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National Land Code (Revised - 2020) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 828 2020, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2020.

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National Land Code (Revised - 2020) contains 391 sections.

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Enacted: 2020
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Front matterNational Land Code 1
PreambleAn Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to land and land tenure, the registration of title to land and of dealings therewith and...
PreambleWHEREAS it is desired to introduce in the form of a National Land Code a uniform land system within the States of Johore, Kedah, Kelantan,...
Section 1Short title
Section 2Application
Section 3Commencement
Section 4Savings
Section 5Interpretation
ChapterChapter 1—Powers of the Federation and of Federal Officers
TextDirector General of Lands and Mines (Federal) and other
Section 6Federal Officers
Section 7Delegation of Minister’s powers to Director General
Section 8General powers of Director General
Section 9National Land Council: initiation of action with respect to certain matters
Section 10Regulation of procedure, etc., of Survey and Mapping Department
ChapterChapter 2—Powers of the States and of State Officers
Section 11Administrative areas
Section 12State Director and other State Officers
Section 12(1) There shall be established a Land Executive Committee for the Federal Territory consisting of—
Section 12“Land Executive Committee, Registrar and other officers
Section 13Delegation of powers of State Authority to State Director, etc.
Section 14Power of State Authority to make rules
Section 15General powers of State Director, etc.
ChapterChapter 4;
Section 16Actions by and against the State Authority
Section 17Power to require removal, etc., of trees
Section 18Power to consolidate notices, orders and notifications
(c)administer oaths and affirmations, examine any witness on oath or affirmation, summon any person before him, take and record the evidence o...
(d)with the approval of the State Secretary, inspect and take copies of any documents available in any public office in the State;
(e)by a notice in Form 2b, require any person or body—
(i)to produce for inspection or any other purpose provided under this Act, any document of title, or other document relating to land, in his p...
(f)require any application made to him pursuant to the provisions of this Act to be supported by such affidavit or statutory declaration as he...
(g)exercise all other powers conferred on him by this Act, and all such powers ancillary or incidental thereto as may be reasonably necessary...
(2)The Director of Survey and Mapping, the Deputy Director of Survey and Mapping and any other Survey Officer may for the purposes of this Act...
(3)Any other officer appointed under subsection 12(1) and authorized by the State Director either generally or specially in that behalf may fo...
ChapterChapter 3—General provisions relating to officers, etc.
Section 19Information to be kept secret
Section 20Purchase of land by officers, etc.
Section 21Officers to be public servants
Section 22Protection of officers
ChapterChapter 4—Provisions relating to enquiries
Section 23Interpretation
Section 24Conduct of enquiry
Section 25Time and place of enquiry
Section 26Enquiry to be open to public
Section 27Notice of enquiry
Section 28Cancellation and postponement of enquiries, and change of venue
Section 29Hearing of enquiry
Section 30Veracity of evidence
Section 31Substance of evidence and reasons for decision to be recorded
Section 32Inspection of record of evidence, etc.
Section 33No alteration, etc., of decision or order
Section 34Re-opening of enquiry
Section 35Death etc., of Land Administrator
Section 36Former applications
Section 37Appeal
Section 38Costs of enquiry
Section 39Application of Penal Code
ChapterChapter 1—Property in land and powers of disposal
Section 40Property in State land, minerals and rock material
Section 41Powers of disposal of State Authority, and rights in reversion, etc.
Section 42Powers of disposal
Section 43Persons and bodies to whom land may be disposed of
Section 44Extent of disposal: general
Section 45Extent of disposal: minerals, rock material and forest produce
Section 46Reversion, etc., to the State Authority
Section 47Buildings to vest in State Authority on reversion, etc.
Section 48No adverse possession against the State
Section 49Effect of advance or retreat of sea, etc.
Section 50Power of State Authority to vary provisions, extend time, etc.
ChapterChapter 2—Classification and use of land
TextClassification
Section 51Classification of land
Section 52Categories of land use and application thereof to lands alienated under this Act
Section 53(1) This section applies to all land alienated before the commencement of this Act other than land which, immediately before that commencem...
Section 54Application of categories of land use to lands alienated before commencement
Section 55Application of section 53 to lands approved before commencement
Section 56Application of section 54 to lands approved before commencement
ChapterChapter 3—Rights of access to, and use of, alienated lands
Section 57General
Section 58Nature and extent of rights
Section 59Notice of intended works
Section 60Objection to intended works
Section 61Compensation
ChapterChapter 1—Reservation of land
Section 62Power of reservation of State land
Section 63Power to lease reserved land
Section 64Revocation of reservation
ChapterChapter 2—Temporary occupation of land
Section 65Power to licence temporary occupation of State land, mining land and reserved land
Section 66Issue of temporary occupation licences
Section 67Duration, conditions, etc., and form of temporary occupation licences
Section 68Temporary occupation licences not capable of transfer or transmission on death
Section 69Combined temporary occupation licence and permit under
ChapterChapter 3
(1)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection 65(2), the purposes for which a temporary occupation licence may be issued shall include...
(2)So far as it authorizes the extraction and removal of rock material from land, a temporary occupation licence shall, notwithstanding that i...
