Malaysia legislation

Section 8

of ABORIGINAL PEOPLES ACT 1954

Section 8

Provided—

(2)

Rights of occupancy may be granted—

(a)

to—

(i)

any individual aborigine;

(ii)

members of any family of aborigines; or

(iii)

members of any aboriginal community;

(b)

free of rent or subject to such rents as may be imposed in the grant; and

(c)

subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the grant, and shall be deemed not to confer on any person any better title than that of a tenant at will.

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(3)

Nothing in this section shall preclude the alienation or grant or lease of any land to any aborigine.

Dealings in land by aborigines