ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1955 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT 1955
PART IV - RELIGIOUS COURTS
Section 27. Inheritance Certificates.
If in the course of any proceedings relating to the Inheritance administration or distribution of the estate of a deceased person who professed the Muslim religion any Civil Court which is under a duty to determine the persons entitle to share in the estate or the shares to which such person respectively entitled may request the Court of a Kathi, if the gross value of the estate does not exceed $5,000, or the Court of a Chief Kathi to certified upon the facts submitted by that Court" its opinion as to the persons who are entitled to share in the estate and the shares to which they are entitled.
The Court of the Chief Kathi or a Kathi 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 any question of law, but shall not hear evidence or make findings on any question of fact. In any case of special difficulty the Chief Kathi or a Kathi may refer the question to the Legal Committee for its opinion and shall, if such opinion be given, certify in accordance therewith.