Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Federal Lands Commissioner
Act 1957.
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FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957
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About this act
FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 349 1957, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1957.
Opening note
Preamble
- An Act relating to the establishment and incorporation of a Federal Lands Commissioner and for matters connected therewith. [Peninsular Malaysia—27 August 1957; Sabah and Sarawak—27 October 1967] Short title
Section 2
Interpretation
“property” includes all estates, interest, easements and rights, whether equitable or legal, in, to or out of property, and things in action.
Section 3
Incorporation of Federal Lands Commissioner
(2)
The officer for the time being appointed to be the Federal
Lands Commissioner and his successors in office shall be a body corporate under the name of “the Federal Lands Commissioner”
(hereinafter called “the Corporation”).
(3)
The Corporation may sue and be sued in its said name and shall have perpetual succession and a corporate seal, and the said seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as to the Corporation seems fit, and, until a seal is provided under this section, a stamp bearing the inscription “the Federal
Lands Commissioner” may be used as the corporate seal.
Powers of Corporation
Section 4
The Corporation may enter into contracts and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, and may convey, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the
Corporation upon such terms as to the Corporation seems fit.
Section 5
Execution of documents
(b)
any officer designated by the Federal Lands Commissioner for the purposes of this subsection by notification in the
Gazette, who shall sign every such deed, document or other instrument to which the corporate seal is affixed, and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that the said seal was duly and properly affixed and that the same is the lawful seal of the Corporation.
Section 6
A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of any person to be the Federal Lands Commissioner shall be conclusive evidence that such person was duly so appointed.
Section 7
Vesting of property
*(1) All immovable property which, immediately before the commencement of this Act was vested in the Chief Secretary for the purposes of the Federal Government or for the purposes of the
Government of any State or Settlement or for the purposes of the
Malayan Railway including property vested in the Chief Secretary,
*NOTE—This subsection does not apply to Sabah and Sarawak–see P.U. 495/1967.
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Federation of Malaya, under section 7 of the *Chief Secretary
(Incorporation) Ordinance 1949 [Ord. 5 of 1949], shall, on the coming into force of this Act and without any conveyance, assignment or transfer whatever, vest in the Corporation for the like title, estate or interest and on the like tenure and for the like purposes as the same was vested or held immediately before the coming into force of this Act.
(2)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, by Order, vest in the
Corporation any property, movable or immovable, for the time being vested in any public officer or authority and, upon the coming into operation of any such Order, the property to which such Order relates shall, without any conveyance, assignment or transfer whatever, vest in the Corporation for the like title, estate or interest and on the like tenure and for the like purposes as the same was vested or held immediately before the coming into operation of the Order.
(3)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, by Order, vest in any public officer or authority any property, movable or immovable, for the time being vested in the Corporation and, upon the coming into operation of any such Order, the property to which such Order relates shall, without any conveyance, assignment or transfer whatever, vest in such officer or authority for the like title, estate or interest and on the like tenure and for the like purposes as the same was vested or held immediately before the coming into operation of the Order.
Vesting of rights and liabilities of Chief Secretary
**8.
All rights, powers and liabilities which were, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, vested in or imposed on the Chief Secretary, Federation of Malaya, by virtue of section 8
of the Chief Secretary (Incorporation) Ordinance 1949, or otherwise shall, on the coming into force of this Act, be vested in or be imposed on the Corporation.
Section 9
(Omitted).
*NOTE—The Chief Secretary (Incorporation) Ordinance 1949 [Ord. 5 of 1949] has been repealed by the Federal Land Commissioner Ordinance 1957 [Ord. No. 47 of 1957]–see section 9 of Ord
No. 47 of 1957. The Federal Lands Commissioner Ordinance 1957 has since been revised as the
Federal Land Commissioner Act [Act 349].
**NOTE—This subsection does not apply to Sabah and Sarawak–see P.U. 495/1967.
Act 349
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law
Short title
In force from
L.N. 332/1958
Titles of Office Ordinance 1949 13-11-1958
L.N. 477/1965
National Land Code (Repeals and 23-12-1965
Amendments) Order 1965
L.N. 495/1967
Modification of Laws (Federal 27-10-1967
Lands Commissioner) (Extension to Borneo States) Order 1967
Act A570
Federal Lands Commissioner 16-12-1983
(Amendment) Act 1983
Federal Lands Commissioner 9
Act 349
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section
Amending authority
In force from 3
L.N. 332/1958 13-11-1958 5
L.N. 477/1965 23-12-1965
P.U. (B) 324/1970 01-01-1971
Act A570 16-12-1983 7
L.N. 332/1958 13-11-1958
KUALA LUMPUR
Common questions
- What is FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957?
- FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 349 1957, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1957.
- Is FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 still in force?
- Yes — FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 is currently in force.
- When did FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 take effect?
- FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 was first recorded in 1957.
- How many sections does FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 have?
- FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 contains 8 sections.
- Where can I read the official version of FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957?
- The official text of FEDERAL LANDS COMMISSIONER ACT 1957 is published at lom.agc.gov.my.