Land Acquisition Act 1960 · Updated to 12 Mar 1992 · Part II · Acquisition
3. Acquisition of land
Feedback & supportThe State Authority may acquire any land which is needed—
for any public purpose;
by any person or corporation for any purpose which in the opinion of the State Authority is beneficial to the economic development of Malaysia or any part thereof or to the public generally or any class of the public; or
for the purpose of mining or for residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial or recreational purposes or any combination of such purposes.
An application for the acquisition of any land under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall be made in writing to the Land
land
“land” means alienated land within the meaning of the State land law, land occupied under customary right and land occupied in expectation of title;
Administrator in the form as prescribed in the Rules made under this
Form
“Form” means any Form set out in the Second Schedule; NOTE— Section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 was deleted by Federal Territory of Labuan (Extension and Modification of Town and Country Planning Act 1976) Order 2010— see P.U.…
Act.
Any application made under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall be accompanied by—
the project proposal;
the layout and land acquisition plan;
the preliminary valuation report of the land to be acquired;
and
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such fee and deposit as may be prescribed in the Rules made under this Act:
Provided that the State Authority may grant partial or total exemption from the payment of any fee to any Federal or State corporation expressly empowered to hold land under any written law and where the acquisition is for the purpose of public utility.
Subject to subsection (6), the Land Administrator shall transmit the application and the accompanying documents to the State
Land Administrator
“Land Administrator” means any Land Administrator or other officer appointed under the State land law, and includes an Assistant Land Administrator;
Economic Planning Unit or, in the case of an application made in the
Economic Planning Unit
“Economic Planning Unit” means the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia or any other body or authority authorized by the Government, administratively or otherwise, to perform the functions of the Economic Planning Unit;
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, to the Committee if he is satisfied that they are in order.
Committee
“Committee” means the Jawatankuasa Khas Pengambilan Tanah established under section 3C;
The Land Administrator may reject any application which does not comply with the requirements in subsection (3).
Where in respect of any land applied for under subsection (2)
there is a development approval granted to the registered proprietor and the acquisition is not for the purpose of public utility, the State
development approval
“development approval” means any approval for the carrying out of any building, engineering, industrial, or other similar operation in, on, over or under any land, or for the making of any material change in the restriction or condition relating to land use, that has been duly granted by the appropriate authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 or continues to be in force by virtue of subsection 59(1) of that Act, or that has been granted under the Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982, the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974, or the State land law, as the case may be; **
Authority shall not consider the application, and in every such case the
Land Administrator shall reject the application.