ChapterChapter 3—Removal of rock material
Section 70Power to permit extraction, removal and transportation of rock material
Section 71Issue of permits
Section 72Duration, conditions, etc., and form of permits
Section 73Permits not capable of transfer or transmission on death
Section 74Deposits in respect of permits
Section 75Effect of permits on conditions affecting land
ChapterChapter 4—Permit to use air space above
TextState land and reserved land
(a)such fee as may be prescribed;
(b)details of the structure to be erected and maintained, and a plan thereof as approved by the appropriate planning authority; and
(c)in the case of an application involving the use of air space for the purpose of erecting a structure on or over reserved land, a letter of...
(2)The State Authority may, if it is satisfied that it is necessary in the circumstances of the case to allow the air space to be used for the...
(2)A permit issued under this Chapter may be cancelled by the State Authority at its discretion at any time before the date of expiry of the p...
(3)Where a permit is cancelled under subsection (2), there shall be paid to the person or body to which it was issued such compensation as may...
ChapterChapter 1—Introductory
Section 76Meaning of alienation
(a)for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years; (aa) in perpetuity—
(i)where the Federal Government requires the State Authority to cause a grant in perpetuity to be made to the Federal Government or to a publi...
(ii)where the State Authority is satisfied that the land is to be used for a public purpose; or
(iii)where the State Authority is satisfied that there are special circumstances which render it appropriate to do so;
(b)in consideration of the payment of an annual rent;
(c)in consideration, unless the State Authority thinks fit to exempt therefrom in any particular case, of the payment of a premium;
(d)subject, unless the State Authority otherwise directs pursuant to subsection 52(5), to a category of land use determined in accordance with...
(1)substitute for paragraph (a) the following paragraph: “(a) for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, provided that any alienation exceedi...
(2)delete subparagraph (aa)(i);
(3)in the proviso, substitute for the words “by the State Authority before the commencement thereof” the words “under any previous land law be...
(e)subject to such conditions and restrictions in interest as may be imposed by the State Authority under, or are applicable thereto by virtue...
Section 77Titles under which land may be alienated
(1)The titles under which State land may be alienated under this Act are—
(a)Registry title and Land Office title (being forms of final title); and
(b)qualified title.
(2)Land may be alienated under qualified title at any time after its alienation has been approved by the State Authority, but may not be alien...
(a)it has been surveyed in accordance with section 396 (whether for the purposes of the alienation in question or on some previous occasion);...
(b)having been surveyed under any previous land law, it is shown on a certified plan prepared on that survey and adopted by the Director of Su...
(3)Of the said forms of final title—
(a)Registry title shall be appropriate in the case of—
(i)town or village land; 100 Act 828 National Land Code 143 Provisions of the National Land Code Modification Section 77 In its application to...
(1)in paragraph (1)(a)—
(a)delete the words “and Land Office title”; and
(b)substitute for the word “forms” the word “form”;
(2)in subsection (2), substitute for the words “either of the forms” the words “the form”;
(3)delete subsection (3) and its proviso.
(ii)any lot of country land exceeding four hectares in area; and
(iii)any part of the foreshore or seabed; and
(b)Land Office title shall be appropriate in the case of any lot of country land not exceeding four hectares in area: Provided that—
(i)the State Authority may if it thinks fit, on approving the alienation of any country land, direct that the land shall ultimately be held un...
(ii)the foregoing provisions shall have effect subject to section 11 of the Land (Group Settlement Areas) Act 1960, under which Land Office tit...
Section 77a(Deleted by Act A615).
Section 78How alienation is effected
(1)The alienation of State land under final title shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.
(2)The alienation of State land under qualified title shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part Eleven.
(3)The alienation of State land shall take effect upon the registration of a register document of title thereto pursuant to the provisions ref...
ChapterChapter 2—Approval of land for alienation
Section 79General provisions relating to approvals
Section 80Supplementary provisions relating to approvals
Section 81Items of land revenue payable on approval
Section 82Power to require payment of deposit
ChapterChapter 3—Alienation under final title
TextSurvey for purposes of alienation under final title
Section 84Recomputation of items of land revenue after survey
Section 85Register and issue documents of title
Section 86Form of documents for Registry title
Section 87Form of documents for Land Office title
Section 88Registration of register documents of title
Section 89Conclusiveness of register documents of title
Section 90Issue of issue documents of title
Section 91Exemption of documents of title from stamp duty
Section 92Indefeasibility of final title, and rights of dealing, etc.
(2)The Director of Survey and Mapping may if he thinks it necessary or desirable to do so in the circumstances of any particular case authoriz...
(3)Where it appears to the Director of Survey and Mapping that the area enclosed by the boundaries determined on any such survey is substantia...
(4)No person to whom any land is alienated under this Act shall have any claim against the State Authority on the ground that the area in fact...
ChapterChapter 1—General
Section 93Rent to be a debt due to State Authority
Section 94When rent due, and when in arrear
Section 95Where rent payable
Section 96Computation of rents
ChapterChapter 2—Collection of arrears of rent
Section 97Notice of demand
Section 98Right of chargees, lessees, etc., to pay sum demanded
Section 99Effect of payment of sum demanded
Section 100Forfeiture for non-payment of sum demanded
ChapterChapter 3—Revision of rent
Section 101Power of State Authority to revise rents periodically
Section 102Power in respect of lands alienated before commencement
Section 103Interpretation and scope
Section 104Conditions and restrictions in interest to run with the land
Section 105Duration of conditions and restrictions in interest
Section 106Time to be of the essence of fixed-term conditions of a positive character
Section 107Extension of time for compliance with fixed-term conditions of a positive character
Section 108Conflict with local by-laws, etc.
