Malaysia legislation

Section 25

of LAND ACQUISITION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 25

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”;

Land Acquisition (Amendment)

(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