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Section 4

Investigation by Settlement Officer and recording of claims

of Kelantan Land Settlement Act 1955

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Section 4
(1)

The District Officer shall give notice in the Settlement

Area of the date, time and place when and where the Settlement

Officer will attend for the purpose of recording claims.

(2)

The Settlement Officer shall on the date notified proceed to record claims from claimants in the manner prescribed and may record a claim on behalf of any person, whether present or not, who appears to him to have a claim to any interest in land.

(3)

After recording the claims the Settlement Officer shall deliver the record to the District Officer who shall within the Settlement

Area notify the date, time and place of inquiry into the claims.

(4)

The District Officer shall in so far as may be practicable cause all claimants to be notified personally of the date, time and place of inquiry and of such particulars of any adverse claim as the District Officer may think necessary to enable justice to be done.