ChapterChapter 2—Summary of conditions and restrictions in interest affecting alienated lands
TextLands Alienated under This Act
Section 109Conditions, etc., applicable on alienation
Section 110Conditions, etc., applicable as from commencement
Section 111Conditions, etc., applicable after category of land use imposed under section 54
Section 112(1) This section applies to all land alienated under this Act pursuant to an approval given by the State Authority before the commencement...
Section 113Manner in which changes may be effected
ChapterChapter 3—Implied conditions
TextBoundary Marks
Section 114Implied conditions affecting all alienated land
Section 116(1) Where any alienated land is subject by virtue of any provision of this Act to the category “building”, the following implied conditions...
Section 116a(Deleted by Act A615). 147 Category: Industry Implied conditions affecting land subject to the category “industry”
Section 117(1) Where any alienated land is subject by virtue of any provision of this Act to the category “industry”, the following implied conditions...
Section 118Implied condition affecting agricultural land alienated under qualified title
Section 119Implied condition affecting land alienated before commencement for padi cultivation
ChapterChapter 4—Express conditions and restrictions in interest
TextGeneral Powers Upon Alienation
Section 120Imposition of express conditions and restrictions in interest on alienation under this Act
Section 121Category: Agriculture
Section 122Categories: Building and Industry
Section 123Imposition of express conditions on land becoming subject to a category under section 54
Section 124Power of State Authority to vary conditions, etc., on application of proprietor
ChapterChapter 5—Enforcement of conditions
Section 125When a breach of condition arises
Section 126Breach of complex condition
Section 127Liability to forfeiture for breach of condition
Section 128Summary action to secure remedying of breach of condition
Section 129Action to enforce forfeiture for breach of condition
Section 130Forfeiture to take effect upon notification in the Gazette
Section 131Effects of forfeiture
Section 132Land not to be re-alienated, etc., during period for appeal against forfeiture
Section 133(1) Any person or body who was the proprietor of any alienated land immediately before its forfeiture under this Act may at any time apply...
Section 134Appeals against forfeiture
ChapterChapter 1—Subdivision of lands
TextPower of proprietor to subdivide with approval of State
Section 135Director or Land Administrator
Section 136Conditions for approval of subdivision
Section 137Applications for approval
Section 138Powers of Land Administrator or State Director in relation to applications
Section 139Issue of title to subdivisional portions
ChapterChapter 2—Partition of lands
TextPowers of co-proprietors to partition with approval of State
Section 140Director, Land Administrator or State Authority
Section 141Conditions for approval of partition
Section 142Applications for approval
Section 143Powers of Land Administrator or State Director in relation to applications
Section 143a(1) The State Authority may, upon giving due consideration to the application referred to it pursuant to subsection 142(5) and in the case...
Section 144Issue of title to individual portions
Section 145Power of Court to facilitate termination of co-proprietorship
ChapterChapter 3—Amalgamation of lands
TextPower of proprietor to amalgamate contiguous lots with approval of State Director or Land Administrator
Section 146(1) Any person in whom two or more contiguous lots of alienated land are vested under separate Registry or Land Office titles may, with the...
Section 147Conditions for approval of amalgamation
Section 148Applications for approval
Section 149Powers of Land Administrator or State Director in relation to applications
Section 150Issue of title to combined area
ChapterChapter 4—Subdivision of buildings 151—157. (Repealed by Act 318).
TextPart Nine (A)—POWERS OF ATTORNEY
(2)An application by a donee of a power of attorney under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by—
(3)The donee of a power of attorney under subsection (1) shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the power of attorney, have the power to...
(4)The Land Administrator may require from the donee of a power of attorney under subsection (1) or the donor thereof a statutory declaration...
ChapterChapter 1—The registers
Section 158Registry title—the register of grants and the register of State leases
ChapterChapter 4, shall be bound up in a book of the appropriate series and serially numbered therein:
TextProvided that where it is appropriate to issue a title in continuation in the form of multileaf title, the Registrar shall open two new series of books to be known respectively as—
Section 159Land Office title—the Mukim Registers
Section 160Saving for existing registers
Section 160aDefinition of “new district”
(a)the register of multileaf grants; and
(b)the register of multileaf State leases.
(2)The reference in subsection (1) to the registration of grants and State leases in continuation of title is a reference to their registratio...
ChapterChapter 2—The subsidiary register 161—163. (Repealed by Act 318).
TextNational Land Code 273
ChapterChapter 3—Final title in continuation of final title
TextIntroductory
Section 164When title in continuation may be issued under this Chapter
Section 165General provisions with respect to documents in continuation
Section 166Circumstances in which title in continuation may be issued to land as a whole
Section 167Preliminary procedure in circumstances described in paragraph 166(1)(a) or (e)
Section 168Preliminary procedure in circumstances described in paragraph 166 (1)(c) or (d)
Section 169Costs of issuing title in continuation to land as a whole
Section 170Form and content of documents in continuation of title to land as a whole
Section 171Preliminary procedure in cases of subdivision
Section 172Preliminary procedure in cases of partition and amalgamation
Section 173Form and content of documents in cases of subdivision, partition and amalgamation
Section 174Cancellation, etc., of subsisting documents of title
Section 175(1) Where the Registrar or Land Administrator is empowered to issue title in continuation to any land as a whole by reason of the circumsta...
