Customary Law in Malaysia : Adat Perpatih

Adat

•  Malay community in Peninsular Malaysia have to undergo adat and islamic law other than general law which is applicable to other communities in Malaysia.
•  Adat has play a major role in Malay community for many centuries as "adat" has reflected the importances of their lives.
• The "adat" term in Malaysia refer as Customary Law.

Adat Perpatih

• Adat perpatih is applicable in Negeri Sembilan and Naning in Melaka only.
• This adat is wholly relates to democratic matrilineal adat / customary law.

Female members priorities in Adat Perpatih ;

• Ancestral properties such as land , lineage , inheritance and election of members of YDP and lembaga are assigned to female members.
• Female members owns the rights to hold the property in trust behalf of the family respectively.
• Female members can only inherited in equal shares of property according to the Will.
• Land or any properties is entitled under female members who is forming the permanents members for their customary law.
• All female member will associate with a piece of land based on the custom.
• The properties that the female members holds will passes through all the ancestry female members of Adat Perpatih customary law.

Female members of adat perpatih

Men members & Marriage custom in Adat Perpatih;

• Men in Adat Perpatih does not belong to any properties. A man is considered as from his mother's tribe until get married , once get married he belongs to his wife's tribe.
• According to the adat , the male members are repay if their marriage occurs outside of a tribe whereas any unmarried male members hold the rights of property of their mothers.
• Inter - tribal marriage is strictly offence in their adat perpatih custom law.

Below the female members position of Adat Perpatih;

• According to local malay term :  
  

Source: http://itslaw.blogspot.com/2010/09/adat.html