Section 124. Persons deceased or under disability. (ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986

ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1986
ADMINISTRATION OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ENACTMENT 1986

PART III- SYAR'IAH COURTS

Procedure in Civil Proceedings

Section 124. Persons deceased or under disability.

(1) No person shall represent or act on behalf of the estate of a deceased person except a lawfully appointed administrator or executor who has proved the will, but a beneficiary may claim his share of the estate of a deceased person against any person unlawfully in possession of any assets of the deceased.

(2) If any party to any proceedings has not attained baligh, or is a person of unsound mind, the Court may appoint any fit and proper person, having no interest adverse to him, to represent him in the proceedings.

(3) The lawful or natural guardian of a minor, or the committee of a person of unsound mind, if any, shall ordinarily be appointed under subsection (2), if willing to act.