Section 15. Inheritance certificates. (SYARIAH COURT (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 2001

ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 2001
SYARIAH COURT (TERENGGANU) ENACTMENT 2001

PART III - APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND JURISDICTION OF SYARIAH COURTS

Section 15. Inheritance certificates.

If in the course of any proceedings relating to the administration or distribution of the estate of a deceased Muslim, any Court or authority, other than the Syariah High Court or a Syariah Subordinate Court is under a duty to determine-

(a)

the persons entitled to share in the estate; or

(b)

the shares to which such persons are respectively entitled,

the Syariah Court may, on the application of any person who claims to be a beneficiary or his representative, and on payment of the prescribe fee, certify the facts found by it and its opinion as to the persons who are entitled to share in the estate and as to shares which they are respectively entitled.