ChapterChapter 4—Replacement of register document of final title
Section 175aPower to replace register document of title where the register is lost, etc.
(1)Where any register document of final title (including the subsidiary register) is lost, or wholly or partially destroyed or any entry there...
(a)cause a notice to be published in the Gazette in Form 10e; and
(b)cause copies of the notice to be served on every person or body, if known, having a registered interest in the land registered in the origi...
(2)Upon publication in the Gazette of the notice under subsection (1) no Registrar or Land Administrator shall—
(a)accept for registration any instrument of dealings affecting; or
(b)enter any private caveat or lienholder’s caveat under section 322 or 330 in respect of, land registered in the original register until the...
(a)the proprietor of land registered in the original register or his representative and any person or body having a registrable interest in th...
(b)any person or body who is in possession of the issue document of title to the land registered in the original register, shall deliver the s...
(2)The Registrar or Land Administrator shall retain any issue document of title delivered to him pursuant to subsection (1) and shall acknowle...
(2)The provisional register document of title to be prepared under subsection (1) shall—
(a)in the case of land held under Registry title, consist of a Grant or State Lease, according as the land is held in perpetuity or for a term...
(1)delete the words “or Land Administrator” wherever they appear;
(2)in subsection (2)—
(a)at the end of paragraph (a), insert the word “and”; and
(b)delete paragraph (b);
(3)in paragraph (3)(a), delete the words “is a certificate”.
(b)in the case of land held under Land Office title, consist of a Mukim Grant or Mukim Lease, according as the land is held in perpetuity or f...
(c)in the case of any parcel of a building held under subsidiary title, consist of a document in Form 4 in the First Schedule to the Strata Ti...
(3)The provisional register document of title shall bear an endorsement of the word “provisional” in a prominent form and shall contain—
(a)except in so far as they relate to matters which have ceased to be effective, the like memorials endorsements and other entries as are cont...
(b)such entries relating to the name of proprietor, the name of any person or body having a registrable interest in the land, the nature and e...
(4)Upon the completion of the preparation of the provisional register document of title, the Registrar or Land Administrator shall sign, seal...
(a)cause a notice in Form 10h to be published in the Gazette;
(b)cause copies of the notice to be served on every person or body who applied under paragraph 175b(1)(a), and to be published in accordance w...
(1)in subparagraph (1)(c), delete the words “or Land Office, as the case may be”;
(2)delete the words “or Land Administrator” wherever they appear.
(c)cause the provisional register document of title to be opened for public inspection without payment at any time during normal office hours...
(2)A note of the publication in the Gazette of the notice under subsection (1) shall be endorsed by the Registrar or Land Administrator on the...
(a)has an interest in the land to which the provisional register document of title relates; and
(b)wishes to object to any entry therein or to any omission thereof, may do so within a period of three months from the date of publication in...
(2)The Registrar or Land Administrator shall as soon as may be after the expiry of the period specified in subsection (1), hold an enquiry int...
(a)the proprietor and the person or body having registrable interest in the land whose name was entered in the provisional register document o...
(b)the persons or bodies who lodged an objection under subsection (1), shall be entitled to be heard or to adduce evidence at such enquiry (an...
(2)If there has been an objection under subsection 175e(1), the Registrar or Land Administrator shall after the final decision thereon give ef...
(3)The provisional register document of title authenticated under subsection (1) or (2) shall be deemed to be register document of title prepa...
(4)For the purpose of the issue of title under this Chapter, the issue document shall be in the form appropriate under this Act or the Strata...
(5)Sections 89 to 91 shall apply to documents prepared under this Chapter as they apply to documents of final title prepared on alienation und...
(6)On issuing any issue documents of title under this Chapter, the Registrar or Land Administrator shall make a memorial thereof on the regist...
(6a)The former issue document of title shall thereupon be stamped with the word “CANCELLED”, signed and sealed and—
(a)shall be destroyed on the expiry of one year after issuance of the issue document of title under this Chapter; or
(b)shall be retained by the Registrar or the Director General of Lands and Mines for the purposes of research; or
(c)shall be kept in any archive, library or museum.
(7)In this section, “final decision” means the decision of the Registrar or Land Administrator in case where there is no appeal or the decisio...
Section 176Purposes and effect of qualified title
(1)The purposes of qualified title are—
(a)to enable land to be alienated in advance of survey;
(b)to enable title to be issued in advance of survey—
(i)to the individual portions into which any alienated land is to be subdivided or partitioned pursuant to Chapter 1 or 2 of Part Nine; or 206...
(1)substitute for subsection (1) the following subsection: “(1) The form of qualified title shall be a form corresponding to Registry title.”;
(2)in paragraph (2)(a), delete the words “or 11b” and “or that corresponding to Land Office title”. Act 828 National Land Code National Land C...
(ii)to the combined area to be formed by the amalgamation of any such lands pursuant to Chapter 3 of that Part.
(2)Qualified title shall confer on the proprietor the like rights in every respect as those conferred (as mentioned in section 92) by final ti...
(a)the boundaries of the land shown on the document of title thereto shall be provisional only except so far as any of them may have been esta...
