Section 229 — Land Code, 1958

(a)

to plan, regulate and control the development and use of all lands and buildings;

(b)

to consider and approve, subject to such terms and conditions as it may deem fit to impose, plans for the sub-division and development of land;

(c)

to determine the location and siting of Government buildings, public utilities and facilities, and the siting of new towns, villages and areas for settlement or resettlement of people;

(d)

to formulate policies and guidelines for and to give directions to local authorities with regard to the use and development of land within their respective areas of jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, the improvement of the physical environment, the management of traffic or communications systems, and the provision of waste and sewage systems;

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(e)

to draw up or formulate policies and plans for the development and re-development of any area including the formulation of structure plan and local plan for any particular region or area of the State;

(f)

to declare, by notification in the Gazette, any road in the State as a designated special road and to issue direction to any relevant government body or statutory authority in respect of the following:

(i)

the maintenance and upkeep of any designated special road;

(ii)

the approval of engineering, building, renovation or re-development plans for any building or structure built or to be built on any area declared under section 11 to be a prescribed zone adjoining any designated special road;

(iii)

the construction or location on or below the ground of any designated special road or within any prescribed zone adjoining any such road, of any mains, pipes, service lines, structures or other facilities for electricity, gas or water supplies or communication or telecommunication or sewerage services; and

(iv)

the landscaping or beautification of any prescribed zone adjoining any designated special road; and

[Ins. Cap. A119.]

(g)

to perform such other functions as the Majlis

Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri may assign to it.

(2)

For the purpose of performing its functions under subsection (1), the State Planning Authority may, with approval of the

Minister, establish a panel or panels consisting of any of its members and other persons to be appointed by the Chairman.

[Add. Cap. A166]

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(3)

The State Planning Authority may, by notification published in the Gazette, delegate any of its functions to any Minister or the Director or any public servant, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such directions with regard to the exercise thereof, as may be stipulated in the instrument of delegation

[Am. Cap. A119, Cap. A166.]

Prohibition of sub-division and development without approval