Malaysia legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Section 12 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1), by inserting after the word “guardian”
the words “or next friend”;
(b)
in subsection (2), by inserting after the word “guardian”
the words “or next friend”;
(c)
in subsection (3), by substituting for the words “penghulu or a Settlement Officer” the word “person”;
(d)
in subsection (6)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “occupation of any land claimed by an alleged purchaser, the date, as nearly as the evidence admits, when he went into occupation” the words “occupation or possession of any property claimed by an alleged purchaser, the date, as nearly as the evidence admits, when he went into occupation or possession”; and
(ii)
by inserting after the words “document of title”
the words “or other supporting documents relating to the purchase of the property”;
(e)
in subsection (9), by substituting for the words
“the Director of Lands and Mines” the words
“the President”; and
(f)
by inserting after subsection (10) the following subsections:
“(11) Where any beneficiary whose name stated in the petition is unable to attend the hearing, the
Estate Distribution Officer may direct the petitioner to submit a letter of consent in a prescribed form from the beneficiary within such time as determined by the Estate Distribution Officer.
(12)
Where the letter of consent referred to in subsection (11) is not submitted, the Estate Distribution
Officer may, as he thinks fit, proceed to conclude the hearing.”.
Amendment of section 13