Navigating Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA) 1966: Essential Estate and Financial Planning for Muslim Families in Singapore.

Programme Highlights

Don't leave your family's inheritance to chance. Understand how Singapore’s laws impact your assets and how to plan effectively.

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Singapore is one of a rare country where we have 2 sets of intestacy laws. One of them is the AMLA. Muslim financial and estate planning have very different planning considerations compared to non-Muslim. Therefore, it is important for advisers to have working knowledge in this area, including the historical events in Singapore leading to the evolvement of having AMLA in a secular country.

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7 CPD Hours
Mode: Face-to-face training
Date: 27 May 2026
Time: 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Key Learning Outcomes

Understand the historical and statutory position of AMLA.

The objectives of forced heirship in Muslim estate planning.

The financial and estate planning views from MUIS.

Using the Singapore’s Syariah Court website to craft estate planning solutions for Muslims.

Programme Detail

Understand the history and statutory position of AMLA.

Historical events and context which shape Singapore’s position today.
Examining the relevant sections of AMLA pertaining to financial and estate planning.

Forced Heirship rules in Muslim estate planning

The financial and estate planning views from Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura [MUIS]

CPF nomination
Life insurance trust nomination
Life insurance revocable nomination
Planned giving
Trust planning

Effects of Death, illness, longevity, special situations scenario on Muslim clients

Integrating personal financial statements into estate and trust planning relevant to Muslim clients.

Case Studies

Programme Leader

Mr. Allen Lim, IBF Fellow.

Allen Lim is the founding director of Advisers’ Harbour, a brand under Retirement and Inheritance Planning Consultancy Pte Ltd, providing estate planning and wealth succession advisory services to family-owned businesses and generational wealth owners in Singapore and ASEAN. Known for his technical expertise, scenario-based analysis and trend-driven case studies, he is a founding member and president of the Asia Estate Planning Association(AEPA) and led the creation of the Chartered Estate Planning Adviser (CEPA) programme in 2024 to raise professional standards in estate planning. His expertise is recognised by industry bodies including the Singapore College of Insurance (SCI) and THAIFA, and he was conferred IBF Fellow (Financial Planning) by the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore in 2021. He also founded the “Help Me Read a Book” initiative to promote serious reading skills among youths and working professionals in Singapore.

Allen holds the following qualifications:

CharteredLife Underwriter (CLU)
CharteredFinancial Consultant (ChFC)
CertifiedHNW Adviser
Certificatein Law (Estate Planning)
Masterof Management
AdvancedCertificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA)
FellowChartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) (Thailand)
CertifiedLegacy Planning Associate (CLPA)

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