PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1959

Definition Section 2 – Interpretation


Administration : “with reference to the estate of a deceased person, letters of administration issued by the Court whether general or limited or with the will annexed or otherwise authorizing the person or persons therein named to administer the deceased person’s estate in accordance with law.”

Administrator : “means a person to whom administration is granted”.

Executor : “means a person to whom the execution of the last will of a deceased person is, by the testator’s appointment.

Person of unsound mind : means

1. a person found under
Section 10 of the Mental Disorder Ordinance, in Sarawak,
Section 5 of the Mental Disorder Ordinance,

 to be unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs.

2. a person certified insane by a medical practitioner under Section 4 of the Lunatics Ordinance.