PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950

1 LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 205 PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 2 PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950 First enacted Revised ... ... ... ... … ... 1950 (Ordinance No. 16 of 1950) ... ... ... ... … ... … 1978 (Act 205 w.e.f. 1 June 1978) PREVIOUS REPRINT First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2001 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 205 PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Presumption of survivorship in regard to claim to property 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 205 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 205 PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950 An Act to provide for presumption of survivorship in regard to claims to property. [Peninsular Malaysia—23 May 1950; Sabah and Sarawak—25 February 1965] Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Presumption of Survivorship Act 1950. Presumption of survivorship in regard to claim to property 2. In all cases where two or more persons die in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived the other or others, such deaths shall (subject to any order of the court) for all purposes affecting the title to property be presumed to have occured in order of seniority and accordingly the younger shall be deemed to have survived the elder. 6 Laws of Malaysia ACT 205 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 205 PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title In force from L.N. 66/1965 Modification of Laws (Presumptions of Survivorship (Extension)) Order 1965 25-02-1965 7 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 205 PRESUMPTION OF SURVIVORSHIP ACT 1950 LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority – NIL – DICETAK OLEH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD, KUALA LUMPUR BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA In force from