We can see from this diagram that there are 19 respondents (equivalent to 63.3% of the total respondents) who agree that there are different laws governing inheritance matters for Muslims and non-Muslims. In practice, the non-Muslims are solely subject to civil law statutes such as Wills Act 1959 and Distribution Act 1958 while dealing with inheritance matters. With regards to these legal frameworks, the law governing testacy inheritance will be the Wills Act 1959 while the Distribution Act 1958 normally come into play in the event when the deceased died intestate. In contrast, the estate administration for Muslims will be governed by both civil and Shariah law on the account that each of them possesses exclusive authorities in particular regions of inheritance. The court recognition of Islamic law as the governing law of property for Muslims has been expressly provided under Section 25 of the Civil Law Act 1956. In accordance with this statutory provision, Islamic law shall have its position with respect to the disposal and devolution of property among Muslims where the application of English Law principles shall be limited to the extent of non-Muslims.

It can be noticed that more than one-third of the respondents (11 out of 30 respondents) claim that they lack understanding of the duality of inheritance law in Malaysia. This is most likely due to their unawareness of the 9th Schedule of the Federal Constitution which excludes Muslims from the rule of inheritance. However, both sets of inheritance laws are indeed in a parallel position to each other, and it has consequently led to the uniqueness of inheritance law in Malaysia.