Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
(1)
Where the owner of any specified land ―
(a)
fails to submit a scheme as required by a development notice; or
(b)
fails to comply with the provisions of an approved scheme; or
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(c)
is, in the opinion of the Committee, unwilling or unable to cultivate such land in accordance with such scheme, the Committee may recommend to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri that the whole or any specified portion of such land shall be acquired or sold at public auction:
Provided that the Committee shall not recommend that any portion of such land which is, at the date of such recommendation, cultivated or otherwise developed to the satisfaction of the Committee shall be so acquired or sold.
(2)
The Committee, before making any recommendation under subsection (1), shall serve a notice of its intention so to do upon the owner of, and every person interested in, the land concerned.
(3)
No recommendation under subsection (1) shall be made until after the expiration of a period of three months from the date of the service of the last notice served under subsection (2), and during such period the owner of, or any person interested in, the land concerned may make written representation to the Committee showing why such recommendation should not be made, and the Committee may also hear oral representations in that behalf made by such owner or person.
(4)
If after consideration of any representations made under subsection (3) the
Committee decides to recommend the acquisition or sale of the land concerned, it shall forward to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri such recommendation together with ―
(a)
a full report of all circumstances of the case;
(b)
a full statement of the reasons for making such recommendation;
(c)
any written representations made under subsection (3); and
(d)
a summary of any oral representations made under the said subsection.
Order by Yang di-Pertua Negeri for disposal of specified land.