Section 9A
Land Administrator to obtain information on land use of scheduled land, etc.
For the purposes of assessing the amount of compensation under the First Schedule, the Land Administrator shall request from the State Director of Town and Country Planning or from any local planning authority, information on the following matters:
(a)
whether the scheduled land is within a local planning authority area;
(b)
whether the scheduled land is subject to any development plan under the law applicable to it relating to town and country planning; and
(c)
if there is a development plan, the land use indicated in the development plan for the scheduled land.
(2)
The State Director of Town and Country Planning or the local planning authority, upon receiving the request for information under subsection (1) shall provide the information required within two weeks from the request being made by the Land Administrator.
(3)
(Deleted by Act A1517).
(4)
(Deleted by Act A1517).
(5)
The information obtained by the Land Administrator under this section shall be conclusive evidence, for the purpose of valuing the scheduled land, with regard to the land use at the date of the acquisition and shall not be used for any purpose other than for the purposes of this Act.
(5A)
The information obtained under subsection (5) shall be disregarded if the acquisition is made under section 37 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976.
(6)
Non-compliance with the time period stipulated in subsection (2) shall not invalidate the acquisition or the award.
(7)
Paragraphs 1(b) and (c), subsections (2), (5) and (6) shall apply in respect of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur except that for
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references to the State Director of Town and Country Planning there shall be substituted references to the Commissioner of the City of
Kuala Lumpur.
Commencement of Proceedings