MUSLIM INTESTATE SUCCESSION

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Muslim Intestate Succession Ordinance.

2. It is hereby declared that the law applicable to the intestacy of any deceased Muslim who at the time of his death was domiciled in Ceylon or was the owner of any immovable property in Ceylon shall be the Muslim law governing the sect to which such deceased Muslim belonged.

3. For the purposes of avoiding and removing all doubts it is hereby declared that the law applicable to donations not involving fideicommissa, usufructs and trusts, and made by Muslims domiciled in Ceylon or owning immovable property in Ceylon, shall be the Muslim law governing the sect to which the donor belongs:

Provided that no deed of donation shall be deemed to be irrevocable unless it is so stated in the deed, and the delivery of the deed to the donee shall be accepted as evidence of delivery of possession of the movable or the immovable property donated by the deed.

4.* It is hereby further declared that the principles of law prevailing in the Maritime provinces shall apply to all donations other than those to which the Muslim law is made applicable by section 3.

* Sections 5 to 24 omitted under section 6 (1) of the Revised Editions of the Legislative Enactments Acts.