Section 25
Amendment of section 37
of Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 2016
Section 37 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1), by inserting after the words “section 10
or 11” the words “or any person interested pursuant to any compensation made under section 35 or Part VII who”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by deleting the words “in respect of any interest in any scheduled land”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “three thousand ringgit” the words “five thousand ringgit,”;
and
(c)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “Where the total amount of any award in respect of any scheduled land exceeds fifteen thousand ringgit” the words
“Where the total amount of any award exceeds thirty thousand ringgit,”;
(ii)
by deleting the words “undertaking a work which in the opinion of the State Authority is of public utility, and”;
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(iii)
by substituting for the words “pursuant to section 3” the words “or being occupied or used pursuant to Part VII”; and
(iv)
by deleting the words “in any scheduled land under subsection (1),”.
Amendment of section 38 26.
Section 38 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1), by deleting the words “, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded by the Land Administrator to the Registrar of the Court”; and
(b)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by inserting after the words “the
Land Administrator’s award under section 14” the words “or compensation made under section 35
or Part VII”; and
(ii)
by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:
“(b) in other cases, within six weeks of the receipt of the notice from the
Land Administrator under section 16, paragraph 35(2)(c), subsection 58(1) or section 59 or within six months from the date of the Land Administrator’s award under sections 14, 35 or Part VII, whichever period shall first expire.”.