MahWengKwai & Associates offers you a personalised will
writing service. Our lawyers will answer your questions, advise you
and help you to write your will to suit your circumstances and your
wishes. If you so require, you may also deposit your original will
with us for safe-keeping.
For your benefit, we have set out below our answers to some
frequently asked questions regarding wills for non-Muslims in
peninsular Malaysia. We hope you find the information helpful.
1. What is a will?
In simple terms, a will is a document which contains a
person's intentions on the distribution of his or her assets at
death.
Section 2 of the Wills Act 1959 defines a will in technical
terms as "a declaration intended to have legal effect of the
intentions of a testator with respect to his property or other
matters which he desires to be carried into effect after his death
and includes a testament, a codicil and an appointment by will or
by writing in the nature of a will in