(b)unless otherwise provided for under this Act, the land shall not be capable of being subdivided or partitioned, or included in any amalgama...
(3)The alienation of land under qualified title, and the issue of qualified title in cases of subdivision, partition and amalgamation, shall b...
Section 177Forms of qualified title, and documents of title appropriate thereto
(1)There shall be two forms of qualified title, that is to say—
(a)a form corresponding to Registry title; and
(b)a form corresponding to Land Office title: Provided that where it is appropriate to issue a title in continuation in the form of a multilea...
(2)Documents of qualified title shall consist of—
(a)a register document of title which shall be in Form 11a or 11b, according as the land in question is to be held under the form of qualified...
(b)an issue document of title which shall be a copy of the register document.
(3)(Deleted by Act A587).
Section 178Preparation, registration and issue of documents of qualified title
(1)Documents of qualified title shall be prepared, registered and issued by the Registrar in the case of the form of qualified title correspon...
(2)The registration of register documents of qualified title shall consist of their authentication under the hand and seal of the Registrar or...
(3)Sections 89 to 91 shall apply to documents of qualified title as they apply to documents of final title: Provided that, where any issue doc...
Section 179Registers of qualified title
(1)Registers of qualified title shall be prepared and maintained for the purposes of this Act by the Registrar and every Land Administrator. 2...
(1)in subsection (1), delete the words “, and by the Land Administrator in the case of that corresponding to Land Office title”;
(2)in subsection (2), delete the words “or Land Administrator, as the case may be” and “or Land Administrator”. Section 179 In its application...
(1)in subsection (1), delete the words “and every Land Administrator”;
(2)delete subsection (3);
(3)in subsection (4), substitute for the words “subsections (2) and (3)” the words “subsection (2)”.
(2)In the case of the Registrar—
(a)a separate register shall be prepared and maintained in respect of each district within the State;
(b)every such register shall consist of a series of books relating to land within the district held under the form of qualified title correspo...
(c)every register document of title in Form 11a prepared by him for registration under this Act (whether on the alienation of land thereunder...
(3)In the case of any Land Administrator—
(a)a separate register shall be prepared and maintained in respect of each mukim within his district;
(b)every such register shall consist of a series of books relating to land within the mukim held under the form of qualified title correspondi...
(c)every register document of title in Form 11b prepared by him for registration under this Act (whether on the alienation of land thereunder...
(4)The references in subsections (2) and (3) to the preparation of register documents in continuation of title are references to their prepara...
ChapterChapter 3.
TextNational Land Code 311
ChapterChapter 2—Alienation under qualified title
Section 180Qualified title to be registered and issued upon approval of alienation
Section 181Procedure prior to registration and issue of qualified title
Section 182Rent to be paid on basis of approved area
ChapterChapter 3—Final title and qualified title in continuation
TextOn Subdivision, Partition and Amalgamation of
Section 183Subdivision
Section 184Partition
Section 185Amalgamation
Section 186Contents of documents prepared on subdivision, partition or amalgamation
Section 187Power to issue title in continuation where register document full up, etc.
Section 187aPower to replace register document of qualified title where the register is lost, etc.
Section 188Cancellation, etc., of subsisting documents of title
ChapterChapter 4—Conversion of qualified title into final title
Section 189Conversion to take place after survey
Section 190Procedure in case of land alienated under qualified title
Section 191Procedure in case of land held under qualified title on subdivision, etc.
Section 192Preparation, registration and issue of documents of final title
Section 193Contents of documents of title
Section 194Cancellation, etc. of subsisting documents of title
Section 195Director or Land Administrator
Section 196Conditions for approval of surrender
Section 197Applications for approval of surrender of whole
Section 198Procedure on applications
Section 199Revesting of land and destruction of issue document
Section 200Applications for approval of surrender of part
Section 201Procedure on applications
Section 202Revesting of part surrendered, and resurvey of part retained
Section 203Applications for surrender and re-alienation, and procedure thereon
Section 204Procedure for re-alienation
Section 205Dealings capable of being effected, and persons capable of taking thereunder
Section 206Need for proper instrument of dealing, duly registered
Section 207Form of instruments of dealing
Section 208Instruments to contain description, etc., of parties
Section 209Instruments to contain proper description of land affected
Section 210Execution of instruments of dealing
Section 211Attestation of instruments of dealing
Section 212Inclusion in one instrument of dealings affecting different lands
Section 213Special provisions with respect to tenancies exempt from registration
Section 214What may be transferred, and restrictions on exercise of powers
Section 215Form, and effect generally, of transfer of land
Section 216Additional provisions with respect to lands transferred subject to leases, charges, etc.
Section 217Form and effect of transfer of undivided share
Section 218Form of transfer of lease or charge
Section 219Effect of transfer of lease or charge
Section 220Form and effect of transfer of exempt tenancy
ChapterChapter 1—Powers of leasing, etc.
