Section 17
Rules
of Kelantan Land Settlement Act 1955
Notwithstanding section 30 of the Small Estates
(Distribution) Act 1955, the Ruler in Council may after consultation with the Minister charged with responsibility for lands make rules applicable in a Settlement Area to carry into effect the objects of the Act and to prescribe anything required to be prescribed therein.
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(2)
The Ruler in Council may make rules for carrying into effect the objects of this Act and in particular for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
to prescribe the powers vested in any other officer by the
Code which may be exercised by the District Officer and to specify which power, if any, shall be exercisable only by the District Officer personally;
(b)
to provide for the issue of notices and the manner of service either personal, or substituted and the determination of matters in the absence of the parties;
(c)
to establish the procedure to be followed upon the hearing of claims to land and to compel attendance of persons and delivery of documents at any place or before any officer;
(d)
to prescribe the forms to be used and the orders to be issued to give effect to the decision made;
(e)
to provide for the periods to elapse between issue of notice and date of hearing; and the time for appeal to the
District Officer;
(f)
to provide for the hearing of appeals by the District
Officer and the payment of fees thereon;
(g)
to provide for the records to be kept of anything done under the powers conferred by this Act;
(h)
to give effect by registration to the orders made;
(i)
to ensure the survey of the area and the provisions of plans; and
(j)
to prescribe anything which under this Act is to be prescribed.