Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
(a)
for any public purpose;
(b)
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
(c)
for the purpose of mining or for residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial or recreational purposes or any combination of such purposes.
(2)
An application for the acquisition of any land under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall be made in writing to the Land
Administrator in the form as prescribed in the Rules made under this
Act.
(3)
Any application made under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall be accompanied by—
(a)
the project proposal;
(b)
the layout and land acquisition plan;
(c)
the preliminary valuation report of the land to be acquired;
and
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(d)
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.
(4)
Subject to subsection (6), the Land Administrator shall transmit the application and the accompanying documents to the State
Economic Planning Unit or, in the case of an application made in the
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, to the Committee if he is satisfied that they are in order.
(5)
The Land Administrator may reject any application which does not comply with the requirements in subsection (3).
(6)
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
Authority shall not consider the application, and in every such case the
Land Administrator shall reject the application.
Matters to be considered by the State Economic Planning Unit, or
Committee, etc.