Section 221Power of proprietors to lease for terms exceeding 3 years
Section 222Power of lessees and sublessees to sublet for terms exceeding 3 years
Section 223Power of proprietors, lessees, etc., to grant tenancies not exceeding 3 years
Section 224Calculation of terms of leases and tenancies
Section 225General restrictions on powers conferred by this Chapter
Section 226Additional restriction where land or lease subject to prior charge
Section 227Effect of leases and tenancies
Section 228Options for renewal, or for purchase of reversion
ChapterChapter 2—Express and implied provisions
Section 229Incorporation of agreements set out in Sixth Schedule
Section 230Agreements implied in all leases and subleases
Section 231Agreements by lessees and sublessees implied in absence of contrary intention
Section 232Agreements by lessors and sublessors implied in absence of contrary intention
Section 233Construction of implied agreements to keep “in repair”
ChapterChapter 3—Forfeiture
Section 234Power of forfeiture
Section 237Relief against forfeiture
Section 238Relief to persons and bodies having dependent interests
ChapterChapter 4—Determination of leases and tenancies
Section 239Surrender
Section 240Determination otherwise than by surrender
ChapterChapter 1—Creation of charges, and general provisions relating thereto
Section 241Powers of charging
Section 242Form of charges
Section 244Custody of issue document of title or duplicate lease
Section 246Tacking of further advances
Section 247Postponement of charges
Section 248Application of this Part to existing charges
ChapterChapter 2—Implied provisions
Section 249Agreements by chargor implied in all charges
Section 251In every charge created under this Act, there shall, in the absence of any express provision therein to the contrary, be implied on the par...
Section 252Construction of implied agreements to keep “in repair”
ChapterChapter 3—Remedies of chargees: Sale
TextIntroductory
Section 253Purpose and scope of this Chapter
Section 254Service of default notice, and effect thereof
Section 255Special provision with respect to sums payable on demand
Section 256Application to Court for order for sale
Section 257Matters to be dealt with by order for sale
Section 258Procedure prior to sale
Section 259Procedure at sale
Section 260Application to Land Administrator for order for sale
Section 261Land Administrator to hold enquiry
Section 262Provisions as to enquiry
Section 263Order for sale, and matters to be dealt with thereby
Section 264Procedure prior to sale
Section 265Procedure at sale
Section 266Right of chargor to tender payment at any time before sale
Section 267Effects of sale
Section 267aApplication of deposit upon failure to settle purchase price, etc.
Section 268Application of purchase money
Section 269Protection of purchasers
ChapterChapter 4—Remedies of chargees: Possession
TextLimited Application of Powers under this Chapter
Section 270Limitation of powers to certain lands, and to first chargees only
Section 271Power of chargee to take possession on any default by chargor
Section 272Procedure for taking possession
Section 273Duration of right to possession
Section 274Position of chargee in possession
Section 275Power of chargee in possession to grant leases and accept surrenders
Section 276Provisions as to notices by chargees to receive rents
Section 277Application of rents and profits by chargees in possession
ChapterChapter 5—Discharge
Section 278Discharge otherwise than by payment
Section 279Discharge by payment to Registrar in cases of death, absence or disability
ChapterChapter 6—Liens
Section 281Creation, and effect, of liens
ChapterChapter 1—Creation
Section 282Meaning of “easement”
Section 283Rights able to be granted as easements
Section 284Necessity for express grant
Section 285Restrictions on power to grant
Section 286Form, and effect, of grants
Section 287Enjoyment of easements by lessees, tenants and chargees in possession
ChapterChapter 2—Release, extinguishment and cancellation
Section 289Release of easement by dominant proprietor
ChapterChapter 1—Presentation of instruments for registration
Section 292Instruments capable of being registered, and method of presentation therefor
Section 293Fees to accompany instruments so presented
Section 294Documents to accompany instruments so presented
Section 295Entry of instruments in Presentation Book
Section 296Withdrawal of instruments
ChapterChapter 2—Procedure generally
TextRegistrar to determine fitness for registration, and register if fit and accompanied by necessary documents 297.
Section 298Rejection or suspension for unfitness, or absence of certain documents
Section 299Procedure in absence of other documents
Section 300Instruments to be dealt with in order of presentation
(a)subject to Part Nineteen, if the instrument is fit for registration, and accompanied by the documents required by section 294, to register...
(b)if the instrument is not fit, or is not accompanied by the necessary documents, to proceed in accordance with section 298 or 299, as approp...
ChapterChapter 3—Determination of fitness for registration
TextWhen an instrument is fit for registration 301.
Section 302Enquiries, etc., by Registrar
(a)that it is one of the classes of instrument set out in subsection 292(1) as authorized to be so registered;
(b)that it complies with—
(i)the provisions of Part Thirteen as to the form, content, execution and attestation of instruments of dealing generally, and the persons and...
(c)that the dealing which it effects is not contrary to any prohibition or limitation imposed by this Act or any other written law for the tim...
(d)that it does not declare or, except as permitted by section 344, disclose the existence of any trust; and
(e)that it is duly stamped in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act 1949: Provided that where a certificate of sale has been given t...
(1)in the proviso, delete the words “or 265(4)”;
(2)insert after the proviso, the following further proviso: “Provided further that any instrument executed and fit for registration under any...
ChapterChapter 4—Manner of registration
Section 304How instruments to be registered, and time from which registration effective
Section 305Other action by Registrar in connection with registration
Section 307Additional endorsements to be made pursuant to section 305
ChapterChapter 5—Powers of Attorney
Section 309Documents to accompany instruments executed under power of attorney
Section 310Procedure in respect of instruments so executed
ChapterChapter 6—Cancellation of registration
Section 312Summary of Registrar’s powers of cancellation
Section 313Cancellation of leases and subleases on determination otherwise than by surrender
Section 314Cancellation of charges discharged by payment
Section 315Cancellation of easements where extinguished by merger, time-expired, obsolete, etc.
