled to the share in the estate or the shares to which such persons are respectively entitled may request the Court of District Kadi, if the gross value of the estate does not exceed twenty five thousand ringgit, or the Court of Kadi Besar to certify upon the facts submitted to that Court, its opinion as to the persons who are entitled to share in the estate and the shares to which they are entitled.
(2) The Court of Kadi Besar and the Court of District Kadi may on the application of a person claiming to be a beneficiary and on payment by him of the prescribed fee similarly certify its opinion upon facts submitted and may in any case before certifying its opinion require to hear the parties on a question of law, but shall not hear evidence or make findings on any question of facts. In any case of special difficulty the Kadi Besar or District Kadi may refer the question to the Syariah Court of Appeal for its opinion and shall, if such opinion is given, certify in accordance therewith.