ChapterChapter 7—Endorsement of exempt tenancies
Section 316Applications for endorsement
Section 317Procedure on application
Section 318Cancellation of endorsement
ChapterChapter 1—Caveats
TextREGISTRAR’S CAVEATS
Section 319Nature and effect of Registrar’s caveats
Section 320Circumstances in which Registrar’s caveats may be entered
Section 321Procedure with respect to Registrar’s caveats and duration thereof
Section 322Nature and effect of private caveats
Section 323Applications for entry of private caveats
Section 324Procedure on applications
Section 325Withdrawal of private caveats
Section 326Removal of private caveats by Registrar
Section 327Removal of private caveats by the Court
Section 328Lapse of private caveats
Section 329Compensation for wrongful caveats, and limitation on repeated applications
Section 330Creation and effect of lienholders’ caveats
Section 331Determination of lienholders’ caveats
Section 332Nature and effect of trust caveats
Section 333Creation of trust caveats and duration thereof
ChapterChapter 2—Prohibitory orders
TextMeaning of “prohibitory order”
Section 334In this Chapter, “prohibitory order” means, where land or an interest in land held by a judgment debtor is to be sold in execution proceedi...
Section 335Prohibitory orders ineffective until entered by Registrar
Section 336Effect of prohibitory orders
Section 337Sale of land or interest subject to prohibitory order
Section 338Lapse of prohibitory order by expiry of time
Section 339Other methods of determination
Section 340Registration to confer indefeasible title or interest, except in certain circumstances
ChapterChapter 1—Co-proprietorship
Section 342Meaning of co-proprietorship, and when it arises
Section 343Incidents of co-proprietorship
ChapterChapter 2—Trusts
Section 344Registration as trustee or trustees, and deposit of trust instrument
Section 345Survivorship
Section 346Registration of personal representatives
Section 347Effects of registration
Section 348Small estates distribution orders
Section 349Registration of Director General of Insolvency
Section 350Effect of disclaimer, discharge, etc.
Section 351Reversion to or vesting in State Authority on proprietor’s death without successors
Section 352Reversion to State Authority on abandonment of title by proprietor
Section 353Resurvey of land alienated before commencement by reference to natural feature boundaries
Section 354Procedure (including appeal) after resurvey, and provision as to costs
Section 375Safe keeping of registers, etc.
Section 376Supply of forms, and issue of guidance notes, etc.
Section 377Marking of instruments, and power to require thumbprints, etc.
Section 378Changes of name by proprietors, etc.
Section 379Changes of address by proprietors, etc.
Section 380Correction of errors in documents of title, etc.
Section 381Cancellation of obsolete entries, and bringing of documents of title up to date
Section 382Supplementary provisions as to amendments, corrections and cancellations
Section 383Certified copies of documents of title, etc.
Section 385Official searches
Section 388Land Administrator’s rights of way
Section 389Characteristics of Land Administrator’s rights of way
Section 390Creation of right
Section 391Procedure on creation of right
Section 393Compensation
Section 394Sharing of right by adjacent proprietors
Section 395Extinction of right
Section 396Manner in which survey is to be carried out
Section 397Control and supervision of officers
Section 398Powers of Director of Survey and Mapping
Section 399Duties of Director of Survey and Mapping
Section 400Notice to secure attendance for purpose of pointing out boundaries, etc.
Section 401Notice to clear boundaries
Section 404Removal and alteration of boundary marks
Section 405Replacement of boundary marks which are damaged, etc.
Section 405aReplacement of survey reference marks which are damaged, etc.
Section 406Compensation for damage
ChapterChapter 2—Deposited plans
TextNature of deposited plan 410.
Section 411Description of land by reference to deposited plan
Section 412Copies of deposited plans
Section 415(1) A transferee, or a person lawfully entitled to do so on his behalf, may apply to the Registrar—
Section 416Substitution of transferee for transferor in documents of entitlement
Section 417General authority of the Court
Section 418Appeals to the Court
Section 419Power of Registrar and Land Administrator to refer questions to the Court
Section 420Registration of vesting orders
Section 421Taking of proceedings in name of proprietor, etc.
Section 422Any person who—
Section 424Penalty for failure to produce documents
Section 425Unlawful occupation, etc., of State land, reserved land or mining land
Section 426Unlawful extraction or removal of rock material
Section 426aPower of arrest, seizure, etc.
Section 427Unlawful grazing of animals
Section 428Obstruction of Land Administrators’ rights of way, roads and other public places
Section 431Methods of service
Section 432Substituted service
Section 433e(1) Subject to any written law, a person or body desiring to convey or dispose of, in a manner other than those specified in subsection 433...
Section 433hNon-application of this Part, etc.
Section 434Determination, and payment, of compensation under this Act
Section 435Rules relating to rice cultivation
Section 437Form of Presentation Book
Section 438Repeal and amendment of existing laws
Section 439Modifications for Penang and Malacca
Section 441Any rule, order, regulation, direction, notice or notification made, given or issued before the commencement of this Act under any previous...
Section 444Any instrument executed before the commencement of this Act and effecting any dealing permitted under the instrument may be presented for r...
Section 445Power of State Authority to make additional transitional provisions, etc.
Section 447Saving for rules of court, and procedure in cases not provided for
(a)certified by the Director of Survey and Mapping as a true and correct plan of the land;
(b)identified by a reference number allotted to it by the Director of Survey and Mapping;
(c)dated; and
(d)deposited in the office of the Director of Survey and Mapping.
PreambleWhereas it is necessary for me to inspect the following document/s relating to land, that is to say: .........................................
Schedule(1) This licence shall commence on ……………………………………………… and expire on *31 December/ ……………...…………………………………. (2) This licence *is not capable/i...
Schedule(1) This licence is for a term of …………………expiring …………………….. (2) The maximum quantity of rock material which may be extracted shall be— (i)...
Schedule(1) This permit shall commence on .................................................. and expire on *31 December/ ……….…........................
ScheduleSchedule Of Land District …………………………………………………..…………………………... *Town/Village/Mukim …………………………………..………………………….. Lot No. …………………………………..Area of...
Schedule*Town/Village/Mukim of …………………………………………............… Description and No. of Title Lot No. Area Remarks For Official Use Only (A) Rent for t...
Schedule*Town/Village/Mukim …………………*Lot/Parcel/L.O. No. …...………..… Description and No. of Title ……………………Area ………………...……… *Delete as appropriate 46...
ScheduleDistrict *Town/Village/ Mukim Description and No. of Title *Lot No./ Area *Delete as appropriate National Land Code Form 10f [Subsection 17...
ScheduleDistrict *Town/Village/ Mukim Description and No. of Title *Lot No./ Area *Delete as appropriate 469 National Land Code 713 Provisions of t...
ScheduleDistrict *Town/Village/ Mukim Description and No. of Title *Lot No./ Area Registered proprietor Particulars of interest, if any *Delete as...
ScheduleDistrict *Town/Village/ Mukim Description and No. of Title *Lot No./ L.O. Area *Delete as appropriate National Land Code Form 11a [Section...
Schedule*Town/Village/Mukim ……………………………………………………………… *Lot/L.O. No. ……..…………………………………………………...……………. Description and No. of Title ………………………………………………...
ScheduleDistrict *Town/Village/ Mukim Description and No. of Title *Lot No./ Area *Delete as appropriate For Official Use Only (A) Rents for the cu...
ScheduleDistrict *Town/Village/ Mukim Description and No. of Title *Lot No./ Area *Delete as appropriate For Official Use Only (A) Rents for the cu...
ScheduleSCHEDULE OF LAND *AND INTEREST *Town/ Village/ Mukim *Lot/ Parcel/ Description and No. of Title Share of land (if any) Registered No. of *l...
Schedule*Town/ Village/ Mukim *Lot/Parcel/ Description and No. of Title *Lease/Tenancy/ Charge (if any) over land in *Part I/Part II Part I (Servie...
Schedule*Town/ Village/ Mukim *Lot/ Parcel/ L.O. Description and No. of Title *Lease/ Tenancy/ Charge (if any) over land in *Part I/ Part II Part I...
Schedule*Town/ Village/ Mukim *Lot/ Parcel/ Description and No. of Title Part I (Servient Land) (1) (2) (3) Part II (Dominant Land) *Delete as appr...
Schedule*Town/Village/Mukim .................................*Lot/Parcel/L.O. No. ............................ Description and No. of Title...........
Schedule*Town/Village/Mukim .................................*Lot/Parcel/L.O. No. ............................ Description and No. of Title...........
ScheduleTown/Village/Mukim.........................................*Lot/L.O. No. ................................ Description and No. of Title........
ScheduleMukim ..................................................*Lot/L.O. No. ...……................................. Description and No. of Title.....
ScheduleWhere the address of the person claiming under this statutory vesting is outside the Federation, an address within the Federation for the s...
ScheduleWhere the address of the person claiming under this statutory vesting is outside the Federation, an address within the Federation for the s...
Schedule– Form 5Ee In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, this Form is deleted. National Land Code National Land Code 957 [Bar Code...
Schedule(1) This licence shall commence on ……………. and expire on *31 December/ …………………………………………………………………………………..…… (2) This licence *is not capable/...
Schedule(1) This licence is for a term of ……………….. expiring ……………… (2) The maximum quantity of rock material which may be extracted shall be— (i) …...
Schedule(1) This permit shall commence on ………………………………….. and expire on *31 December/…………………………………………………………………..…… (2) No rock material may be extr...
Schedule(1) This permit shall commence on ……………………………...….. and expire on ………………………………………………………..………………………… (2) The air space over the *State land/...
ScheduleFull stop at the end of the Ordinances, Enactments and Proclamation omitted paragraph 6(1)(xvi) Twelfth Schedule paragraph 2 Words “subpara...

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What is National Land Code (Revised - 2020)?: National Land Code (Revised - 2020) is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 828 2020, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2020.
Is National Land Code (Revised - 2020) still in force?: Yes — National Land Code (Revised - 2020) is currently in force.
When did National Land Code (Revised - 2020) take effect?: National Land Code (Revised - 2020) was first recorded in 2020.
How many sections does National Land Code (Revised - 2020) have?: National Land Code (Revised - 2020) contains 391 sections.
Where can I read the official version of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)?: The official text of National Land Code (Revised - 2020) is published at lom.agc.gov.my.

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